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How to Close a Matter
When a matter is no longer in use it should be closed off. Once closed, it can be archived.
To archive Close a matter:
Select the matters icon (gold document folder) from the top menu bar
Search for the matter to be
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closed
Select actions
Select close
Select 'Close Matter' when the confirmation window appears
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How to archive a closed matter
First you need to search for the matter that you want to archive. If you already have it open, you can skip to the next step.
Use the Advanced Search and tick ‘Closed’ under the status and then search.
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Once you find your matter, you can click on the Actions on the right hand side and choose the drop down of ‘Archive’
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From here, a dialogue box will open where you can set the file location, Ref Number of the box and Destroy date. Follow the prompts to archive the matter.
How to archive in bulk
Use the Advanced Search to search for the matters you want to archive in bulk. I.e. you could search for Closed matters as per the section above.
Once you have all the matters displaying that you want to archive, scroll to the bottom of the screen and select all using the tickbox. (Alternatively select the ones you want to archive manually).
Choose the Bulk actions button
Choose Archive from the dropdown
Follow the prompts to archive your matters.
To view an archived matter
Archived matters can still be viewed, however no transactions can be added or edited relating to this matter.
To view an archived matter, go Go to:
The matters tab (gold document folder) from top menu bar
Select advanced search
Tick only the Archived box under Status
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Press Search
All matters meeting the search criteria will show for you to review.
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