Client portal
Invite a contact to the client portal
Invite a contact to the client portal in Pixie CRM: follow the supported route, review important fields and verify the result before moving on.
Where to goCustomer → Contacts → Enable portal access
Before you startIf the screen or action is missing, ask a Pixie CRM administrator to check your role and whether the relevant module is enabled. Do not work around permissions by using another person’s account.
What this helps you do
This guide shows the supported Pixie CRM route for invite a contact to the client portal, the values worth reviewing and the checks to make after the action.
Follow these steps
- Open Customer → Contacts → Enable portal access in Pixie CRM.
- Confirm the related record, recipient or audience before preparing anything client-visible.
- Review the controls that matter for this task: Contact name/email, Portal enabled, Portal permissions, Activation email/status.
- Complete Invite a contact to the client portal using the supported action on the screen. If Pixie CRM shows a validation message, correct the underlying value instead of bypassing the control.
- Save or submit the change and wait for the success or completed state before navigating away.
- Reopen the record, status, activity timeline or resulting document and verify that Pixie CRM recorded the outcome you intended.
Fields and controls to review
Contact name/email
Portal enabled
Portal permissions
Activation email/status
Checks before you finish
- Confirm contact identity before changing access.
- Grant only portal areas genuinely needed.
- Check whether notes/files are staff-only or client-visible.
- Verify saved permissions from the contact record.
Permissions and record safety
Keep the change accountable.Use the least destructive action available, work inside your authorised role and preserve activity or audit evidence. Obtain any required approval before financial, privacy, signature or deletion actions.