Accruals Calendar

The accruals calendar shows due dates for the current fiscal year for accruals (unbilled amounts). Due dates for accruals, budgets, and status reports are typically linked so that workflows are consolidated. For example, if a status report and budget are due in the same month, they have the same due dates. However, accrual due dates are sometimes separate if unbilled amounts are due after the end of the month.

Opening the Accruals Calendar

There are several ways to open the accruals calendar:
Page in Tracker
Opening the Calendar
From
Home
, then
Accruals schedule
Opens the accruals calendar for the current fiscal year.
  • To edit the accruals calendar, select
    Edit
    on the toolbar.
  • To print the accruals calendar, select the three small dots icon and select Edit from the list of options.
From
Users
, then
Company Profile
Next to
Calendar of Events
, select
Accruals calendar of events
.
From an open matter
From the matter's
Profile
tab, select
Accruals calendar of events
.
From the
Settings
page
In the
eBilling & Financial Setup
section, select
Accruals calendar
.

Editing the Accruals Calendar

Company system administrators can edit the calendar of events for their organizations. You can apply default values that apply to all months, or update options for individual calendar months.
Setting Default Due Dates for Accruals
If you want to have the same accrual calendar for each month in a fiscal year, you can edit the values in the fields in the
Default
section.
  1. Use one of the following to open the Accruals calendar in edit mode:
Page in Tracker
Opening the Calendar
From
Home
, then
Accruals schedule
Select
Edit
on the toolbar.
From
Users
, then
Company Profile
Next to
Calendar of Events
, select
Accruals calendar of events
, then select
Edit
on the toolbar.
From an open matter
Select
Edit options
on the toolbar. Select any
Accruals calendar of events
link on this page to open the calendar. On the calendar toolbar, select
Edit
to open the calendar in edit mode.
From
Settings
, under
eBilling & Financial Setup
Select
Accruals calendar
.
  1. In the
    Default
    section, type the values in the
    Due Date
    ,
    Input Days
    , and
    Remind Days
    fields.
  1. Select
    Apply
    .
  2. On the toolbar, select
    Save & close
    .
Setting Accruals Due Dates per Month
If you do not want to use the same due dates for all months in a year, you can specify due dates, input days and reminder days for each month.
  1. Use one of the following to open the Accruals calendar in edit mode:
Page in Tracker
Opening the Calendar
From
Home
, then
Accruals schedule
Select
Edit
on the toolbar.
From
Users
, then
Company Profile
Next to
Calendar of Events
, select
Accruals calendar of events
, then select
Edit
on the toolbar.
From an open matter
Select
Edit options
on the toolbar.
From
Settings
, under
eBilling & Financial Setup
Select
Accruals calendar
.
  1. Next to each month type the values in the
    Due Date
    ,
    Input Days,
    and
    Remind Days
    fields.
  2. On the toolbar, select
    Save & close
    .

Fields

Field
Description
Events
Unbilled Amount
indicates accruals are due.
None
indicates no accruals are due.
Firm Input START
The first day that firms or vendors can enter information for that month. On the day specified here:
  • Dashboard alerts are shown to vendors
  • Emails are sent to the vendors' matter participants and to vendor primary contacts, notifying them that they should now begin entering the required information in Tracker.
  • As of 12:00 am Pacific Time the vendor is no longer able to post invoices to a matter unless it has completed all of the incomplete tasks for that matter.
Firm Email REMINDER
If the firm or vendor has any matters with incomplete actions, a reminder email will be sent to the matter participants for those matters.
Firm Input DUE
The date by which the firm or vendor is requested to complete the incomplete tasks. With respect to posting unbilled time, vendors are not allowed to post unbilled time after this date.
Due date
(Edit mode only) The date that users are no longer able to approve or edit the required information. Enter the date in the field provided. For example, if you want accruals to be due on the 15th of the month, type 15.
Corresponds to the
Firm Input DUE
column.
Input Days
(Edit mode only) The total number of days that the vendor is allowed to input data. A minimum of two days is required. The maximum is 22 days.
Corresponds to the
Firm Input START
column.
Remind Days
(Edit mode only) If the vendor has any matters with incomplete actions, a reminder email will be sent to the matter participants for those matters.
Corresponds to the
Firm Email Reminder
column.
If a company responsible user has any matters with incomplete actions, a reminder email will be sent to that user.