Setting Up FICS Mortgage Accountant Integration

To set up and use FICS Mortgage Servicer Integration, you must first assign the Integrated Services - FICS - Mortgage Accountant security group to one or more of your Portico users.

1. On the Portico Explorer Bar, click Security from the Administration menu. On the Security menu bar, click User Maintenance, then click Users. The Users – List window will appear.
2. On the Users - List window, select the users that will be using the functionality. Then, click the security groups button. The Security Groups window will appear.
3. On the Security Groups window, select the desired security groups from the Not a member of these user groups list box, then click the left arrow. Click the Save button to save your changes.
4. The users must now log off and log back into Portico.

The Integrated Services - FICS - Mortgage Accountant security group contains the following permissions:

• Lending - Explorer Lending Menu Option
• Lending - Explorer FICS Menu Option
• Lending - FICS - Mortgage Accountant Tab - View Only
• Lending - FICS - Mortgage Accountant Tab - Maintain
• Lending - Explorer Administration Menu Option
• Lending - FICS - Menu Option
• Lending - FICS - Mortgage Accountant Administration - Menu Option
• Lending - FICS - Mortgage Accountant Administration - View Only
• Lending - FICS - Mortgage Accountant Administration - Maintain

You can create a new security group and assign permissions to the security group using the Security Groups Permissions – New window or Security Groups Permissions – Copy window.

The FICS Interface Set-up Options for Mortgage Accountant - Update window lets you set up the interface to FICS Mortgage Servicer. To access the FICS Interface Set-up Options for Mortgage Servicer - Update window, click Administration in the Lending menu on the Portico Explorer Bar. On the Administration menu bar, click FICS, then click Mortgage Accountant Administration.

How do I? and Field Help

To set up the interface to FICS Mortgage Accountant, complete the following steps:

1. From the Number of days to retain interface reports drop-down list, select the number of days to retain the reports.
2. From the Branch for General Ledger Upload drop-down list, select the branch to use to process the general ledger extract file.
3. In the Mortgage Accountant EXE field, enter the file location of the FICS Mortgage Accountant application executable file.
4. In the General Ledger Extract File field, enter the location of the general ledger extract file created by FICS Mortgage Accountant that will be uploaded to Portico.
5. Click Save to save your changes to the window.

Click Cancel to cancel your changes and close the window.