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Your fee earners ask how to do it in Aderant. Outcomer shows them.

When a fee earner is unsure how to record time, fix a flagged entry or review a bill, Outcomer shows each step on their screen. The steps come from your firm's own procedures, so time and bills go through right first time.

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After the demo, we’ll set up your department free of charge. A small trial confirms it’s accurate, then a larger trial measures the drop in support queries.

How the free trial works

We check every step works before your staff see it.

Outcomer isn’t a library of ready-made Aderant guides. We build your guides from your own procedures, on your own Aderant set-up, and test each one before your staff use it.

Shown on our practice system. We map your own Aderant set-up during set-up.
Everyday questions

Everyday Aderant tasks your fee earners and finance staff ask about

How do I record time against the right matter?Shows your firm's rules for matters, task codes and narratives, in Aderant.
Why has my time entry been flagged?Shows what your firm's and client's billing rules expect, so you can fix the entry.
How do I review my prebill?Shows each step of your firm's bill review process, in order.
How do I record a disbursement?Shows the fields your finance team needs, and which codes to use.
Instant support

Answers from your own procedures.

Your fee earners and finance staff get the answer on screen, in Aderant and the systems around it, instead of interrupting a colleague or raising a ticket.

Training

Aderant training that continues on the job

Fee earners learn Aderant and iTimekeep in training, but the real questions come when an entry is rejected or a bill is due. Outcomer answers them on screen while they work, using your firm's own procedures.

Support questions

Questions your staff ask about Aderant

General answers for the standard product. Your own set-up may differ, and that’s what Outcomer follows.

Can I record time on my phone?

Aderant's iTimekeep app lets you enter time from an iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch, and it connects to your firm's billing system. Whether the app is available to you depends on your firm, so your set-up may differ.

Can I keep my timers organised in iTimekeep?

Yes. The iTimekeep mobile app lets you colour-code timers so you can tell tasks apart at a glance. On the desktop, timers float on screen so you can capture work as it happens.

Can I enter a start and end time instead of a duration?

Yes. iTimekeep lets you enter start and end times and works out the duration for the time entry. Your firm's rounding rules still apply.

Why is iTimekeep warning me about my entry?

iTimekeep can check entries against your firm's and your client's billing rules as you type, using rule-based and AI checks. A warning usually means the entry breaks one of those rules, for example on narrative or task codes. The rules are set by your firm, so your set-up may differ.

Can I review and edit my time when I'm offline?

Aderant says iTimekeep's offline support lets you review, reject and edit entries from anywhere. Check with your firm how and when offline changes reach the billing system, as your set-up may differ.

Can I turn an email or meeting into a time entry?

Yes, if your firm uses iTimekeep for Outlook. It lets you turn emails and calendar events into time entries without leaving Outlook. Check the matter and narrative before you release the entry.

Can my assistant enter time for me?

iTimekeep can let assistants enter time on a timekeeper's behalf. Your firm decides who can act as a delegate, so ask your time or billing team to set it up. Your set-up may differ.

What does the 'Prebill has WIP' alert mean?

There is unbilled work in progress on the matter that is not on the prebill. Open the prebill and check the banner at the top to see which entries are available, and gather them if they should be billed. Close the banner to clear the warning. Your set-up may differ.

Why does it say a time entry needs to be revalued?

The entry's value needs recalculating, often after rates or hours have changed. Open the prebill, select the flagged entries and revalue them, choosing the option to keep any edits to billed hours if you have changed them. A time entry showing zero usually needs revaluing too. Your set-up may differ.

Why can't I post the bill?

If the bill has been edited since it was last prepared, prepare it again and post it after a successful prepare. Posting is done from the prebill list, not from prepared documents. If warnings remain after you have dealt with them, run the rule check again. Your set-up may differ.

Why can't I reverse this bill?

A bill cannot be reversed while a matter on it has credits. If a payment has been applied, accounts receivable must reverse it first; a write-off or a billed negative disbursement also has to be removed. Ask your finance team, as your set-up may differ.

If your fee earners and finance staff ask questions like these every week, Outcomer answers them on their own screen, using your own Aderant set-up and procedures.

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For managers

See where your team needs help.

See which Aderant tasks staff ask about most, which procedure answered each question, and whether it was finished or passed to your support desk. Your IT team can export it at any time.

Security

Your client data stays yours.

Outcomer never reads, uses or keeps the data in your systems. It finds each box and button by its label, never what’s typed in it, takes no screenshots, and works from your procedures, not your records.

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