Elevating Your Time-Tracking Experience

Every month, our team pushes hard to improve Chrometa’s features, refine workflows, and remove friction so that professionals, agencies, and firms like yours spend less time managing tools and more time doing productive work. In February 2023, we pushed several meaningful enhancements to help you track better, bill more accurately, and integrate more deeply.

In this post, we’ll walk you through:

• New feature: Integration with Euphoria

• Improvement: Targets by Task

• Performance update: Sync with Xero Projects

• Improvement: Import phone calls from Phone.com

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Integration with Euphoria: Deeper Workflow Connectivity

What is Euphoria and Why It Matters
Euphoria is a case and project management platform widely used in professional services. Integrating it with Chrometa eliminates double entry and ensures time entries automatically align with the right client or matter.

How the Integration Works
When you track time in Chrometa, entries can now map directly to your Euphoria matters and tasks. You can fetch your Euphoria case list, assign time entries easily, and ensure every minute of work is accurately tracked.

Use Cases

• Attorneys or consultants can log time once and have it appear automatically in Euphoria.

• Reporting and billing within Euphoria become seamless.

• Time audits are smoother because data remains consistent between systems.

Technical Notes
Chrometa syncs with the Euphoria API to fetch matter lists and cache them. Conflict detection ensures you never lose edits made in either system.

Early Feedback
Beta users report reduced reconciliation time and more accurate matter assignments.

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Improvement: Targets by Task

Why It Matters
Organizations often need to set not just total time goals, but also specific targets per task category (e.g., client work, admin, meetings).

What’s New

• You can now define time targets for each task or category.

• Unused hours can roll over if you enable that option.

• Alerts notify users when nearing or exceeding task limits.

• Dashboards show target vs. actual for each task.

Use Cases

• Consultants can limit administrative tasks and focus on client work.

• Law firms can ensure a minimum number of billable hours per attorney.

• Project managers can track how teams distribute time.

Implementation Details
Only admins can set targets; users can view progress. You can apply targets retroactively and adjust notification thresholds.

Benefits

• Improved time discipline and visibility

• Clearer workload distribution

• Enhanced efficiency and billing accuracy

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Performance Update: Sync with Xero Projects

Why It Matters
Xero is a key accounting platform for many users. Syncing projects between Xero and Chrometa prevents errors and saves reconciliation time.

Enhancements Include:

• Project mapping between Chrometa matters and Xero projects

• Two-way updates when projects change or close

• Bulk synchronization (hourly, daily, or weekly)

• Conflict resolution to prevent data duplication

• Clear error handling and reporting

Use Cases

• Accounting firms can push tracked time directly into Xero for billing.

• Admins can schedule automatic syncs and review exceptions.

Implementation Notes
A setup wizard helps map projects easily. You can view sync history, audit logs, and mapping tables for clarity.

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Improvement: Import Phone Calls from Phone.com

Why It Matters
Phone calls are a major part of professional work — and untracked calls mean lost billable time.

How It Works
Chrometa now connects with Phone.com to import call logs automatically. Calls appear as potential time entries, which you can assign or approve. Duplicate detection prevents double imports.

User Flow

1. Enable the integration in settings.

2. Configure import schedule.

3. Review and assign unallocated calls.

4. Confirm or edit call duration as needed.

Benefits

• Capture all phone-based work automatically.

• Reduce manual data entry.

• Increase billing accuracy and completeness.

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Bringing It All Together

These February 2023 updates strengthen Chrometa’s value as a connected time-tracking hub:

• Euphoria integration ensures alignment with your case management.

• Targets by Task encourages better focus and productivity.

• Sync with Xero projects closes the gap between time tracking and accounting.

• Phone.com import ensures no billable minute is missed.

Together, they make Chrometa smarter, faster, and more reliable for professionals everywhere.

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Early Results

Beta users reported:

• 50% faster reconciliation

• 15% fewer non-billable hours

• 90% reduction in time entry errors

• 5–10% increase in billable time captured from calls

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Tips for Best Results

1. Review your Euphoria structure before syncing.

2. Start with broad task targets, then refine.

3. Schedule Xero syncs that fit your workload.

4. Check your imported calls daily.

5. Train your team on new workflows.

6. Monitor dashboards for alerts and issues.

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Roadmap Highlights

Coming soon:

• Real-time Euphoria sync via webhooks

• Machine learning task suggestions

• More phone integrations (RingCentral, Zoom Phone)

• Multi-currency support for Xero sync

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FAQs

Will this slow performance?
No. Chrometa uses optimized caching to keep it fast.

Can I disable a feature?
Yes. All new features are optional.

Is there an extra cost?
Currently included in existing plans (subject to future pricing notice).