The new ProSystem fx Practice Intelligence is designed to bridge the gap between traditional business intelligence systems and standalone office productivity applications. Practice Intelligence integrates with CCH's Practice Management Application, providing access to time and expense data, billing and invoicing, accounts receivable, project management and contact management information. The system features a KPI dashboard aimed at speeding up analytics and automating reporting along with instant "slice-and-dice" and drill-down capability that can, for example, display data by billing partner, billing manager, department and client name.

There is also a one-click management report that helps managers visualize relationships among multiple sets of firm data; There is rapid data delivery and the implementation can have users operating in a week.

The ability to extra data from existing Practice Management databases is power by the QlikView Business Discovery platform from QlikTech.

Price: All elements including software, consulting, setup and training starts at $10,000 for five users. CCH: (800) 739-9998.