Do you often find yourself clicking No when prompted to make a backup in Tabs3 Software? If so, is it because you don’t have time to wait for a backup to complete, or because other people are currently working and they don’t have the time to log out and wait?
The HotBackup feature in Tabs3 Platinum Software alleviates the issue of making everyone log out because your data is backed up while others continue working in the software. Additionally, thanks to Platinum’s Transaction Processing feature and server processing capabilities, you are prompted to back up less often, and backups are completed in significantly less time.
HotBackup provides the ability to schedule backups throughout the day. Backups can be set up to run at a specific time on weekdays, every day, or on specific days. This means there will always be a recent restore point if the need arises, and less data (if any) to reenter. You can configure automatic notifications so that once a scheduled HotBackup has been run, an email will be sent to a designated recipient upon completion or failure of the HotBackup. This gives you added security of always knowing that the existing HotBackups are solid. You can select multiple email addresses for messages to be sent to, select whether a message is sent if the HotBackup succeeds or fails, and even customize the message as desired.
The standard built-in Back Up Data Files program is limited to storing a maximum of three backups with a maximum of 2GB in size for each backup. However, with HotBackup, you can store up to 198 backups, and the only size limitation is the amount of free space on your hard drive. You can select how many backups you want to keep at any given time, and you can even choose where you want your HotBackups stored!
It is important to note that the built-in backup in the Tabs3 Software only back up data files. They do not back up program files, nor do they back up every file in the Tabs3 Current Working Directory. You will need to use a third-party backup to back up the Current Working Directory for the purpose of recovering from a catastrophic failure, such as fire, flood, theft, server hard drive failure, etc.
Having viable data backups is important in any business. Stop daring fate by clicking No when prompted for a backup.
For more information on backing up the data, check out Knowledge Base Articles R11193, HotBackup Overview,” and R11213, “Backup Strategy.” For more information about Platinum features, see Knowledge Base Article R11379, “Platinum Overview.” If you have any questions regarding Platinum features, contact your Tabs3 Software consultant, or contact Technical Support at (402) 419-2210.
Want to know if Platinum is right for your firm? Try out Tabs3 Platinum risk free for 30 days! This offer allows you to use all of the Platinum features with your own data for 30 days before determining whether Platinum will be a permanent upgrade.
Key features in the Platinum software include:
- Tabs3 Connect – Tabs3 Connect provides secure access to Tabs3 Billing and PracticeMaster anywhere you can connect to the Internet using smartphones, tablets, and computers away from the office. Enter fees and costs, browse client and contact information, see calendar events, receive eNotes and alarm notifications, and more!
- Tabs3 Billing and PracticeMaster Accelerators – Accelerators run on the server, helping to minimize both the amount of data transferred across the network and the amount of data processed on the workstation. This means that the performance of generating reports and statements is dramatically improved.
- Transaction Processing and Auto-Recovery – Transaction Processing ensures that database transactions complete successfully, guaranteeing that the database remains in a consistent, reliable state. If an interruption during a process such as update statements occurs, Auto-Recovery “rolls back” the database to its previous state before the database transaction began, saving you from an entire system restore.
- Accelerated Filtering and Column Sorting – PracticeMaster filters and column sorting are processed at the server, similar to the PracticeMaster accelerator, which improves the speed at which lists are displayed.
- eNote – PracticeMaster eNote provides an intra-office way to quickly communicate by blending the best features of instant messaging and email. Send a quick message, or attach a PracticeMaster file such as a calendar or journal record for review. If you don’t want to be bothered, you can even set your status to “Do Not Disturb.”
- HotBackup – With HotBackup, you can back up your data while others are actively using the software and maintain up to 198 backups in the location of your choosing. You can schedule data to be backed up automatically for the days and times of your choosing and designate one or more email addresses to be notified of successful and/or failed HotBackups.
