Your Language, Not Ours — Project Aliasing for Matters and Cases
Every practice management system has its own vocabulary. Clio calls them matters. MyCase calls them cases. TimeSentry called them projects — and if you came from one of those systems, every screen felt slightly foreign. That friction compounds: a mapping page that says “Map TimeSentry Projects to Clio Matters” makes you pause to translate, every single time.
Project aliasing lets you choose whether TimeSentry speaks in projects, matters, or cases. One setting in Advanced Settings, and the entire application follows — navigation, table headers, modals, search fields, toast messages, analytics groupings, and integration mapping pages all reflect your choice. When a Clio firm sets the alias to “Matter,” the integration page reads “Map TimeSentry Matters to Clio Matters.” No more mental translation.
The alias propagates everywhere users interact with the concept:
- Navigation and page titles — sidebar links, staffing views, and task groupings all use your term
- Forms and modals — “Add New Matter,” “Matter Name,” search placeholders
- Integration mapping — QuickBooks, Clio, MyCase, Filevine, and Notion mapping headers, import buttons, and sync labels adapt automatically
- Analytics — chart group-by dropdowns, PDF report headings, and summary metrics
The default is “Project” — nothing changes unless you opt in. For firms already on Clio or MyCase, this is one toggle that makes the whole product feel purpose-built for their workflow rather than adapted to it.