The Matter Monitor report provides thorough performance statistics for a single matter. The report consists of a KPI panel and several tabs that each offer a different view of the matter's performance. Select a Matter and from the drop-down menu, choose Monitor.
The Matter Monitor page is displayed.
To modify the date range for the data displayed, choose a month and year using the drop-down menus at the top of the page (they default to the current month and year) and then make a selection to determine how far back from the selected month and year you would like to pull data. Options are One Month, Whole Year, Last 3 Months, Last 6 Months, Last 12 Months, Last 13 Months, Last 24 Months, Last 36 Months, Current Month, Year to Date, and All Time.
Note: Profit per Partner calculations on left KPI panel are distinguished by time period. However the Profit per Partner calculations on the KPI tab are always displayed for "All Time" period.
A Phase selection field displays directly above the KPI panel. The default view is All Phases; however, if this is a phase-level budget, you can click the drop-down arrow to select a specific phase.
A Task Code Set selection field may display for matters with No Budget if the matter is associated with client and firm task codes. You can select to view task codes for client or firm.
Note: For an already existing Matter with matter level budget and time entry, if a new phase level budget is created and marked as active, the time entries in such a case, will be disassociated from the former matter level budget and associated to the new phase level budget, in the Matter Performance Report.
The table below describes standard KPIs for this screen and does not reflect any customizations that may have been made by a System Administrator. Performance, or time entry performance, pulls information based on hours worked in the specified period. This includes billed and unbilled hours as well as write-down hours that were entered during this time. The source is the TimeMonth table, which is time entry data aggregated by month for each person. No other tables, such as invoice or payment tables, are used.
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Fees | Billed | Fee Amount invoiced to the client. |
Unbilled | Amount of Worked Fees Entered but not yet billed to the client. | |
Write-Down(/Up) | Sum of Fees not billed to client (Write-Down) or sum of additional fees billed to client when invoice is issued (Write-Up). | |
Billable Fees | Sum (Billed Fees + Unbilled Fees)
Tip: You can show / hide the Billable Fees on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: KPI> View (Total) Billable Fees KPI Monitor Page. |
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Entered Amount | Total Entered Hours multiplied by the Value at Matter Rate. | |
Value at Firm Standard Rate | Total Entered Hours multiplied by the Value at Firm Standard Rate. | |
Expenses | Unbilled Internal | Sum (Expenses) of Internal Cost WIP entries. |
Unbilled External | Sum (Expenses) of External Cost WIP entries. | |
Total Internal | Sum (Internal Expenses)Firm responsibility | |
Total External | Sum (External Expenses)Client responsibility | |
Total Expenses | Sum (Internal Expense + External Expense) | |
Write-Down/Up Expenses | Sum of Expenses not billed to client (Write-Down) or sum of additional expenses billed to the client when the invoice is issued (Write-Up). | |
Fees + Expenses | Sum (Total Fees + Total Expenses) | |
Note: To view Expenses KPI for a matter, turn on option for Show Expenses in Month, in the Action drop down menu. |
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Budgeted Fees (Total) | Total Budget | Sum of Budgeted Phase/Task values for the matter or the Sum of Hours multiplied by the Matter Rate (Agreed Rate) for each fee earner. |
Billable for Budget | Sum of all Billed Fee for the work done post the budget start date. | |
Total Remaining Fee |
Budgeted Fees minus Billable for Budget. Note: This KPI will not be displayed for monthly budget matters, matters budgeted at monthly fixed fee / fee cap, and for matters with recurring budget without a start /end date. |
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Excluded Billable | Fees Excluded from the Budget based on the budget start date – if the fees are transacted before the budget start dates or have been manually excluded from budget , will be included within this bucket. | |
Worked | Realization |
The realization for all rates types, except Fixed Fees is calculated as - Entered Fees/ Value at Firm Standard Rate for Hours Entered For Fixed Fee rate type, Realization is calculated as:
For Phases with Multiple Fee Arrangement (with Higher and Lower Fixed Fees)-
Tip: You can show / hide the Worked Realization on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: KPI> View Worked Realization on Matter Performance. |
Leverage | Entered Non Partner Lawyer Hours / Entered Partner Hours Tip: You can show / hide the Worked Leverage on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Global> Can View Leverage |
