Filter reports and screens for active clients only
By default Practice CS includes all clients and staff regardless of status on reports and screens, whether their status is active or inactive. If you would like to limit the output to show only active clients or staff, you'll need to create a custom filter.
You may want to run historical reports on the full financial history in the application or run reports or filter screens to show only active data. For example:
You may want to run a client-based report and show active clients only, excluding clients you no longer provide services to.
You may want to run a report and exclude staff members that no longer work for the firm.
You may want to go to a
Setup
screen and filter out inactive clients, activities, or staff.
Follow the steps in the
Filtering your data
article to create a custom filter.
Go to the
Criteria Information
section of the custom filter setup.
Set the following options:
Filter by:
to
Status
Method:
to
is
Selected
: to
Active
Use filter options on reports.
Go to
File
, then
Print Reports
.
Select a report.
Select the
Selection
tab.
On the 1st line of the Filtering section, select the
Client
or
Staff
data type.
In the next column, select
is
from the filter dropdown list.
Select the custom filter you created for active staff or clients.
Preview
or
Print
your report.
Example
note
Example active client and staff filters:
Active clients —
Client ID
is in the filter: This is the name of the custom filter created for active clients.
Active staff —
Staff ID
is in the filter: This is the name of the custom filter created for active staff.
You can use custom filters in any screen or dropdown list where you can filter information by
ID
or
Name
.
To filter the
Time & Expense Entry
screen to only show currently active projects and exclude the completed projects, you'll need a different method.