- Historic Accounts Receivable Reports – The Detail and Summary Accounts Receivable Reports include a Print Historic A/R option in Platinum systems that will print accounts receivable balances as of a specific date. This option calculates the A/R based on records present in Tabs3, effectively showing what the A/R would have been on the given date, assuming no records have been deleted or modified. (Note: Keep in mind that although the calculated A/R will be correct based on records currently in the software, it is possible that these may not match an A/R Report run on the original date if any transactions were deleted, statements unbilled or backdated, payments reversed, write offs reversed, or any integrity check errors are present.)
- Accounts Receivable by Timekeeper Report – The Accounts Receivable by Timekeeper Report prints a list of clients with fees due for each working timekeeper, making it easy for individual timekeepers to see which clients owe money for work they performed. This report is different from other receivable reports because it allows you to filter clients by including only those clients that the timekeeper worked on, a particularly nice feature for larger firms.
- Enhanced Detail Accounts Receivable Report – The Detail Accounts Receivable Report offers the option to include a breakdown of fees by timekeeper, and costs by cost type. When this option is enabled, each timekeeper with outstanding fees is displayed on a separate row with an aging breakdown, and outstanding costs are grouped by cost type with an aging breakdown.
For more information on the 30-day trial offer, visit Knowledge Base Article R11261, “Platinum Net 30 Trial Plan,” and then contact your local consultant or contact our Sales Department at 402-419-2200 to take advantage of this great offer!
Want to know if Platinum is right for your firm? Try out the Tabs3 and PracticeMaster Platinum software risk free for 30 days! This offer allows you to use all of the Platinum features with your own data for 30 days before determining whether Platinum will be a permanent upgrade.
Key features in the Platinum software include:
- Tabs3 Connect – Tabs3 Connect provides secure access to Tabs3 Billing and PracticeMaster anywhere you can connect to the Internet using smartphones, tablets, and computers away from the office. Enter fees and costs, browse client and contact information, see calendar events, receive eNotes and alarm notifications, and more!
- HotBackup – With HotBackup, you can back up your data while others are actively using the software, and maintain up to 198 backups in the location of your choosing. You can schedule data to be backed up automatically for the days and times of your choosing, and designate one or more e-mail addresses to be notified of successful and/or failed HotBackups.
- Transaction Processing and Auto-Recovery – Transaction Processing ensures that database transactions complete successfully, guaranteeing that the database remains in a consistent, reliable state. If an interruption in the network occurs, Auto-Recovery “rolls back” the database to its previous state before the database transaction began, saving you from an entire system restore.
- Tabs3 Billing and PracticeMaster Accelerators – Accelerators run on the server, helping to minimize both the amount of data transferred across the network and the amount of data processed on the workstation. This means that the performance of generating reports and statements is dramatically improved.
- Accelerated Filtering and Column Sorting – PracticeMaster filters and column sorting are processed at the server, similar to the PracticeMaster accelerator, which improves the speed at which lists are displayed.
- eNote – PracticeMaster eNote provides an intra-office way to quickly communicate by blending the best features of instant messaging and e-mail. Send a quick message, or attach a PracticeMaster file such as a calendar or journal record for review. If you don’t want to be bothered, you can even set your status to “Do Not Disturb.”
- Exchange Connector – If your firm uses Microsoft® Exchange, the PracticeMaster Exchange Connector can provide a direct link between the Platinum Server and the Exchange Server. Set up a single administrative user with rights to all calendars and contacts, and information can be synchronized between servers instead of users.
- Lockout Notification/Log Off Users – The Conflicting Activities window includes two buttons: a Notify button and a Log Off Users button. The Notify button informs logged in users that a lockout has been initiated, requesting they save their work and log off. The Log Off Users button is a way to safely log users out of the software. This button informs users that they will be logged out of the software after a specified amount of time, and provides the reason why they are being logged off.
- Accounts Receivable by Timekeeper Report – The Accounts Receivable by Timekeeper Report prints a list of clients with fees due for each working timekeeper, making it easy for individual timekeepers to see which clients owe money for work they performed. This report is different from other receivable reports because it allows you to filter clients by including only those clients that the timekeeper worked on, a particularly nice feature for larger firms.