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Margin | Entered Amount minus Lawyer Cost/ Entered Amount Tip: You can show / hide the Worked Margin on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Matter Margin or Admin: Permission Group: Sensitive Datar> View Margin Column.Both these permissions apply to worked margin. Ensure to enable / disable both. |
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Profit Per Partner | Margin / Partner FTE Tip: You can show / hide the Profit per Partner KPI on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> Role Permission - Can view worked profit per partner |
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Revenue Per Lawyer | Entered Amount / Total Lawyer FTE Tip: You can show / hide the Revenue per Lawyer on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> Role Permission - Can view worked revenue per lawyer |
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Billed | Realization |
Billed Fee/ Value at Firm Standard Rate associated to the Entered Hours Billed, which includes write down hours. If applicable, the target realization for the matter/phase displays to the right of this KPI in parentheses. Tip: You can show / hide the Billed Realization on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Roles>Permission Group: Matter> Can View Accrual Billed Realization. |
Margin | (Billed Fee- Billed Cost) / Billed Fees Note: Billed Cost is the cost of Entered hours billed, which includes write down as well. |
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Tip: You can show / hide the Billed Margin on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Roles>Permission Group: KPI> Can View Billed Margin on Matter Monitor. |
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Leverage | Entered Hours Billed for Non Partner/ Entered Hours Billed for Partner Note: You can choose to define fee earner classes to be included in numerator and denominator of leverage through Admin: Fee Earner Class> Edit Record |
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Tip: You can show / hide the Billed Leverage on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Roles>Permission Group: Global> Can View Leverage |
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Profit Per Partner |
Billed Margin / Billed Partner FTE Tip: You can show / hide the Profit per Partner KPI on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> Can view billed profit per partner |
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Revenue Per Lawyer | Total Billed Fee / Lawyer FTE Tip: You can show / hide the Revenue per Lawyer on the KPI Panel for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> Can view billed revenue per lawyer |
For more information about how KPIs are calculated, see Key Performance Indicators. If a fee arrangement was set up for the matter, refer to Fee Arrangement Sticker for more information. For Profit Per Partner KPI calculation, refer to Profit Per Partner KPI section.
For each month included in the report based on the time period selection made, the following information may show in a bar graph:
Tip: Hovering your mouse over the month bars on the graph shows the values for those months.
A chart at the bottom of the screen shows the same information, with percentage columns to compare actual fee/expense amounts to the budgeted fees/expenses.
Note: The Budget, and the % Budget column will not be displayed if there is no end date on any phase or spend plan.
Clicking on a month opens the Time Report with the following data:
Note: If you have created a Spend Plan/ Forecast for your budget, you can monitor the Value of Time at Matter Rate amount against the planned spend/forecast for the budget.
In the Matter Properties dialog: Monthly Monitor Mode settings, set the option to Spend or Forecast. The Accrued Fees chart will be updated to compare actual fee/expense amounts against the Spend / Forecast fees/expenses.
The chart at the bottom of the Time Report provides the additional data for each timekeeper working on the matter for that specific month:
Clicking on a link to a specific person opens the Time Report window for the timekeeper.
Tip: You can show / hide the Agreed Realization in the Time Report window. Admin: Permission Group: Time Entry> Can view Agreed Realization on Time Entry Report. This permission will also hide the Agreed Realization in the Person Report in the Person tab.
The KPI tab provides a different visual representation of the figures shown on the KPI panel in the form of a grid.
Tip: You can show / hide the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Global> View Monitor KPI Tab. This permission will also hide the KPI tab in the export report.
Additional information appears on the KPI tab (only the additional details are provided below). An option (radio button) is available to select to view Budgeted or Total KPIs:
On the Budgeted-Billed-WIP column, color coding is used to identify issues with budgets (threshold warnings). Colors vary based on the extent to which matters exceed the budget threshold (three levels should be defined in Admin>Global Settings: Level 1: Green, Level 2: Amber, Level 3: Red)
Refer to Profit Per Partner KPIs in the Calculation section.
