Issuing Bills

You can issue a bill directly from a matter or from the Quick Create Button on Thread. 

Issuing bills from a Matter:  

1. 1. Click Matters in the left pane of your Thread page. 
   

2. 2. Search for the matter you want to issue a bill for and click the matter name. 

3. 3. Select the Financial tab in the top grey pane, then the Bill tab on the left pane. 

 

4. 4. If the bill has already been created, select the bill you want to issue and click Issue bill in the top grey pane.  

 

If the bill is not yet created, you can create a new bill from Financial - Bill page of a matter, and then include time records in a bill or create a fixed fee bill. 

       5. A pop-up window will appear. Select the template you want to use for the bill. You can search for a template using the search bar provided.  

  

6. 6. Click Next.  

7. 7. The bill will generate and appear in the Documents tab of the matter. 

Time on Matter documents that were included in the bill will now show in the matter Is billed column as Yes.  

 

Issuing bills using Bills page: 

To issue bills from the Bills page in Thread, the bill must already be created on a matter with the relevant timed items / fixed fee description included in the bill. 

1. Go to Financials tab on the left pane, then the Bills tab in the top grey pane. 

 
 

2. Use the filters to find the unissued bills by matter owner, category and time period. 

 
 

 

3. Click on Issue bill in the top grey pane. 

 

4. A pop-up window will appear. Select the template you want to use for the bill. You can search for a template using the search bar provided.  
 

  

5. 5. Click Create.  

6. 6. The bill will generate and appear in the Documents tab of the matter. You will also see the bill details on the Financial - Bill tab of the matter. 

Time on Matter documents that were included in the bill will now show in the matter 'Is billed' column as Yes.  

 

 

Note: Once a bill has been issued, you cannot edit details or generate it again. You would need to unissue the bill to make any changes. See unissuing bills for more details. 

To find out more about billing with Thread, go to Billing - Overview. 

 

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