General settings in Ventoo Case Management

The central hub is the Case Management Setup card (search: "Case Management Setup"). It bundles the global settings and, through its navigation actions, access to all other configuration areas. The setup table is a singleton (exactly one record per company).

Info sections of the setup card

Number Series

Field

Description

Scope Schema

Number series for scope schemas.

Scope

Number series for scopes.

Engagement

Number series for engagements.

Case

Number series for cases.

Billing Defaults

Field

Description

Default Billing Profile

Profile applied when neither case, engagement, nor customer specifies one.

Enforce Billing Pct. 100%

When on, the engine blocks billing if a case's billable customer percentages exceed 100% in total. A sum below 100% is always allowed (the remainder is not invoiced). When off, no percentage check runs.

Internal Cost

Field

Description

Post Internal Cost Entries

For resource work, posts an internal cost entry to the case ledger once the activity is invoiced (actual hours × resource unit cost). Makes margin visible. Default: off.

Employee Cost via Resource

Employee work also posts an internal cost entry, using the unit cost of the resource linked on the employee card. Employees without a linked resource are skipped.

Options

Field

Description

Enable Case Change Log

Enables logging of changes to cases.

Default Process No.

Process for new cases when the scope or schema specifies none.

Business Relation Code

BC business relation used to tag contacts as parties. On install, CASEMGT is created and entered here.

Activity - Date Restrictions

Field

Description

Allow From

Earliest allowed date for activity entries. Blank = no restriction. Can be overridden per user in User Party Mapping.

Allow To

Latest allowed date for activity entries. Blank = no restriction.

List Columns

Four fields Shortcut Attribute 1–4 Code define which attributes appear as columns 1–4 on the case, engagement, and scope list pages, so frequently filtered attributes are visible directly in the list.

Dimensions

The embedded Dimension Source Priorities part defines from which sources, and in what order, dimensions are merged. Priorities are grouped by context:

Context

Sources (default priority)

Case Creation

Customer (10), Contact (20), Scope (30), Case/Manual (40)

Activity Creation

Activity (10), Employee (20)

Invoice Line

Activity (10), Bill-to Customer (20), Bill-to Contact (30)

A lower priority value wins on conflict.

The setup card links, in groups, to all configuration areas:

Group

Actions

Users & Teams

Roles, Role Capabilities, Teams, User Mapping, Relationships (party list)

Processes

Processes, Naming Entries

Attributes

Attribute Groups, Attributes, Attribute Permissions, Attribute Permission Matrix, Attribute Permission Matrix (by Step)

Planning

Planning Groups, Saved Filter Sets

Billing

Billing Profiles

Data

Activities (all activities), Change Log

Processing actions

Action

Effect

Run Setup Wizard

Restarts the guided setup wizard.

Rebuild Party Summaries

Rebuilds the "Service Providers" and "Customers" summary texts on all cases, engagements, and scopes. Run after changing role shortcuts or settings.

Run Billing Batch

Runs the billing engine for all eligible cases.