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Fees and Expenses (Total Time): This section provides a summary of the revenue associated to the matter, calculated based on Entered, Billing, WIP, and Budget amounts thereby assessing performance against budget. | |||
Fees and Expenses |
Fees - Revenue for legal services provided by your firm. | Entered |
SUM (Entered Fee per Time Entry) Entered Fee per Time Entry = Entered Hours * Matter Rate for the Resource |
Billed |
SUM (Billed Fee per Time Entry) Billed Fee per Time Entry =Amount Invoiced per Time Entry |
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WIP |
SUM (WIP Fee per Time Entry) WIP Fee per Time Entry = WIP hours * Matter Rate |
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Budgeted |
Sum of Fees Budgeted for the Matter or Phase
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Budget - Billed- WIP |
Variance of Budget vs. Actual SUM (Budgeted Fee) - SUM (Billed Fee) - SUM (WIP Fee) |
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Expenses/ Costs - Disbursements/Costs associated to the matter that can be billed. |
Entered |
Disbursement Amount Recorded SUM (Entered Expenses) |
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Billed |
Disbursement Amount Billed. SUM (Billed Expenses)
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WIP |
Disbursement Amount Recorded but not Billed. SUM (WIP Expenses) |
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Budgeted |
Disbursement Amount Budgeted. SUM (Budgeted Expenses) |
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Budget-Billed-WIP |
Variance of Budget vs. Actual SUM (Budgeted Expenses) - SUM (Billed Expenses) - SUM (WIP Expenses) |
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Total (Fees + Expenses) | Entered | SUM (Entered Fees) + SUM (Entered Expenses) | |
Billed | SUM (Billed Fees) + SUM (Billed Expenses) | ||
WIP | SUM (WIP Fees) + SUM (WIP Expenses) | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Budgeted Fees) + SUM (Budgeted Expenses) | ||
Budget-Billed-WIP | SUM (Budgeted - Billed - WIP) Fee + SUM (Budgeted - Billed - WIP) Expenses | ||
Realization | Entered | Entered Amount/ Value at Firm Standard Rate for Hours Entered | |
Billed | Billed Fee/ Value of Entered Hours billed at Firm Standard Rate | ||
WIP | WIP Fee/ Value of WIP Hours at Firm Standard Rate | ||
Budgeted | Budgeted Fee/ Budgeted Value at Firm Standard Rate | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the Realization for various users. Admin: Permission Group: KPI> View Budget Realization on Matter Budget Report |
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Value at Firm Standard Rate (VFSR)- Revenue recorded, valued at the individual’s standard rate and aggregated for the various levels displayed within Umbria | Entered |
Fees recorded for all Entered hours, valued at the Firm Standard Rate (VFSR) SUM (Entered Hours * VFSR) |
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Billed |
The original hours associated to the billed transactions valued at the Firm Standard Rate (VFSR). SUM (Entered Hours Billed * VFSR) |
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WIP |
Entered fees that have not been billed, valued at the Firm Standard Rate (VFSR). SUM (WIP Hours * VFSR) |
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Budgeted |
Budget amount, valued at the Firm Standard Rate (VFSR). SUM (Budgeted Hours * VFSR) |
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(Average) Avg Rate - the weighted average rate associated with all fee transactions | Entered |
Weighted Average Work Rate. SUM(Entered Fees)/SUM(Entered Hours) |
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Billed |
Weighted Average Billed Rate. SUM(Billed Fees)/SUM(Billed Hours) |
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WIP |
Weighted Average WIP Rate. SUM (WIP Fees)/SUM(WIP Hours) |
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Budgeted |
Weighted Average Budget rate. SUM (Budgeted Fees)/SUM(Budgeted Hours) |
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Profitability Summary (Total Time) - This section provides details on Matter Profitability – using individual cost rates. Umbria calculates various profit figures that help assess financial performance for the Matter or Phase. Tip: You can show / hide the Profitability Summary (Total Time) on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: KPI> View Profitability Summary KPI Monitor Page Note:
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Profitability Summary (Total Time) | Profit Before Partner Share - profit available to distribute among partners. For Non-partner, the number includes compensation and overhead; and for partners, it only includes overhead. | Entered | SUM (Entered Fees) - SUM(Entered Hours * Cost Rate) |
Billed | SUM(Billed Fees) - SUM(Entered Hours Billed * Cost Rate) | ||
Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and Write Down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings) |
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WIP | SUM(WIP Fees) - SUM (WIP Hours * Cost Rate) | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Budgeted Fees) - SUM (Budget Hours * Cost Rate) | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the Profit Before Partner Share on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Profit Before Partner Share |
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Revenue Per Lawyer (RPL) (Annual) - Average Revenue generated by each lawyer in the firm |
