Add-ons
Deferred Income
To activate deferred income please click on the ‘Configure Spanner’ Then double click into the company Go to the ‘Company nominals’ tab then tick the “Use Deferred Income” box and enter the nominal you want to use. You can then create your tenancies ...
Work Order Automation
Work order automation allows you too automate the process of completing a work order by adding steps. You can choose the steps that you want to have in your work order process depending on your processes. You will be guided through completing each ...
Adding an Asset
To add an Asset, click on the ‘Assets’ module and then click on ‘New Asset’ A new window will appear Enter the details of the asset. To attach it to a location, click on the small box, choose from the list and click ‘Select’ To add a photo, ...
Service Charge
Click on ‘S/C Budgets’ icon, which can be found either in the ‘Block’ or ‘Lease’ module A new window will appear, click on ‘Add Service Charge’ The ‘New Service Charge’ window will appear Within this window enter the following details Company – If ...
Activating Portal Feeds
Please note this is only designed for users with the ‘AGENT’ version of Decorus. This document will explain how to activate your Portal Feeds. You will require full ‘Administrator’ access to Decorus to do this. Start in the ‘Overview’ screen and ...
Setting Up and Using the Web Link
To set up your ‘Internet Link’, go to ‘Preferences’ from within the ‘Overview’ module and click into the ‘Add-Ons’ tab. Enter your web link code in the ‘Internet Link’ box. This will activate your web feed add-on. Once activated, go to the ‘Overview’ ...
User Views
Whether you are in the Block, Property, Lease, Landlords, Suppliers, Contacts, Applicants or the Jobs screen, user views are editable. Make sure you are in the ‘Property Centre’ tab at the bottom of the screen then select the ‘User Views’ button from ...
Dashboards and Default Views
Dashboards Dashboards are available in all the major modules. They represent your data in a number of formats. Which gives you a quick overview of your statistics, and if you double click on a field it displays the data. Go to Overview tab – ...
User Definable Fields & Views
By defining your criteria’s, you can define unlimited user’s views. These can display your data the way you want it. You can create any number of user defined fields in any of the major modules and include them when selecting the columns you want to ...
Select Columns
Whether you are in the ‘Property’, ‘Tenancy’, ‘Diary’, ‘Landlords’, ‘Suppliers’, ‘Contacts’, ‘Applicants’ or ‘Jobs’ module, you will always have the select columns option. You can select each field that you want to display within the module, it is ...
Sidekick
Sidekick Overview Sidekick is a powerful application that runs in the background independently of your Decorus software. Sidekick features are: Monitor and import emails automatically from your Outlook inbox and attach them to relating contacts, ...
My Activity & My Inbox
My Activity Get an instant view of your own upcoming appointments and tasks with a click of a button with ‘My Activity’. Each user can also change their own password and update their contact information within ‘My Details’. You can create a new task, ...
Invoice Module
The invoice module is a center for invoices in Decorus. It can be used to create invoices and credits, allow you to view and edit your invoices before they are posted to Sage, sent invoices to customers among other things. To activate the ‘Invoice’ ...
The Web to Decorus Add-on
You can enter/amend the add-on code in the company’s ‘Preferences’ window. Click on the Preferences icon in the Overview module And click on ‘Add-Ons’ tab. To enter your Outlook logon details, click on the ‘Configure’ tab at the side of ...
Paperless Link
The Paperless integration with Decorus speeds up the process of entering supplier invoices. Either scan or attach the supplier invoice then click on ‘Get Document’ to attach into Paperless Now you want to apply the journal type ‘PI’, to do this click ...
Booking Module
The ‘Booking’ module is designed for companies that have student accommodation to enable them to set up schedules for all different room types. Once activated, you can set up the individual schedules by going into the ‘Configure’ window and then ...
Building Elements (Block Add-on Only)
To add a ‘Building Element’, select the ‘Estate’ module and then click on ‘Building Elements’ In the new window, click on ‘Add Element’ In the new window, 1st select the location where the element is by clicking on the small box icon, which will ...
Credit Control
The 'Credit Control' module in Decorus automates chasing of arrears using a configurable set of rules. Before you start setting up the new rules in the ‘Credit Control’ module, you have to set up the ageing periods in Decorus for Sage. To do this, ...
Workflow
Decorus features workflow throughout the modules in the software. To configure your workflow you will need to edit your settings in 'Preferences'. The ‘Workflow Checklist’ allows you to have a pre-set process to follow for your tenancies. You can ...
Hazards (Block Add-on Only)
To add ‘Hazards’, select the ‘Estate’ module and then click on ‘Hazards’ In the new window, click on ‘Add Hazards’ In the new window, 1st select the location where the hazard is by clicking on the small box icon, which will open a new window with the ...