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Toolbox: Top Ten
The document describes the "Top Ten Option" feature within a Toolbox for managing financial records, specifically highlighting its default display of the "Top Ten Debtors." Users can sort lists, including "Top Ten WIP" and "Top Ten Exposure," through a right-click menu. Clicking on a client name opens their record, and sorting can also be performed by clicking column headings. Access to this feature is determined by the user's security group.
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Toolbox: Tasks
The document outlines the functionality of the "Tasks" option in a toolbox, showing how users can view all assigned tasks along with their statuses and due dates. It explains that right-clicking opens a pop-up menu for various display and sorting options, including the ability to access additional headings through the "Field Chooser." Visual aids are provided to illustrate each feature effectively.
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Toolbox: Recent Activity
The document outlines the functionality of the "Recent Activity" option in a Toolbox, which allows users to view all activities of a selected employee. It provides details on chargeable and non-chargeable hours in timesheets and expense sheets, current charges, and sheet statuses. Users can click on linked activities for more detailed views. Access to this feature is governed by the user's security group.
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Toolbox: Standing Orders
The document discusses "Standing Orders," which automate the billing process for clients or suppliers on a fixed schedule. By using existing client bills as templates, businesses can easily generate new bills without manually entering information each time. The "Standing Orders" window displays all current bills, enabling users to manage standing orders, draft bills, and conduct bulk operations like authorization and posting. This system streamlines customized billing for improved efficiency.
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Toolbox: Productivity
The document describes a "Productivity" feature in a toolbox that visualizes practice productivity through a pie chart. Users can hover over chart segments for detailed figures and right-click to access a pop-up menu for sorting data by month or year for the past 12 months. Additionally, users can double-click segments to view related transactions, such as chargeable hours or internal meetings.
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Toolbox: Portfolio Analysis
This document describes the "Portfolio Analysis" option in a toolbox, which allows users to view financial tables of clients and their assignments linked to partners. Users can access a pop-up menu by right-clicking the display to customize the view and sorting options. Access to a bar chart depicting this information is determined by the user's security group.
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Toolbox: Staff Utilisation
The document outlines the use of the Staff Utilisation option in a software toolbox, highlighting how to visualize employee chargeable activity against total time. Users can employ a filter to customize the data displayed on the graph, with options such as YTD, date range, and selection of target or standard hours. Additional features include sorting columns, copying graphs to other applications, and toggling gridlines. Right-clicking on column headers allows users to filter by company, department, office, partner, or employee for detailed insights into staff utilisation.
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Toolbox: Recoverability
The document provides detailed instructions on using the "Recoverability" option from a Toolbox, which displays a recoverability graph based on monthly cumulative figures rather than standard calendar months. It explains how to access the graph, utilize a pop-up menu for filtering and customizing date ranges, and sort data by various criteria such as company and department. Additionally, it outlines functions such as copying the graph and toggling gridlines. Overall, it serves as a functional guide for managing and analyzing recoverability data effectively.
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Toolbox: Homepage
The document provides instructions on customizing the homepage with the Aged Creditors option. It explains how to use the Toolbox to drag and display a bar chart of aged creditors, access a pop-up menu for sorting and display options, and modify the date range for the displayed information. Additionally, it notes that the visibility of the bar chart is determined by user security group settings.
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Toolbox: Fee Analysis History
This document details the "Fee Analysis History" option within a toolbox feature, which presents a "Full Analysis History" window similar to "Full Billing History." Users can sort data by various criteria through a pop-up menu. It outlines necessary steps to utilize the analysis option, including customizing the homepage, setting fee dimension criteria, creating a configuration key, and establishing task permissions. Additionally, it provides links to related topics for further guidance on homepage customization and fee dimension allocation.
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Toolbox: Employee Leave
The document outlines the functionality of the "Employee Leave" option in a toolbox, which displays an employee's annual leave entitlement, booked leave, and remaining balance, including productivity status. The information is categorized based on the employee's primary record and corresponding hours. Access to the leave information is determined by the user's security group, influencing visibility of a related bar chart.
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Toolbox: Employee Budget
The document outlines the "Employee Budget" tool, which enables tracking employee performance on a monthly and year-to-date basis. It includes three main columns: "Target," reflecting budgeted hours and charge rates; "Planned," based on hours assigned in schedules; and "Actual," which shows hours posted in timesheets. A pop-up menu allows users to activate a percentage tracker to evaluate performance, highlighting underperforming employees in red. Additionally, users can toggle the visibility of total figures at the bottom of the table.
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Toolbox: Budget Analysis
The document describes the "Employee Budget Analysis" tool in a software toolbox, which displays a bar chart comparing actual versus budgeted chargeable and non-chargeable time for an employee. Users can access a pop-up menu to view data for the current month or year-to-date, and can choose between hours or charge amounts. Access to this feature depends on the user's security group.
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Toolbox: Database Analysis
The document provides instructions for using the Database Analysis tool within a software Toolbox. Users can access a bar chart by dragging the Database Analysis option, and they can customize display settings through a right-click pop-up menu. Additionally, visibility of the bar chart is determined by the user's security group.
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Toolbox: Budget Variance
The document outlines the functionality of the "Budget Variance" option within the Billing Variance Homepage. It details how users can analyze Actual Fees versus Budgeted Fees through an interactive chart that combines line graphs and bar charts. Users can customize the view via a drop-down menu, filter data by various criteria (e.g., Client Partner or Practice), and access detailed assignment information. The document emphasizes the importance of correctly grouping data for better visibility of budget variance, and it includes instructions for navigating and modifying the display settings to enhance usability.
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Toolbox: Aged Debt
The document describes the "Aged Debt" feature in a toolbox, which displays a bar chart of aged debt when selected. Users can access a pop-up menu by right-clicking the chart, allowing them to sort and adjust display options. Additionally, they can change the date range for the displayed Work In Progress (WIP). Access to this feature is determined by the user's security group.
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Toolbox: Approve
The document outlines the functionality of the "Approve" option within a Toolbox for managing WIP (Work In Progress) items and bills that require approval. Users can view and sort WIP items, access a pop-up menu for various actions, and utilize team filtering for bills. Different roles, such as Manager, Assignment Partner, and Bill Approver, can filter views based on client or assignment responsibilities. Notably, repeat bills are excluded from certain filters, highlighting the association of bills with their creators rather than approvers.
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Toolbox: Aged WIP
The document outlines the "Aged WIP" option within a toolbox for managing work-in-progress (WIP) data. It describes how to access and manipulate a bar chart displaying current WIP figures, including the ability to filter results based on assignment company, office, and department. It details the validation rules for filtering Aged WIP based on user roles (Client Partner, Client Manager, Assignment Partner, Assignment Manager) and specifies how these roles affect the displayed WIP data. Overall, it provides a comprehensive guide to utilizing the Aged WIP feature effectively.
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Toolbox: Aged Creditors
The document describes the "Aged Creditors" option in a toolbox that generates a bar chart displaying aged creditors. Users can customize the chart through a pop-up menu to adjust sorting, display options, and the date range of the data shown. Access to this feature is determined by the user's security group permissions.