Entered |
SUM(Entered Fees )/ [SUM(Entered Hours per Lawyer/ Target Hours for that Lawyer) |
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Note: When applied at a matter level, RPL represents the average revenue generated by each lawyer, provided all matters in the firm are similarly staffed. |
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Billed |
SUM(Billed Fees )/ [SUM(Entered Hours Billed per Lawyer /Billed Target Hours for that Lawyer) |
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Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and write down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings) . |
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WIP |
SUM(WIP Fees)/ [SUM (WIP Hours per Lawyer / Entered Target Hours for that Lawyer) |
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Budgeted |
SUM(Budgeted Fees)/ [SUM (Budgeted Hours per Lawyer/ Entered Target Hours for that Lawyer) |
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Tip: You can show / hide the Revenue Per Lawyer (Annual) on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Revenue Per Lawyer |
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Cost Per Lawyer (CPL)(Annual)- Average cost for a lawyer in the firm | Entered |
SUM (Cost )/ [SUM(Entered Hours per Lawyer /Target Hours for that Lawyer) |
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Note: When applied at a matter level, CPL represents the average cost per lawyer, provided all matters in the firm are similarly staffed. |
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Tip: You can show / hide the CPL on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Cost Per Lawyer |
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Billed |
SUM (Billed Cost)/ [SUM (Entered Hours Billed per Lawyer /Target Hours for that Lawyer) |
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Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and write down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings). |
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WIP |
SUM (WIP Costs)/ [SUM (WIP Hours per Lawyer /Target Hours for that Lawyer ) |
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Budgeted |
SUM (Budgeted Costs)/ [SUM(Budgeted Hours per Lawyer /Target Hours for that Lawyer) |
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Margin % | Entered | (Entered Amount- [Cost-Entered]/ Entered Amount | |
Billed | (Billed Fees- [Cost-Billed])/ Billed Fee | ||
WIP | (WIP Fees- [Cost-WIP])/ WIP Fees | ||
Budgeted | (Budgeted Fees- [Cost-Budgeted])/ Budgeted Fees | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the Margin % on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Roles>Permission Group: Matter> View Matter Margin. |
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Note: If you apply this permission, in the exported PowerPoint reports the Margin % values will be displayed as N/A in place of the actual values. In the Excel reports this value will be hidden. |
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Profit Per Partner - This is a financial metric to measure the firm’s financial health, more specifically the partner’s financial health. | Entered |
Profit before Partner Share/ [SUM(Entered Hours per Partner /Target Hours for that Partner)] |
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Tip: Profits per Partner is calculated by dividing a firm's gross revenue (after costs) by the number of the firm's equity partners, to give a number that represents the amount of compensation each lawyer would be paid (if profits were distributed equally). When applied at a matter level, it represents the average compensation that would be paid to each partner. |
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Tip: You can show / hide the PPP on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Profit Per Partner |
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Billed |
Profit before Partner Share / [SUM(Entered Hours Billed per Partner /Target Hours for that Partner)] |
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Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and Write Down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings). |
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WIP |
Profit before Partner Share / [SUM (WIP Hours per Partner /Target Hours for that Partner)] |
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Budgeted |
Profit before Partner Share / [SUM(Budget Hours per Partner /Target Hours for that Partner)] |
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Tip: You can show / hide the Profit Per Partner KPI on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Roles>Permission Group: Matter> Can view PPP in Matter Performance page |
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Cost - Total direct costs and overhead costs associated with the matter | Entered | SUM (Entered Hours * Cost Rate) | |
Billed | SUM (Entered Hours Billed * Cost Rate) | ||
Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and write down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings). |
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WIP | SUM (WIP Hours * Cost Rate) | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Budgeted Hours * Cost Rate) | ||
Total Lawyer / Partner- Ratio of total Lawyers and Partner working on a matter |
