Expert Activity Monitoring uses business rules and an active workflow component to allow firms to predefine trigger conditions and responses. The application performs a specific action - such as notifying responsible parties via email, autonomously running a report and distributing to the responsible parties, or updating database information - when predefined business conditions are met.

• Eliminates information overload
• Focuses professionals on tasks requiring action
• Automates common tasks, like report generation
• Minimizes impact on IT resources

• Works with any MAPI-compliant email system
• Easy alert creation with standard tools
• Supports an unlimited number of rules and actions
• Schedules resource-intensive operations to off-peak times

Expert Activity Monitoring's definable, rules-based engine allows for maximum flexibility. Firms can define an unlimited number of conditions - such as monitoring a budget or time entries for an attorney - and responses - such as flagging the budget when 80 percent of it has been consumed or notifying timekeepers about their delinquent time entries.

A primary use of Expert Activity Monitoring is to notify, or alert, individuals throughout the firm when they need to take action. If, for example, a timekeeper does not enter their time within 24 hours, the system will automatically generate and send an email to remind them. If another 24 hours pass and the timekeeper still has not entered their time, the system will send an email to their immediate supervisor.

Message content can be completely customized and can even include embedded information from the ADERANT Expert database. Additionally, firms can determine when notifications are sent, such as in real time or at the end of the day.

Expert Activity Monitoring also includes a dedicated server that receives requests for and executes predefined tasks, such as running reports or monitoring processes. Execution of these predefined tasks can also be scheduled on a daily, weekly, monthly, or firm-defined basis. This allows firms to schedule activities that consume a significant amount of server resources, such as running a complicated report, for off-peak hours.