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AppFolio Integration Setup for BoomReport

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Written by Partnerships Team
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Overview

Boom does not yet have a direct integration with AppFolio. Not to worry - our AppFolio ‘lite’ integration is a breeze to set up and automates nearly everything for you.

Here are the high-level steps we’ll walk through to set up the ‘lite’ integration:

  • Step A. Create a custom report

  • Step B: Email the custom report to enroll initial batch of renters

  • Step C: Schedule the custom report for scheduled monthly email

  • Step D: Email Boom that you’re all set up!

Step A: Create a custom report

1. Click on Report Builder

2. Select Base Report as ‘Tenant Directory’ report

3. Deselect all items and add specific columns from ‘Tenant Directory’ report

First, remove all selected columns. Then, select only the following 18 columns from the top pane (Tenant Directory columns):

Status

Tenant Street Address 1

Property Name

Phone Numbers

Tenant Street Address 2

Lease From

Emails

Tenant City

Last Lease Renewal

Move-in

Tenant State

Move-out

Lease To

Tenant Zip

First Name

Rent

Tenant Birthdate

Last Name

Note: It may be easier to just copy/paste from the list above into the search function, see below:

4. Select columns from Other Reports - ‘Delinquency (As Of)’

Scroll down and in the second pane (Other Reports), select the following 9 columns:

Phone Numbers

0-30

90+

Amount Receivable

30-60

Delinquent Rent

Primary Tenant Email

60-90

In Collections

Note: It’s better to select these columns directly without searching. There are several columns AppFolio that are named the same with no specification (e.g. “0-30”).

After you’ve selected all columns in both panes, click ‘Continue’.

5. Set your filters

Set as shown below:

  • Tenants = Show Active Tenants

  • Tenant Status = All

  • Tenant Type = All

  • Properties = Show Active Properties

After you’ve set filters, click ‘Update’.

6. Review the report and Save Layout

Your report should look approximately like this:

Now, click ‘Actions’ and save the layout, labeling it “Report Builder - Tenant Directory (Boom-NAME)” where “NAME” is your company’s name.

Step B: Email the custom report to enroll initial batch of renters

1. To enroll your initial batch of renters, download the CSV, edit the file and email to *integration+[partnername]@boompay.app

  1. Download the CSV

  2. Delete any rows of renters who you don’t want to enroll right now

  3. Send an email with this attachment to appfolio@boompay.app

    1. Include in subject line: “[YourCompanyName] - Enroll renters”

Step C: Schedule the custom report for scheduled monthly email

Select ‘Schedule’ from ‘Actions’ button:

Then set the fields as follows and click ‘Save’:

  • All text fields = “Month End Send”

  • Format = CSV

  • Recipients = *integration+[partnername]@boompay.app

  • Start Date = last date of current month

  • Frequency = Monthly

Step D: Email Boom that you’re all set up!

After you select ‘Save’ you should see the following screen. Now, just send a quick email to Boom as follows:

To: *integration+[partnername]@boompay.app, partnerships@boompay.app

Subject: “I’ve set up my AppFolio integration”

Body: [Nothing necessary, unless you have questions!]

*integration+[partnername]@boompay.app is a placeholder email address, your Account Manager will provide the correct email address to use for sending reports!

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