Entered | Lawyer Entered Hours / Partner Entered Hours | |
Billed | Lawyer Entered Hours Billed/ Partner Entered Hours Billed | ||
Note: Billed numbers include WIP transactions whose work date is less than the max work date on the latest invoice. "Bill Period Factor" field in the database, flags transactions that should be included within the calculation. |
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WIP | Lawyer WIP Hours/ Partner WIP Hours | ||
Budgeted | Lawyer Budgeted Hours/ Partner Budgeted Hours | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the Total Lawyer/ Partner ratio on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Total Lawyer / Partner |
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(Non-Partner Lawyer)NPL : Partner Ratio - |
Entered |
NPL Entered Hours/ Partner Entered Hours |
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Billed | NPL Entered Hours Billed/ Partner Entered Hours Billed | ||
Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and write down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings). |
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WIP | NPL WIP Hours/ Partner WIP Hours | ||
Budgeted | NPL Budgeted Hours/ Partner Budgeted Hours | ||
(Non Partner Lawyer Fee Earner)NPLFE : Partner Ratio |
Entered |
NPLFE Entered Hours/ Partner Entered Hours |
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Billed | NPLFE Entered Hours Billed/ Partner Entered Hours Billed | ||
Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and write down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings). |
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WIP | NPLFE WIP Hours/ Partner WIP Hours | ||
Budgeted | NPLFE Budgeted Hours/ Partner Budgeted Hours | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the NPLFE: Partner ratio on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View NPLFE: Partner Ratio |
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Staffing Summary (Total Time): This section provides details about the staffing associated with a matter, allocating FTEs as a fraction of target hours. These measures are used within the profitability section to calculate Profit per Partner (PPP), Revenue per Lawyer (RPL), and Cost per Lawyer. | |||
Staffing Summary (Total Time): | Leverage - is the ratio of Non-Partner hours to Partner hours | Entered | SUM(Entered Hours for Non-Partners)/ SUM (Entered Hours for Partner) |
Billed | SUM(Entered Hours Billed for Non-Partners)/ SUM (Entered Hours Billed for Partner) | ||
Note: Entered Hours Billed includes Billed and write down hours by default (when Billed Factor is selected in Global Settings). Alternatively, this could be Billed, Write Down plus WIP Hours which were logged before last time entry date in the most recent Invoice (when Billed Period Factor is selected in Global Settings). |
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WIP | SUM (WIP Hours for Non-Partners)/ SUM(WIP Hours for Partner) | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Budgeted Hours for Non-Partners)/ SUM (Budgeted Hours for Partner) | ||
Equity Partner FTEs-Equity Partner FTE contribution on a matter or phase | Entered | SUM (Entered Hours per Equity Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Equity Partner | |
Billed | SUM (Entered Hours Billed per Equity Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Equity Partner | ||
WIP | SUM (WIP Hours per Equity Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Equity Partner | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Budgeted Hours per Equity Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Equity Partner | ||
Partner FTEs - Partner FTE contribution on a matter or phase | Entered |
SUM (Entered Hours per Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Partner |
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Billed |
SUM (Entered Hours Billed per Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Partner |
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WIP |
SUM (WIP Hours per Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Partner |
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Budgeted |
SUM (Budgeted Hours per Partner)/ Annual Target Hours for that Partner |
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Tip: You can show / hide the Partner FTEs on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Partner FTEs |
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Other Lawyer FTEs- Non-Partner Lawyer FTE contribution on a matter or phase |
Entered | SUM (Entered Hours per Other Lawyer)/ Annual Target Hours for that Other Lawyer | |
Billed | SUM ( Entered Hours Billed per Other Lawyer)/ Annual Target Hours for that Other Lawyer | ||
WIP | SUM (WIP Hours per Other Lawyer)/ Annual Target hours for that Other Lawyers | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Budgeted Hours per Other Lawyer)/ Annual Target hours for that Other Lawyers | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the Other Lawyer FTEs on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Other Lawyer FTEs |
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Total Lawyer FTEs - Sum of FTE contribution associated to all fee earner classes that are flagged as lawyers | Entered | Total (Entered Partner FTE) + Total (Entered Other Lawyer FTE) | |
Billed | Total (Billed Partner FTE) + Total (Billed Other Lawyer FTE) | ||
WIP | Total (WIP Partner FTE) + Total (WIP Other Lawyer FTE) | ||
