Overview

This course is designed to highlight configuration options in Practice Management and discuss what consequences that will have for the end user. 

Prerequisites

  • Knowledge of the decisions that were made during CCH Practice Management Implementation
  • Attending CCH Practice Management: essentials and CCH Practice Management: enhanced would be useful but not mandatory 

Objectives

To feel comfortable making changes to the maintenance settings of CCH which affect how the firm uses CCH Practice Management. 

Course duration

3 hours

Cloudshare: This course will be delivered using an interactive hosted training environment called CloudShare.
CloudShare provides a standardised virtual training environment for each attendee, enabling hands on interaction during the training session. You will receive a comprehensive set of instructions and recommendations prior to the training.

Course contents

  • configuring employee timesheet settings
  • Code Type maintenance
  • expenses and disbursement maintenance
  • nominal code maintenance
  • Fee note maintenance
  • Processing Time Setup  

Who is this course designed for?

Decision makers, who have SuperUser rights, and a knowledge of the firm’s policies 

Useful Resources

Related documents

CCH Practice Management 2026.2: Release Notes
Release Notes for CCH Practice Management 2026.2
CCH Practice Management 2026.3: Release Notes
Release Notes for CCH Practice Management 2026.3
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