Overview

ℹ️ Feature Availability: The functionality described in this article is being released in stages. Some features are generally available, while others are currently unavailable (marked with *) and will become available in a future release. If you cannot see a feature described below, it may not yet have been released to your organisation.

Fee Earner Performance Reporting enables Fee Earners and Team Leads to monitor both productivity and financial performance.

The introduction of *Billable Hours Targets extends performance reporting beyond traditional financial metrics by allowing users to compare recorded billable hours against defined targets, alongside revenue performance.

Performance information is available through:

• Billable Hours target reporting
• Time Performance dashboard widget
• Revenue Performance dashboard widget
• Fee Earner Performance reports
• Team performance reporting (Team Leads)
• Matter-level listing reports

Users can only view performance information they are authorised to access.

What's New

The latest enhancements introduce four major additions to Fee Earner Performance Reporting. 

Each of these enhancements is covered in more detail within the relevant section of this article.

Billable Hours Targets

Before performance can be measured, a Billable Hours Fee Target Set must be created and assigned to the relevant Fee Earners or Teams.

Billable Hours targets define the expected number of billable hours. The same Billable Hours target is used consistently throughout the Fee Earner Performance Report and the Time Performance Widget, ensuring users are comparing the same performance data regardless of where it is viewed. 

Measuring Performance Against Billable Hours Targets

*Billable Hours targets introduce a productivity measure based on recorded billable time rather than financial performance. Unlike financial targets, billable hours Targets measure productivity based on the time recorded by a Fee Earner, giving firms visibility of performance regardless of the value ultimately billed or collected.

When a Billable Hours Fee Target Set is selected within the Fee Earner Performance Report, the report displays:

Billable Hours:

• use finalised billable work only
• exclude non-billable time
• are displayed as hours rather than currency

Existing WIP, Billing and Collection reporting remains unchanged.

Dashboard Widgets

The dashboard widgets provide a visual, real-time view of productivity and financial performance, complementing the detailed information available within the Fee Earner Performance reports. 

Configuring Dashboard Widgets

Both the *Time Performance and *Revenue Performance widgets can be configured to display the information most relevant to the user or team.

When adding a widget to a dashboard, users can define:

• Widget Title
• Performance Scope (Myself, My Team or All Teams)
• Comparison Period
• Performance Targets
• Performance Threshold (%)

The threshold determines when the widget displays Green, Amber or Red performance indicators.

Green = Above Target
Amber = Within the configured threshold of the target
Red = Below the configured threshold

Time Performance Widget Configuration

The Time Performance widget allows you to configure:

Revenue Performance Widget Configuration

The Revenue Performance widget allows you to configure separate financial targets for each performance measure.

The configuration screen uses the labels WIP Target, Billing Target and Collection Target because these are the underlying Fee Target Sets used by the widget. 
Once configured, the widget displays these as:
Recorded (WIP Target)
Billed (Billing Target)
Collected (Collection Target)

*Time Performance Widget

The Time Performance Widget provides an at-a-glance view of productivity, helping Fee Earners monitor progress against Billable Hours targets and understand how recorded time is being spent.

Billable Hours vs Target

This view compares recorded billable hours against the configured Billable Hours target.

The chart displays:

• Actual Billable Hours
• Target Billable Hours
• Variance
• Performance Status (RAG)

Users can quickly identify whether they are on track to achieve their productivity target.

Utilisation

The Utilisation view shows how recorded time has been spent.

It displays:

• Billable Hours
• Non-Billable Hours

Unlike Billable Hours vs Target, Utilisation measures how time is allocated, not whether targets have been achieved.

No RAG indicator is shown for Utilisation.

The Time Performance Widget uses the same Billable Hours Target selected for reporting, ensuring dashboard metrics and report figures remain consistent.

Time Performance Metrics

Performance data can be analysed over different reporting periods.

Available metrics include:

• This Month 
• Last Month
• This Financial Year
• Select Month

These metrics allow users to compare productivity across different time periods.

*Revenue Performance Widget

The Revenue Performance Widget provides a financial view of how recorded work progresses through the billing lifecycle, from time recorded to invoices issued and fees collected.

The widget contains three performance views.

