{"id":252,"date":"2020-11-18T13:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/?p=252"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:12:27","slug":"billing-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/modules\/setup\/billing-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Group service items for faster billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Lesson #120<\/h6>\n<h5>Setup \u2013 Billing Sets function<\/h5>\n<p>Group service items into sets to speed up billable services selection because you only have to choose the set, not each of the items individually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Billing Set is a predetermined group of service items that are typically billed together.<\/strong> By configuring these sets, you can add service items en masse to an invoice to streamline the billing process. This eliminates the need to add service items one-by-one, as well as reduces the possibility of overlooking any service items when billing.<\/p>\n<p>There is no limit to the number of service items you can add to a set, and it\u2019s not a requirement to bill for each service item in a set. The purpose of a Billing Set is to select multiple service items to add at once to an invoice from a concise selection pool, rather than having to scroll through your entire service item list to pick each one individually.<\/p>\n<h2>Create as many sets as you need<\/h2>\n<p>Set up multiple Billing Sets to further streamline your billing process because you can group service items based on what the job is asking for, and you won\u2019t have to deal with service items you may not need. For example, you can make a Billing Set for standard court reporting jobs, one for video depositions, and another one for video conferences. This way, you can pull up the set that\u2019s specifically tailored to your job type and not have to deal with any unnecessary service items.<\/p>\n<p>Other common Billing Sets you might want would be a list of services commonly included when clients order an O&amp;1 package, and another set for copy clients. You can have as many Billing Sets as you like and choose one\u00a0to be the default option when generating invoices. You can include descriptions and other notes in your Billing Sets to help you keep them organized.<\/p>\n<h2>Add all related services to a set<\/h2>\n<p>You can add any of your service items to a Billing Set and set a default number of units for each service item. Put all of the possible service items that could apply to a particular set in the set because it is\u00a0easier to uncheck the ones you don\u2019t need for a specific order so they are not added to the invoice at that time, than it is to not have enough service items in the Billing Set and have to add service items to an order one at a time. Even adding just one or two service items to an invoice individually will slow you down.<\/p>\n<p>For example, include all of your delivery options in your O&amp;1 Billing Set. Then simply uncheck the ones you won\u2019t be using for a particular order when generating its invoice.<\/p>\n<h2>Using Billing Sets at Turn In<\/h2>\n<p>When adding services to invoices in Turn In, use the Prefill Service option to access your Billing Sets. It will also show any of the contact\u2019s\/firm\u2019s Preferred Services, so you can select all the ordered services and update the number of units ordered for each service in one screen. Once you have added billable services to an invoice, you can edit each service item as needed and arrange their order of appearance on the invoice.<\/p>\n<h2>Manage sets<\/h2>\n<p>You can update any information in a Billing Set at any time or delete it if you don\u2019t need it. The default view of Billing Sets lists all of your sets and shows which is the default. If your list is too long to easily find a particular set, you can sort your results in the grid by one or more columns in ascending or descending order (but when you exit the function, MR9 will revert back to the default order) or search for the Billing Set by name.<\/p>\n<p>You can export your Billing Set list as an <em>Excel<\/em> spreadsheet or\u00a0a CSV (comma-separated values) file to save, print, share, or use in other applications\u00a0\u00a0You can also sort and export an individual Billing Set\u2019s list of service items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TL;DR: Instead of adding service items one at a time to invoices, set up groups of related services so you can add multiple items at once.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>MR9 concepts in this lesson<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> Person who works for a firm you do business with \u2014 such as attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, legal assistants, claim adjusters, and court clerks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Firm:<\/strong>\u00a0Company you do business with. They schedule depositions with you, e.g., a law firm, or they are a third party that pays you, e.g., an insurance company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MR Connect:<\/strong> Online repository, orders, and access to your office for clients. <a href=\"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/plug-ins\/online-offices-for-clients-reporters-more\/\">More &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Configuring Billing Sets is an essential step in accurately and efficiently billing your clients when turning in jobs <a href=\"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/modules\/setup\/billing-sets\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,226,31],"tags":[125,3,32],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-function","category-lesson","category-setup","tag-billing-sets","tag-mr9","tag-setup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omtiblog.com\/metarecords101\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}