Step 6 - Landmines

 Reports can only be created with a 10-year time period.

 Actual Commission calculations use commissions based on the Paid Date from the commission statement.  This field is required when creating a map for the carrier.

 Projected Commissions uses the Effective Date for the policy.

 Most reports only include policies that are Active and have a comp plan linked to them.

 Use the Duplicate report function for creating multiple reports with few changes to the new report.

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• Step 3 - Landmines

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• Step 2 - Landmines

  Make sure to use the correct template. The templates are based on the type of commission paid on the policy. Enter policy data for one carrier at a time into the import template. It’s easier to match the comp plans to the policies. Enter the name of ...

• Step 4 - Landmines

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• Step 5 - Landmines

  Once a map is created and saved, it cannot be edited. If a carrier changes the commission statement, a new map will need to be created. A map is not necessary to add or post a manual commission. Make sure to have a policy number for each policy. The ...

• Step 3 - Add Maps

  A Map is required to import a carrier commission statement. The map provides a diagram of which fields are imported from the commission statement. Once a map has been created, it can be used over again each month. Each carrier statement will require ...