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Customize the names of specific phases
Monograph now allows you to customize the names associated with phases to be more explicit about the work being done both to your team and to your client without losing the aggregations associated with the phase type. With this feature, as an example, you can maintain a generic "Add services" phase type but customize the name(s) on your projects to align them to the specific pieces of work they represent.
Here's how it works
When creating or editing a project's phases, by default the phase name will match the pre-existing phase type name, but you can edit the "Phase name" field to customize what is seen across Monograph for that phase.


The phase name will show anywhere the phase is displayed or filtered on, and the phase type will solely be used when aggregating phase data across multiple phases, such as in the "Group by" function on the Time log report. 


Custom phases are still able to be created by checking the highlighted box when adding a phase type on a project. With this release, the new expectation is that an existing phase type can be used in lieu of a one-off custom phase in most cases.

Giving your clients the best possible experience will help drive future business for your firm.
Clients have always been able to view all the invoices you share with them, pay online and save payment methods.
Now, we've overhauled and expanded the client experience in Monograph so clients can track invoicing progress, retainer application and phase dates.

Read more about the improved client experience, and how this will save your firm time, here.
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Projects
Invoices
Control your billable expense spend!
Set budgets for your billable expenses and use these to understand when invoicing whether you are within limits when getting reimbursed from clients.
How it works
- Add a project-wide or expense category specific budget for a given projecton the Project Budget page

- Track progress towards these limitson your Project Financials or when adding expenses to an invoice

The tooltips on the invoice builder show the impact of the Included expenses and the potential impact if adding a Logged expense towards the specific budget set. Expenses not tied to a budgeted category will not have a tooltip since there is no maximum spend set.
- Lastly, all expenses will now aggregate by category to show cumulative spend on invoices moving forward.To show specific expense details, there is a new "Expense detail" section that will be shown in the Invoice appendices below the "Time log" (if shown). These details can be set to shown or hidden on the Invoice template.

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Invoices
More invoice template settings now available!
Monograph has 2 new invoice template settings available:
consolidating hourly data for identical roles
and hiding employee names on the Time log
Update your existing templates to apply these settings today!
Consolidate hourly data for identical roles
New invoice templates will now default to consolidating hourly data when multiple team members have the same role and rate on a given phase.


While new invoice templates will have this setting on to consolidate data by default, you will need to update any existing templates to confirm this change for those.
This consolidation only applies to the client-facing display. You will still enter the amounts to invoice per each role and rate on the invoice builder.
Hide employee names on the time log
For scenarios where you do not want to communicate the name of the specific team member who logged each timesheet entry, you are now able to disable the employee name column on the time log. 

Don't let consultant invoices get lost in your projects. When you upload a document to
Project Files
, Monograph now scans for "bill-like" traits (names, dates, and amounts) to help you keep your budget accurate.How it works:
- Smart Nudges: If we detect a consultant bill, we’ll prompt you via a toast notification or a "Suggested Action" in the file preview to turn that PDF into a real Bill.
- Auto-Fill: Clicking "Create Bill" launches the workflow with parsed data like the Consultant Name, Date, and Amount already pre-filled.
- Automatic Cleanup: To keep your folders tidy, the original file is removed from "Project Files" once the Bill is successfully created—keeping your Bills tab as the single source of truth.
The Result:
You save time on manual entry, and your firm gets accurate consultant budgets without the scavenger hunt.Let’s turn those orphaned PDFs into
actionable
insights. Check it out in your projects today!Project Notes
are the heartbeat of your project’s history. They are where decisions are recorded and updates are logged. But often, a note is just a reminder to do work
somewhere else
. You write down "Bill for Phase 2," but then you have to navigate away to actually create that invoice.That changes today with Smart Scan.
We’ve transformed Project Notes from a static record into an actionable workflow tool.How Smart Scan Works
- 📝 When you add a note to a project, we automatically scan the text for actionable items.
- 🔍 Automatic Detection: We identify potential tasks, costs, or milestones within your text.
- 🖱️ Inline Action: These items are highlighted directly in the note. Simply hover and click.
- ⚡️ Instant Creation: A modal appears, allowing you to instantly turn that text into aDeliverable,Bill, orExpensevia the notes view.
Why this matters for your practice
1. Capture Revenue:
Never let a billable item get lost in a paragraph of text again.2. Accountability:
Ensure that "action items" discussed in meetings actually become tracked Deliverables in Monograph.3. Speed:
Manage your practice operations directly from the context of your conversation.Smart Scan is live now in your Project Notes. Try typing out a next step and watch it spring into action!
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Invoices
Upgrading batch invoice creation with bills and expenses
We’re excited to introduce enhancements to batch invoicing that now automatically include consultant bills and any expenses logged since the last invoice. We’ve also made it easier to add any billable expenses that haven’t yet been invoiced—regardless of the service period.
Why this matters
Invoicing is now more streamlined and efficient. Before, only time logged would be automatically added to your invoices when batch invoicing. Now, it will automatically include consultant bills and expenses, helping you avoid missed charges. It’s also easier to catch and include any outstanding expenses that haven’t been billed to your client.
What’s new
- Consultant bills with an issue date after the last invoice will now be automatically linked in batch-created invoices.
- Billable expenses created since the last invoice date will be automatically included in batch-created invoices.
- All billable expenses will be available to add to an invoice—regardless of service period—whether you’re creating individual or batch invoices.
To use the batch invoicing tool, go to the Unbilled page, select the projects you want to invoice, and click the Bulk Actions button.

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Directory
Address your invoices to specific client contacts
Set specific billing contacts on your projects and have these carry over to your invoices for streamlined revenue generation!
Here's how it works:
- (Optional)Designate specific invoice recipients in your project's Details to pre-fill in the invoice recipients

- When invoicing, select the specific contact to address on the invoice—or leave blank to only use the client name

- Open your invoice and send it to the configured invoice recipients added, or add/edit anew from here. Note: you can only send to client contacts. Add new client contacts through the Directory.

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Reports
Consultants
🧾 New: Consultant Overview Report
See all your consultant financials in one clear, organized view.
The
Consultant Overview Report
gives firm-wide visibility across every consultant and project—no more digging through spreadsheets to see who’s been billed, paid, or still owed.What You Can Do
- View total consultant costs across all projects
- Drill into project-level details for any consultant
- Track what’s billed, paid, or owed
- Export data for accounting or reporting
Where to Find It
Go to Money → Costs → Consultants for a complete list of all consultant firms your company works with, including planned, billed, paid, and owed amounts.
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Make it count
: Invite consultants to manage deliverables, submit bills, and comment on project notes—keeping everyone aligned and projects on track.new
Invoices
Edit unbilled time with write offs!
Do you have phases with unbilled time that you can't invoice for?
You can now write off billable time to ensure that your unbilled totals in Monograph accurately reflect the true value of what will be invoiced to your clients.
What's new
- Unbilled now consolidates unbilled time value into a single field that represents all time logged for your project phases, hover over this value to see how this unified unbuilled value is calculated from
- This unbilled time value is edited by writing off time across all team member's roles or apply to specific roles.
- The new Unbilled and Write offs values are viewable on the Unbilled report, Project Financials, and Invoice builder
See here or watch the video below to learn more about how this tool works!
Please note that this tool writes off time for invoicing purposes only. It does not change the underlying billable status of timesheet entries' activities on other reports.
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