- Enhanced Detail Accounts Receivable Report – The Detail Accounts Receivable Report offers the option to include a breakdown of fees by timekeeper, and costs by cost type. When this option is enabled, each timekeeper with outstanding fees is displayed on a separate row with an aging breakdown, and outstanding costs are grouped by cost type with an aging breakdown.
For more information on the 30 day trial offer, visit Knowledge Base Article R11261, “Platinum Version Net 30 Trial Plan,” and then contact your local consultant or contact our Sales Department at 402-419-2200 to take advantage of this great offer!
You’ve heard about Platinum, but haven’t had time to look into it yet. Now you wonder if your firm should take action now, before it’s too late. You’ve heard the horror stories whispered around the water cooler; you try to shake off the cold chill as you walk back to your desk – is that just air conditioning, or premonition? The following stories wend their way through your thoughts for the rest of the day…
Your boss tells you that not only has the server crashed, but the external backup has been failing recently. He wants you to restore the internal backup of the Tabs3 and PracticeMaster software. You start to tremble. Time is money, so when prompted to make a backup you always click No, because you don’t want to interrupt workflow by having everyone exit the software. You close your eyes in dread; there is no internal backup…
- Platinum’s HotBackup features let you back up files while users are working, schedule backups throughout the day, and receive e-mails confirming when backups have completed. Additionally, you can maintain up to 198 HotBackups.
It’s nearing the end of a dark and stormy Friday before a long holiday weekend. You start to update statements, skipping the backup because you want to wrap things up so you can leave. The lights flicker and your computer reboots as a loud clap of thunder makes you jump. You open Tabs3 Billing again, but when trying to work in the software, you receive a message that a backup needs to be restored due to the Update Statements program being interrupted. Your pulse leaps, knowing that some of the attorneys will probably come in to work this weekend. Now they can’t use the software until the data has been restored…
- Platinum’s Transaction Processing and Auto-Recovery features help prevent the need to restore a backup. Transaction Processing ensures that transactions completely succeed while the software is running. In the case of the software not shutting down correctly, such as with a power failure, Auto-Recovery “rolls back” the data to its previous state before the transaction began.
The phone rings. You answer it, only for your breath to catch in your throat – an attorney needs a report for her meeting in 5 minutes, but that report takes more than 20 minutes to run. There’s no way to get her the information she needs in time…
- With Platinum, common reports typically run 10 to 30 times faster than the Multi-User version. This means that you can provide needed reports at the drop of a hat.
It’s midnight, but you can’t sleep with the full moon lighting your room. You’re out of town and away from the office with the current case weighing heavily on you. You get up to check your e-mail and do some research since you’re awake anyway, and discover information that will change your entire case strategy. Your client’s case hangs in the balance; you must compare the new information to what’s saved in PracticeMaster, but it’s late and you can’t access it remotely. A dog howls outside. The hair on the back of your neck raises as you pace the floor. Finally, you grab the phone to wake the managing partner…
- With Platinum, you can quickly access clients, contacts, fees, calendar records, journal records, documents, and more using Tabs3 Connect from any internet-enabled device. Whether you’re at home or out of town, and it’s midnight or Saturday, access your work while away from the office.
Someone received an error in the software, and you need to run a Data File Integrity Check. Unfortunately, several of the employees are away from their desks. You don’t have the password for their computers, nor the time to go to each one, and you know resetting users is bad. You need to make sure the data is fine before the attorneys come back from lunch. You begin to sweat, jumping at shadows as you expect someone to come in at any time demanding answers…
- Platinum provides the ability to safely Log Off Users. Select a time interval for users to wrap up tasks, and a notification will be sent that they will be automatically logged out of the software when the displayed countdown ends.
In addition to all of these features, Platinum also provides eNotes, accelerated filtering and column sorting, the Platinum Exchange Connector, an Accounts Receivable by Timekeeper Report, and enhancements to the Detail Accounts Receivable Report. For more information on all of the Platinum features, see Knowledge Base Article R11379, “Platinum Overview.”
Don’t succumb to terror. For information on a 30-day trial offer, to get a price quote, or to order Platinum, contact your local reseller, consultant, or our Sales Department at (402) 419-2200!
