Loading an SOA For Review
This guide is for those users who are on a paid subscription to SARA.
If you are on a free account, you can simply enter a client name and upload the SOA. Free accounts have a limit of 3 SOA’s before requiring to upgrade to either a Pay As You Go subscription or monthly subscription.
By upgrading to a subscription, you are able to create practices and advisers in your AFSL, which gives richer data over your SARA reviews.
Before You Start
Before you start make sure you create your adviser/s in your SARA account.
From the top navbar, select ‘Add New’
Then select ‘New Adviser’
Fill out the adviser details in the Create New Authorised Representative Popup
Repeat this process for every adviser. If you need any new Practices set up in SARA, please raise a support request and we can set up a practice under your AFSL.
Loading an SOA
Once you have created your adviser/s, you can start to load your SOA’s.
Step 1: Search/Create Client
Xplan Users:
If you use Xplan, you can connect your SARA account directly to your Xplan client list.
Refer to the following link for instructions to on configuring the Xplan integration: https://www.icomply2.com.au/sara-tips/configuring-the-xplan-integration
Once connected to Xplan, you can search for your Xplan clients from SARA.
Non-Xplan Users:
Create a new client in SARA by ticking the Create New Client checkbox.
Then click Next
Add the client details into the form.
You can create a new client category by clicking the plus button.
Your client will now appear in the Search Client bar.
Your client has been created and you can now click ‘Next’
Step 2: What Advice Are You Providing?
Select the type of advice you are providing, and click ‘Next’
Step 3: Select the SOA Inclusions
Select the areas of advice you have included in your SOA, and click ‘Next’
Step 4: Upload Your SOA and Supporting Docs
Upload your SOA and supporting docs to SARA, and click ‘Upload Document’
Step 5: The Compliance Checks
SARA will ingest your document/s and run a list of compliance checks on the document/s
The process will take 3 - 5 minutes to complete
Step 6: Assessing The Responses
SARA will display the Report Builder
You can assess the responses from SARA on each of the checks.
You can access the guide for Assessing SARA’s responses on the link below:
Step 7: Print The Report
Click the ‘Print’ button on the top right of your screen to download the SARA findings into a Compliance Report