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Error Creating Matter ?

  • April 7, 2026
  • 3 replies
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I only practice one area of law and have one client. Because of the unique situation, I created a matter template years ago when I first got Smokeball. Today, I have tried creating a new matter using the matter template as I always do and I am getting an error box “There was a problem creating a matter from this template. There was an error generating the XML document.” Has anyone else experienced this and have an easy fix? I can use a pre-set template from Smokeball but I’d prefer not to have to re-create the whole folder set I regularly use each time I have to create a new matter. 

3 replies

  • Smokeball Team
  • April 7, 2026

Hello, This is Jeff with the Support team. We have a fix for this issue and we can release it to your firm. Can you please provide your firm name and email address. Thanks!


  • Author
  • Contributor
  • April 7, 2026

Thanks for a prompt response, Jeff! Virtuous Legal Services - nthomas@vlspllc.com


  • Smokeball Team
  • April 7, 2026

Thank you.

We released the fix to your firm. Our team states that you need to do the following:

  1. RESTART your machine
  2. Open SB native app.
  3. Wait 5-10 minutes
  4. Close SB native app and re-open.

That should allow you to create matters via the matter template. 

 

If that doesn’t work, please email support@smokeball.com and our team can handle it from there.