The Brightflag Spend Overview Dashboard provides you with real-time insights into your legal spend. You will have access to this page if you are an administrator, overview user, or department overview user. The spend amount you see will also depend on the matters or departments you have access to.
To navigate the spend overview dashboard:
- Navigate to Menu > Overview.
- Use the Departments dropdown to filter the spend to particular departments.
- Choose a Start Date and End Date. This filter is based on invoice date i.e. the date the invoice was created/issued.
- Click Filter.
- Explore the tiles.
- Click Show More to see more values in a tile.
- Click on a value (e.g. a firm's name) to view all of the matters and spend from that firm.
- Export the data on this page by clicking the Print button in the top right corner of your screen.
- Export the data from a specific tile by clicking the Print button beside the tile name.
- Your highest value matters at the bottom of your dashboard page. Click on Show 5 more to view the next 5 highest value matters.
How is spend defined?
'Spend' is set at a company level. To find out what the calculation in place for 'spend' is:
- Navigate to any matter overview page and click on the ? below the spend vs budget bar.
- From there, an explanation bubble on the left side of the screen provide a description of your spend calculation
How can I change the definition of spend?
Your company's definition of spend can be defined in your background settings. Contact support@brightflag.com if you would like this changed. The options are:
- Invoice total (amount to be paid) = Fees - discount + expenses + taxes
- Invoice total excluding tax = Fees - discount + expenses
- Fees excluding discount = Fees + expenses + taxes