Okay, you've archived your staff because you want to change the billing rate for the new year. But how do you view the total time for that staff member?
Example: Tony is a staff with data from 1st Sept 2007 to the 18 August 2008, with a charge-out rate of $100/hour. However, from the 1st of July 2008, his billing rate increased to $150/hour, and you've already archived this staff user from 1st September 2007-30st June 2008, an called this user Tony 08. Of course the user Tony has all the correct billable data from 1st July onwards, and once you've adjusted his chargeout rate your home dry. But how do you display the total time for both Tony 08 and Tony in one go on the report screen?
Easy - create a group. Open MetriQ and from the Tools menu choose Groups. Create a new Group called G-Tony, and add both users (Tony 08 and Tony). Voila - when you now go to the reporting screen, use the Group G-Tony to get the total staff time and costs with the relevant billing charges.
Time Tracking MetriQ