Budgeted | Total (Budgeted Partner FTE) + Total (Budgeted Other Lawyer FTE) | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the Total Lawyer FTEs on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Total Lawyer FTEs |
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Other Fee Earner FTEs - Sum of FTE contribution for titles that are not flagged as lawyer | Entered | SUM (Entered Hours per Non-Lawyer)/ Annual Target Hours for that Non-Lawyer | |
Billed | SUM (Entered Hours Billed per Non-Lawyer)/ Annual Target Hours for that Non-Lawyer | ||
WIP | SUM (WIP Hours per Non-Lawyer )/ Annual Target Hours for that Non-Lawyer | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Budgeted Hours per Non-Lawyer)/ Annual Target Hours for that Non-Lawyer | ||
Tip: You can show / hide the Other Fee Earner FTEs on the KPI tab for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Other Fee Earners FTEs |
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Total FTEs - Sum of FTE contributions | Entered | Total (Entered Lawyer FTEs) + Total (Entered Other Lawyer FTEs) | |
Billed | Total (Billed Lawyer FTEs) + Total (Other Fee Earners FTEs) | ||
WIP | Total (WIP Lawyer FTEs) + Total (Other Fee Earners FTEs) | ||
Budgeted | Total (Budgeted Lawyer FTEs) + Total (Other Fee Earners FTEs) | ||
% Partner Hours | Entered | SUM (Partner Entered Hours) /SUM(Entered Hours) | |
Billed | SUM (Partner Entered Hours Billed) /SUM(Entered Hours Billed) | ||
Budgeted | SUM (Partner Budgeted Hours) /SUM (Budgeted Hours) | ||
Hours (Total Time):This section details the total Entered, WIP, Billed, and Budgeted hours for a matter. | |||
Hours (Total Time) | Hours for Matter | Entered | Total Hours Recorded on a matter. |
Billed | Total Hours Billed on a matter. | ||
WIP | Total Hours Recorded on a matter that have not been Billed. | ||
Budgeted | Total Hours Budgeted on a matter. | ||
Budget-Billed-WIP | SUM (Budget Hours)- SUM(Billed Hours)- SUM (WIP Hours) | ||
Write-Down Hours | Entered | SUM (Total Entered Written Down Hours) | |
Non-Billable Hours | Entered | SUM(Total Entered Non Billable hours) | |
Excluded from Budget (Total Time): The section details the fees and costs that are excluded from the analysis. Time (Fees) excluded is determined based on start date of the budget and manual exclusion of time entry. If the entered hours is before the start date , it will be excluded from the analysis. For Budget, these are transactions flagged as excluded during the budgeting process. | |||
Excluded from Budget (Total Time) | Excluded Fees | Entered | SUM (Entered Fee) entered prior to the Budget start date |
Billed | SUM (Billed Fee) entered prior to the Budget start date | ||
WIP | SUM (WIP Fee) entered prior to the Budget start date | ||
Excluded Expenses | Entered | SUM (Entered Expense) entered prior to the Budget start date | |
Billed | SUM (Billed Expense) entered prior to the Budget start date | ||
WIP | SUM (WIP Expense) entered prior to the Budget start date | ||
Total Excluded | Entered | SUM (Excluded Entered Fee + Excluded Entered Expenses) | |
Billed | SUM (Excluded Billed Fee + Excluded Billed Expenses) | ||
WIP | SUM (Excluded WIP Fee + Excluded WIP Expenses) |
Click the bulb on the top right corner of the KPI table, to view the Profitability Details.
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Data |
Displays all the time entries, as entered by the time keeper. (Source -TimeMonth table (time entry data aggregated by month per person/ per matter/ per department/ per office). Mouse hover on the KPI's, displays the values used for calculations. Note: The Target Hours column (source GLTarget table) in the Data tab, will pick only those target hours that are in the date range of the time-entries. If the date range is not available, it will pick the latest target hours for calculation. |
Budget | Displays the total Budgeted Fees and Budgeted hours (source- MatterPhase table (budgeted hours entered per phase) and the MatterPhaseBudgetItem table (budgeted hours entered per person per phase). |
Formula | Displays the formula used for profitability calculations. |
Tip: You can show / hide the light bulb icon for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Matter> View Profitability KPI tab detail.
On the By Phase tab, you can opt to view only Fee information, only Hours information, or to view All. If viewing All, the chart lists the following information for each phase.
Field | Description |
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Phase | Name of the Phase. |
Fees | Sum of Entered Fees for this phase. |
Budgeted Fees | Total Fees Budgeted for this phase. |
Variance | Budgeted Fees minus Billable Fees. |
% Used | (Billable Fees) / (Budgeted Fees). |
Billable Hours | Entered Hours for this phase. |
Budgeted Hours | Total Number of Hours Budgeted for this phase. |
Variance | Budgeted Hours minus Billable Hours. |
% Used | (Billable Hours) / (Budgeted Hours). |
Entered Expenses | Total Expenses Entered for this phase. |
Budgeted Expenses | Total Expenses Budgeted for this phase. |
Variance | Budgeted Expenses minus Entered Expenses. |
% Used | (Entered Expenses) / (Budgeted Expenses). |
The By Phase Detailed tab is similar to the By Phase tab but shows information for each individual timekeeper for each phase. You can opt to view only Fee information, to view only Hours information, or to view All. If viewing All, the chart lists the following information for each timekeeper for each phase.