Each view displays:

• Actual Value
• Target Value
• Variance
• Performance Status (RAG)

Like the Time Performance Widget, users can switch reporting periods using the available metrics.

Users can switch between Recorded, Billed and Collected views while also changing the reporting period to compare performance over different timeframes.

How Written-Off and Deleted Time Affects Performance

Written-off entries remain visible because they reflect work that was completed, even if it was later written off financially. Because written-off work was still recorded, it continues to contribute towards productivity and revenue performance metrics.

Deleted entries are removed from the calculations because the underlying time record no longer exists.

If figures appear higher than expected because time has been written off, drill down into the metric to identify the entries with a Written Off status.

Drill Down Analysis

Selecting any metric within either dashboard widget opens the supporting transaction detail for the selected reporting period.

Drilling into a metric allows users to investigate:

• Recorded work
• Written-off entries
• Billing activity
• Collections

Reports

Available Reports

Navigate to:

Reports > Management

The following reports are available depending on your role and permissions.

Fee Analysis Pivot Enhancements

The Fee Analysis report includes additional metrics that provide greater visibility into time and value adjustments made during the billing process.

These metrics help firms understand the impact of write-ups and write-downs on both recorded time and billed revenue.

Unlike the Time Performance and Revenue Performance widgets, which focus on current productivity and financial performance, Fee Analysis Reporting helps firms understand how recorded work has been adjusted during the billing process.

New Reporting Metrics

Understanding the Metrics

The additional metrics provide a clear view of how work has been adjusted during billing.

This creates a clear Input → Adjustment → Output view of both time and monetary adjustments.

Interpreting Adjustments 

Where invoice discounts are applied, the adjustment value is distributed proportionally across the affected Fee Earners.

Time adjustments and monetary adjustments are independent. It is possible for the billed hours to change without changing the billed value, or for the billed value to change while the billed hours remain the same.

Listing Reports

Fee Earners can also access:

• Aged Billing
• Aged Debtors
• Matter Balances

Unlike performance reports:

• Filters are pre-populated.
• Filters can be changed.
• Matter-level security is always enforced.

Access & Permissions

Users assigned to the Lawyer or Paralegal roles can access their own performance information.

Fee Earners Access

• Fee Earner Performance
• Fee Earner Snapshot
• Aged WIP

When a Fee Earner runs these reports:

• The Fee Earner filter is automatically populated.
• The filter is locked.
• Only the user's own performance data is displayed.

Fee Earners cannot access performance data for other Fee Earners.

Team Lead Access

Users assigned the Team Lead permission can access Team-level performance reporting.

Team Reporting Behaviour

The following reports support Team reporting:

• Fee Earner Performance
• Fee Earner Snapshot
• Aged WIP

When a Team Lead runs these reports:

• The Team filter is automatically populated.
• The Team filter is locked.
• Results include all members of the Team.
• Individual Team members can be analysed.
• Users cannot access performance data outside their Team.

Team Leads must be assigned to the appropriate Team and granted the Team Lead permission before Team reporting becomes available.

Partner, Manager and Accountant roles already have broader reporting access and do not require the Team Lead permission.

Team Lead Configuration

To enable Team reporting:

Navigate to:

Directory > Employees

Open the employee record and verify both settings have been configured.

Team-level reporting is only available when both requirements have been met.

RAG Performance Indicators

Utilisation measures how recorded time is allocated and therefore does not display RAG indicators.

Best Practices

• Keep Fee Target Sets up to date.
• Use the Time Performance Widget for day-to-day productivity monitoring.
• Review Billable Hours alongside Revenue Performance for a complete view of performance.
• Use the Revenue Performance Widget to monitor Recorded, Billed and Collected performance.
• Drill into dashboard metrics to investigate written-off activity.
• Use Fee Analysis Reporting to identify write-ups and write-downs.
• Review Time Adjusted and Adjusted Time Billed metrics to understand pricing behaviour.
• Review negative variances early.
• Use Year-to-Date comparisons for trend analysis.
• Ensure Team Leads are assigned before using Team reporting.

Related Articles

• Setting Up Fee Targets – Create and maintain Billable Hours Fee Target Sets.
• Dashboards & Customised Views – Configure and customise dashboard widgets.