CobbleStone Software FAQs

CobbleStone Contract Insight Enterprise can be either deployed on your company's servers or hosted by CobbleStone Software (SaaS).

CobbleStone^® provides its Wiki (easily searchable online documentation), user manuals, CobbleStone University training videos and certification program, training opportunities (including personalized training), and virtually unlimited email and phone help.

CobbleStone supports Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS).

Yes, we will configure and/or customize CobbleStone Contract Insight per your requirements. Please send a list of requirements to Sales@CobbleStoneSoftware.com and we will send you a quote.

Yes, CobbleStone Contract Insight allows for comprehensive versioning of contract documents entered into a contact record.

CobbleStone supports contract tracking by department/agency, contract type, region, employee, category, and location as well as status code. CobbleStone can help track other important data fields that are user configurable via end-user defined fields.

No, there is no limit on how many contracts you can enter into CobbleStone Contract Insight. CobbleStone allows users to store virtually unlimited contract records and associated files/attachments.

Support and maintenance are included in our SaaS (CobbleStone-hosted) system as part of the monthly fee. For the client-installed version, virtually unlimited annual support and maintenance are part of the annual maintenance and support plan.

Yes, CobbleStone Contract Insight includes an email alert module with contract workflow tasks. Each contract can have virtually unlimited alerts to notify key users of contract events and milestones. The email alert module offers the ability to define standard alerts based on agency/department, contract type or status - and each task is displayed on the calendar while CobbleStone sends an email alert to the user's inbox.

CobbleStone can support the tracking of contracts, subcontracts, and sub tasks. You can view the main contract and subcontract listing on one screen and click on the subcontract link for the subcontract details.

We take all available means to secure our customers' data and our data alike. Our systems are hosted on Microsoft Internet Technologies utilizing Windows Servers, .NET technologies, MS SQL Server, dedicated firewalls, monitored ports, monitored logs, backups, failover facilities, private webs, private databases, and server scans - all with username and password authentication.
We also provide dedicated Windows or third-party digital certificates such as VeriSign, DigiCert, and Thawte as an option.

Yes, users can drag and drop one or multiple files at a time into CobbleStone Contract Insight.

Yes, we offer a full featured demo; please complete the form at the bottom of this page to request your demo.

We offer several online manuals and documents. Additionally, we offer virtual or on-site training. We also offer train-the-trainer programs. Please contact us at Training@CobbleStoneSoftware.com to price a training program that meets your needs.

CobbleStone Contract Insight is hosted on MS Windows Server (or Virtualized Servers), MS SQL server database, .NET, and Internet Information Services (IIS).

Yes, CobbleStone Contract Insight fully indexes text-based files that are entered into the system to make them fully searchable. Additionally, CobbleStone Contract Insight Enterprise features an in-line OCR tool that will convert scanned documents into metadata fields to be indexed and searched.

CobbleStone supports many standard report views. CobbleStone Contract Insight also includes a custom report builder, visually-engaging contract management dashboards, and an ad-hoc query tool. Please refer to the online demo to review report functionality.

Yes, CobbleStone Contract Insight supports the ability to save reports and assign users permission to view them. You can also export and save your reports to virtually any file format.

Yes, CobbleStone supports the ability to add flexible user-defined fields. Users can create fields as text boxes, text areas, dates, money, numbers, drop-down lists, and decimals. You can create specific fields per contract type, giving you the flexibility to track the data for each type of contract. You can also query and report off of virtually any field.

Yes, CobbleStone Contract Insight Enterprise includes flexible user-defined dashboards that allow your users to configure their screens to match their needs. Admin users can also create and assign default dashboards for their users to see right when they log in.

Yes, CobbleStone provides the ability to create custom reports and send them via email ad-hoc or on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. You can also export and save your reports to multiple file formats.

Yes, CobbleStone Contract Insight Enterprise includes ad-hoc query and custom online report designer tools. You can query and report off of any field.