Field | Description |
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Timekeeper | Name of the Timekeeper. |
Last Time Entry | Date that the most recent entry was made for this timekeeper in this phase. |
Billable Fees | Entered Fees for this timekeeper in this phase, excluding the write down amount. |
Budgeted Fees | Total Fees Budgeted for this timekeeper for this phase. |
Variance | Budgeted Fees minus Billable Fees. |
% of Budget | (Billable Fees) / (Budgeted Fees). |
Billable Hours | Entered Hours for this timekeeper in this phase. |
Budgeted Hours | Total number of Hours Budgeted for this timekeeper for this phase, excluding the write down hours |
Variance | Budgeted Hours minus Billable Hours. |
% of budget | (Billable Hours) / (Budgeted Hours) |
On the By Task Code tab, you can opt to view only Fee information, to view only Hours information, or to view All. If viewing All, the chart lists the following information for each task code.
Field | Description |
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Task Code | Name of the Task Code. |
Last Time Entry | Date of the most recent time entry associated to this task code. |
Billable Fees | Entered Fees for this Task Code, excluding the write down amount. |
Budgeted Fees | Total Fees Budgeted for this Task Code. |
Variance | Budgeted Fees minus Billable Fees. |
% of Budget | (Billable Fees) / (Budgeted Fees). |
Billable Hours | Entered Hours for this Task Code. |
Budgeted Hours | Total Number of Hours Budgeted for this Task Code. |
Variance | Budgeted Hours minus Billable Hours. |
% of Budget | (Billable Hours) / (Budgeted Hours). |
The By Task Code Detailed tab is similar to the By Task Code tab but shows information for each individual timekeeper for each task code. You can opt to view only Fee information, to view only Hours information, or to view All. If viewing All, the chart lists the following information for each timekeeper for each task code.
Field | Description |
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Timekeeper | Name of the Timekeeper. |
Last Time Entry | Date that the most recent entry was made for this timekeeper for this task code. |
Billable Fees | Entered Fees for this timekeeper for this task code, excluding the write downs. |
Budgeted Fees | Total Fees Budgeted for this timekeeper for this task code. |
Variance | Budgeted Fees minus Billable Fees. |
% of Budget | (Billable Fees) / (Budgeted Fees). |
Billable Hours | Entered Hours for this timekeeper for this task code. |
Budgeted Hours | Total Number of Hours Budgeted for this timekeeper for this task code. |
Variance | Budgeted Hours minus Billable Hours. |
% of budget | (Billable Hours) / (Budgeted Hours). |
On the Person tab, you can choose to view Amount, Hours, or Budgeted information associated to a timekeeper. In the lower left corner of the screen, you can also opt to view the All time – Total - or select just a single month.
A stacked bar graph shows the total amount or the total hours for each timekeeper, broken down into WIP, Billed, and Write-Down subtotals. A chart below the graph provides the same information.
From the chart, clicking on a link to a specific person opens the Person Report window, which provides specific data regarding the timekeeper /matter:
Field | Description | |
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Timekeeper name, Fee Earner Class, Fee Earner Category, Department | Name of the Timekeeper, Fee Earner Class, Fee Earner Category, and Department. | |
Rates | Firm Standard Rate | Hourly Rate based on the Firm Standard Rate Card for the matter currency. |
Value at Firm Standard Rate | Entered Hours multiplied by the Firm Standard Rate. | |
Agreed | Rate agreed for the matter transactions. | |
Agreed Realization | Value At Matter Rate / Value At Firm Standard Rate Tip: You can show / hide the Agreed Realization in the Person Report window. Admin: Permission Group: Time Entry> Can view Agreed Realization on Time Entry Report. This permission will also hide the Agreed Realization in the Time Report in the By Month tab. |
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Billed Average Rate | Total Billed Fees/ Billed Hours | |
Billed Realization | Billed Fees / Value At Firm Standard Rate | |
Billed Hours | Entered Hours that have been billed to the client. | |
Unbilled Hours | Sum (WIP Hours +Entered Hours) that have not been billed | |
Write-Down Hours | Sum (Entered Hours) removed from matter prior to billing or during the billing process | |
Entered Hours | Hours Entered for this matter | |
Value of Time at Matter Rate | Total Entered Hours multiplied by Agreed-upon Rate for the Matter. | |
Matter Rate with Additional Discount | Provided when an additional discount is applied to the Exception /Matter Rate Card. |
Additional information is provided on the grid:
Field | Description |
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Timekeeper | Clicking the month opens the monthly Time Report. Select Prev to return to the Person Report. |
Billed Hours | Entered Hours Billed to the client |
Write-Down Hours | Total Entered Hours reduced during billing |
WIP Hours | Total Billable Hours Entered but not Billed |
Total Billable Hours | Entered Hours-Write Down Hours |
Two donut graphs display on the Hours tab. For the graph on the left, select By Fee Earner Class to see a breakdown of billable amount earned by each class of timekeeper during the report time period. Select By Leverage if you simply wish to see the billable total entered by non-Partners vs. the billable total entered by Partners. Below the graph, you can see the total number of Billable Hours, the Billable Amount, and the Billable Rate (Billable Amount / Billable Hours) for each fee class (or for non-Partners and for Partners), as well as the percentage of the billable total that each entity comprises.
