Document Vault Overview
Document Vault™, powered by M-Files© is the document management system used by eCounsel. With Document Vault, you can store all documents relevant to eCounsel in a secure repository, add data related to the documents, such as the matter to which a document belongs, and keep track of changes with version control. Documents are automatically classified when saved, so you don't need to worry about keeping a folder hierarchy or remembering the document location. The classification structure of Document Vault can be modified by system administrators.
Document Vault stores documents based on:
- Document type
- Date
- Matter
- Person or Company
Benefits are as follows:
- Documents are easy to find
- Automatic versioning
- Availability offline
- Document re-use
Document Vault is based on M-Files, a document management system that creates a virtual disk drive in Windows, which you can find as M:
virtual drive.
Document Metadata
Document Vault relies on document metadata for organizing documentation. Metadata consists of information about a document, such as:
- Matter type
- Creation date
- Document type (class)
- Matter to which the document belongs
- Region associated to the matter
- Date when the matter was opened
- Audit trail (who did what and when)