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Streamlines Integration of Third-Party Solutions with Your Elite Applications
- Leverage Internet infrastructure, formats and protocols to solve
interoperability challenges.
- Pre-packaged standard integration points for Elite applications include the
relevant Elite business rules and automatic error checking and handling.
- Vastly reduce the complexity of third-party development efforts - developers
can utilize the latest technology without having to purchase, install or learn how
to use new programs or techniques.
Elite Web Services API maximizes the value of data stored across Elite applications and
integrates Elite solutions with third-party applications. The first set of standardized integration points to the Elite system, Elite Web Services API is a major breakthrough for third-party providers and other organizations that want to share information across applications and platforms.
Taking the Mystery out of Third-Party Integration
The value of information stored within Elite applications has been significantly increased
with the availability of Elite Web Services API - the first off-the-shelf set of integration
points that enable the sharing of information between Elite products and third-party solutions.With Elite Web Services API, Elite customers as well as third-party solution providers can utilize system data without needing a detailed understanding of Elite’s business rules or table structures. In addition, Elite Web Services API provides data validation and errorhandling of information being passed to the Elite system.
Elite Web Services API Highlights
- Developers can provide real-time access to Elite data from third-party applications.
- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) returns data in XML format for maximum
extensibility and compatibility with other applications.
- Elite utilizes the latest Microsoft C# and .NET technology to rapidly and efficiently
create new web services that can be used by developers without requiring them to
purchase or be trained on these technologies.
- Developers do not have to possess knowledge of or use Elite business logic or rules.
Simplifying Third-Party Integration There was a time when sharing information between the Elite system and another software application required a fair amount of effort to learn the database structure, understand the required business rules, develop an integration scheme and write complex scripts. Elite Web Services API has eliminated the need for such time-consuming work. Instead, Elite’s SOAP services accommodate preferred development tools - including Perl, VB, Java and others - so developers can integrate applications within departments, across the enterprise or anywhere on a company’s intranet.
Application Integration Scenarios
Following are just a few examples of how Elite Web Services API can be employed to integrate the Elite system
with other applications:
- Facilitate accurate billing of photocopying costs. Easily integrate Elite with a copier control mechanism to enable the number of pages printed per matter or project to be sent to the Elite system for billing purposes.
- Display key details about current projects and matters on a corporate intranet for internal tracking purposes, or on an extranet for client-status reporting purposes. Using Elite Web Services API, developers can publish real-time statistics from the Elite system regarding current matter or project status, outstanding A/R balances, work in process and other information.
- Eliminate duplicate data entry efforts and reduce custom programming efforts. For example, integrating Elite with a human resource application ensures one-time entry of employee information and automatic transfer of data to the Elite system.
- Create a custom report incorporating Elite billing data. Use Web Services API to easily access data within the system and use the existing Elite reporting logic.
Elite API Services Include:
Following are some of the services included with Elite Web Services API. The list of services is being updated continuously to offer new capabilities. Please contact an Elite salesperson if the necessary services are not included.
Client Service
- Retrieve client information by matter/
project number, client name, client
number, location, originating timekeeper,
active status, modification
date or all clients.
Matter/Project Service
- Retrieve matter/project information by matter/project number, matter/project name, client number, client name, location, department, practice, billing timekeeper, originating timekeeper, supervising timekeeper, date closed, date opened, open status or all matters/projects.
Timekeeper Service
- Create new timekeepers or modify existing timekeepers.
- Retrieve timekeeper information by timekeeper ID, last name, title, location, department, section, active status, modification date, termination date or all timekeepers.
Inquiry Service
- Retrieve matter/project inquiry information including matter/project summary, time and fee summary, ledger zoom, open invoices, unbilled time, unbilled costs, ledger history, write-up/write-down history and time recap.
Inquiry Group Summary Service
- Retrieve matter/project summary information by client, related client, group or joint group. Timecard Service, Cost Service, Pre-Cost Service
- Insert new time entries, new cost entries and new pre-cost billing and accounts payable voucher entries. PreCost Service
- Insert new PreCost billing and accounts payable voucher entries. ProForma Service
- Generates ProForma invoice with time and costs incurred during the billing period.
Timekeeper Budget Service
- Inserts hours worked, billed and collected in a timekeeper budget. Matter/Project Budget Service
- Inserts time and cost budget entries in a matter/project budget.
A Smooth Path to Integrating Your Elite Solutions with Other Applications
Elite Information Systems is a worldwide leader in enterprise software for the professional services industry. Elite provides solutions for professional services organizations in the
accounting, IT and management consulting, legal, marketing services, technology, corporate, and government sectors. More than half of the Am Law 100, more than a third of the top
1,000 U.S. law firms, and over a third of the top 100 UK law firms turn to Elite for financial and practice management solutions. Contact Elite today to harness the power of your Elite applications and reduce the effort and complexity of achieving enterprise application interoperability.
For more information on Thomson Elite, please complete our sales request form or call +44 (0) 20 7369 7379.
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