The graph on the left shows distribution of billable hours by each individual timekeeper. A chart below the graph shows each timekeeper's Billable Hours, Billable Amount, Billable Rate, and percentage of the total amount that the timekeeper represents.
Field | Label | Description |
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Fee Earner Class | Hours by Fee Class | Fee Class Name. Clicking on a link to a specific title opens the Person Report window. |
Person | Hours by Person | Name of the Timekeeper. Clicking on a link to a specific title opens the Person Report window. |
Rates | Firm Standard Rate | Hourly Rate based on the Firm Standard Rate Card for the matter currency. |
Value at Firm Standard Rate | Entered Hours multiplied by Firm Standard Rate. | |
Agreed | Rate Agreed for the matter transaction. | |
Agreed Realization | Value At Matter Rate / Value At Firm Standard Rate | |
Billed Average Rate | Billed Fees / Billed Hours | |
Billed Realization | Billed Fees / Value At Firm Standard Rate | |
Billed Hours | Entered Hours that have been billed to the client. | |
Unbilled Hours | Sum (WIP Hours). Entered Hours that have not been billed. | |
Write-Down Hours | Sum of Entered Hours removed from matter prior to billing or during the billing process. | |
Entered Hours | Hours Entered for this matter | |
Value of Time at Matter Rate | Total Hours Worked multiplied by Agreed-upon Rate for the matter. |
Additional information is provided on the grid:
Field | Description |
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Billable Hours | Entered Hours |
Billable Amount | Entered Fees |
% of Total | Total Entered Hours / Entered Hours per timekeeper |
Billable Rate | Billable Amount / Billable Hours |
The Expenses tab lists all expenses/vendor invoices entered for the matter during the report timeframe. You can make a selection on the left side of the screen to view the Total expenses or just expenses for a particular month.
For each expense, the invoice Date, a description of the Service provided, the name of the Vendor, and the invoice Amount are listed.
A graphical representation at the top of the tab breaks down the expense amounts into:
The expenses provided are:Internal Expenses, External Expenses Paid by Firm, External Expenses Paid by Client (Part of a Budget), and External Expenses Paid by Client (Not Part of Budget).
The Budget tab displays only if the matter you are currently viewing has a budget.
At the top of the screen, a line graph shows three separate lines. One indicates the expected rate of budget completion (from 0-100% of the budget amount) based on the budget. A second shows the rate of budget completion based on actual fee accrual. A third shows the rate at which phases are being completed.
Tip: You can show / hide the budget completion value on the chart for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Budget >View Completion On Chart.
Click the Edit Budget button to manage/ edit the budget associated with the Matter. You will be directed to the Matter Planning page.
Below the graph, you can see the budget's start date as well as the total amount anticipated for the budget.
Additional information is provided on the grid:
Field | Description |
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Resources | Name of the Timekeeper |
Budgeted Hours | Budget Hours |
Hourly Rate | Agreed Rate for the matter. |
Budgeted Fees | Total Fee Budgeted for a matter |
Profit Margin | (Budgeted Revenue - Total Cost)/ Value at Firm Standard Rate |
Realization | (Budgeted Revenue) / (Value at Firm Standard Rate) |
Tip: You can show / hide the Profit Margin column for various users. Admin: Permission Group: Sensitive Data> View Budget Resource's Margin Column. These permissions will also hide the details from the export report.
The action menu, located at the top right corner of all matter detail pages, allows you to perform various actions related to the current matter. Action menu detailed in About Matters.
Tip: You can show / hide the Matter Monitor Module for various users. Admin: Global Settings: Modules>Modules Visibility.