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Timesheet Approvals

Timesheet Approvals

This page describes approvals for Timesheets and includes the following sections:

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About Timesheet Approvals

The Approvals module is designed for managers as a personal view listing of all Timesheet entries submitted by employees for approval, either by employees directly managed by you or resources assigned to work items in projects you manage.

Approving a Timesheet is a contributing factor for completing a work item’s life-cycle , where the Timesheet updates a work item's actual efforts within projects. Once approval is granted, the hours are reflected in the related project and percentage complete is shown on individual work items.
Reopening a submitted or approved Timesheet entry enables making additional changes or corrections.

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Viewing Submitted, Unsubmitted or Approved Timesheets

  1. From the Navigation Panel , click 202073488_nav_approvals.jpg

    The Approvals module opens in Timesheets mode (DEFAULT) .

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Figure 1: Approvals Timesheets

  1. Click 202073498_submitted_btn.jpg to toggle between Submitted , Unsubmitted or Approved from the drop-down menu.

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The module shows the Timesheet(s) of the selected status type.

Selecting Time Range to View

  1. Perform the (above) steps for viewing submitted, unsubmitted or approved Timesheets.
  2. Click 202030307_thisweek_btn.jpg located adjacent to 'Timesheets for:' to select the time range to view.

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The module shows the Timesheet(s) for the selected time range.

Viewing ‘People’ or ‘Customers and Projects View’

  1. Perform all steps of the above two procedures.
  2. Click 202073508_people_btn.jpg located adjacent to 'Column Set:' to select People or Customers and Projects View .

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The module shows the Timesheet(s) according to the selected column set.

Approving Timesheets

  1. From the Navigation Panel , c lick 202030337_nav_approvals.jpg

    The Approvals module opens in Timesheets mode (DEFAULT) .
  2. Ensure 202073518_submitted_btn.jpg (adjacent to 'Show:' ) is the option set .

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Figure 2: Show:



If not, select Submitted from the drop-down menu; 202073528_click_sub.jpg

  1. Select the time range of Timesheets intended to view.
  2. Select 'People’ or ‘Customers and Projects View’ .

    Timesheet(s) of the selected column set for the selected time range are displayed.
  • Select a specific Timesheet to view details, and click 202073538_go_tots.jpg

    OR
  • Click to select a Timesheet to approve.

    OR
  • Click and drag to select several Timesheets to approve.

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Tip: Pressing the Ctrl key while clicking to multi-select grid items is supported.
  1. From the Approve drop-down menu, choose 202030367_apporove.png

    The selected Timesheet(s) is/are approved.
Note: The options to Submit for Approval and Reopen are valid when Unsubmitted or Approved are selected from the 'Show:' drop-down menu.

Printing Timesheets

  1. Perform steps from the above procedures to view submitted, unsubmitted or approved Timesheets , select the time range and to approve Timesheets in order to select the Timesheets intended for printing.
  2. Click 202030377_print_apprvs-1-.jpg

    The browser's Print dialog opens.
  3. Configure as necessary, and click 202073548_print.jpg

    The selected Timesheet(s) is/are printed.