Time recordings
The page displays your time recordings and the days of the selected week. Days with no target working time are not displayed, unless there are time recordings for these days. The time recordings are grouped by days. On the given day, the time recordings are sorted by Start. If Start is not filled, the time recordings are sorted in the order of creation. At the time recordings the ratio of the recorded time to the target working time is displayed. On the days, the duration of the time recordings is summed up and the ratio to the target working time is displayed.
Create new time recordings
Time recordings can be created in several ways:
- Stopwatch
The stopwatch is called up by clicking on the Stopwatch icon on the upper right-hand side. In the window a description can be entered. Using Start the stopwatch can be started. With the keyboard shortcut Alt+S the stopwatch is started directly. As soon as the stopwatch is running, it is displayed in the browser tab and next to the stopwatch. Save creates a new time recording with start, end and the entered description. Delete does not create a time recording. - Create new time recording in the menu
The big PLUS button in the page Recordings creates a new time recording for today. Start will default to the latest end. - Create new time recording on the day
In front of each day is a PLUS button. This button creates a new time recording on that day. Start will default to the latest end. - Save & New
In each time recording Save & Close or Save & New can be selected. Save & New can be found in the dropdown menu. The action saves the current time recording and creates a new one for the same day. - Dashboard
The PLUS button underlaying each day of the Overview of time recordings will create a time recording for the respected day. The new time recording is immediately displayed and can be edited. - Templates
In the Templates page, templates for Time Recordings can be created and saved. The templates can be used to create or complete Time Recordings. - Tasks
The Tasks page displays all assigned tasks. Time Recordings can be created based on these tasks. - Calendar
In the Calendar page, all appointments from the Echange Calendar will be displayed if the read permission has been granted. The appointments can be used to create Time Recordings. Alternatively, Time Recordings can be created by marking a period in the calendar.
Selection of a time recording mask
Different time recording masks can be selceted to use for creating time recordings. All masks work basically in the same way, they only differ regarding the fields displayed. In the tab Time Tracking in the Settings the time recording mask can be changed. The following time recording masks can be selected:
- All
In this mask all fields are displayed. This time recording mask is used as default when the time recording is opened for the first time. - Compact
In this mask the fields Start, End and Break are not displayed. - Simple
In this mask the fields Start, End, Break and Customer are not displayed. - Dynamic
This mask is one of the masks used in Azure DevOps. All fields are displayed in this mask.
Fields in time recordings
Depending on the selected time recording mask, the following fields are potentially displayed.
- Start
- End
- Description
- Customer
- Project
- Project task
- Activity
- Duration
- Status of time recording Time recordings are opened for editing with a single click.
The following fields are available in the input mask:
- Start / End
In Start a time is entered. The following entries are possible:
| Input | Start |
|---|---|
| 8 | 08:00 |
| 830 | 08:30 |
| 08 | 08:00 |
| 15 | 15:00 |
| 1530 | 15:30 |
End
End is calculated automatically when Start and Duration are entered. The input is analogous to Start.Duration
If the Start and End fields are filled in, the duration is calculated automatically. The break is subtracted from the duration.
| Input | Duration |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1:00 |
| 100 | 1:00 |
| 0100 | 1:00 |
| 01 | 0:10 |
| 001 | 0:01 |
| 010 | 0:10 |
| 10 | 10:00 |
| 130 | 1:30 |
| 0130 | 1:30 |
Break
Break can only be filled if start and end are filled. The input is analogous to the duration.Description
Here a 16384 characters long description of the activity can be entered (16 1024). Via the pencil icon in the lower right corner of the description or the keyboard shortcut Alt + O* an editor for the time recording can be opened.Customer
Selecting a customer will limit the possible selection of projects. If there is only one project, it will be entered automatically. The selection of customers corresponds to the customers in Business Central.Project
The selection of the project restricts the selection of project tasks. Projects are reffered to as Jobs in Business Central. In the time recording mask Simple projects are not filtered by customer because the customer cannot be selected here.Project task
Project task selection restricts the activity selection. If there is only one billable activity, it will be selected automatically. Project tasks (Job Tasks) can only be created in Business Central. Project tasks can be locked or closed for time recordings in DYCE Job Billing. Locked and closed Project tasks will not be available for selection.Activity
The activity can be used to preset whether the time recording should be billed and how the Billable Duration is rounded. The activity is a combination of Job Planning Lines (Budget) and Time & Travel Model lines. The Time & Travel Model is entered in the Job Card in Business Central.
New customers, projects, project task and activities can only be created in Business Central.
Via show more additional fields can be displayed:
Date
The date is automatically filled with the date of the day on which the time recording is created. t can be used as a shortcut for the current date (today). To insert weekdays and get the date of that weekday, the region and language have to be set to German - Germany or English - English (United States) |Input|Duration| |:--|:--| |Mo|Date of current weeks Monday| |Tue|Date of current weeks Tuesday| |t|current date (today)| |01|01.01.current year| |0102|01.02.current year| |01022022|01.02.2022| |01.02.2022|01.02.2022|Billable Duration
The billable duration specifies the duration to be invoiced. The billable duration can be rounded and preset by the activity. If no activity is entered, the billable duration is automatically set equal to the duration. The user can set the billable duration manually and independently of the duration.Non-Billable Reason
If the billable duration is smaller than the duration, a Non-Billable Reason is automatically entered. If the activity is entered, the Non-Billable Reason is determined from the Time & Travel Model line. If no activity is entered, the Non-Billable Reason will default to Internal.
Status of time recordings
The status is displayed in each time recording. The status Incomplete is displayed, if one or more mandatory field are not filled. By completing the information, either the icon for Billable or Not Billable is displayed. If a time recording is not to be invoiced (billable duration is 0) it is marked as Not Billable. Otherwise, it will be considered as Billable.
Budget/quantity display in time recordings
Time Recordings display the budgeted quantity of job planning lines and the amount of budget already used. This display allows you to see if and how many hours / days of the budget are still available.
By selecting an Activity, a Job Planning Lines Budget is selected. Through the Job Planning Lines Budget, both the budgeted and consumed quantity can be determined.
- The total budgeted quantity is equal to the quantity in the selected Job Planning Lines Budget.
- The consumed quantity is equal to the sum of the billable duration of all time recordings with status Open or Released belonging to the Job Planning Line Budget plus the sum of the quantities of all Job Planning Lines Billable, which belong to the selected Job Planning Line Budget.
When posting Time Recordings, the quantity to be charged (quantity of Job Planning Lines Billable) can be changed. In addition, Job Planning Lines Billable can be created or the quantity increased without posting time recordings.
If no Activity is selected, the Job Planning Lines Budget cannot be determined. The display is calculated as follows:
- The total budgeted quantity is equal to the sum of the quantity of all Job Planning Lines Budget with a Service Billing Type associated to the Job Task.
- For the consumed quantity, the sum for the whole Job Task is also formed. Here, the calculation is applied to all Job Planning Lines Budget with a Service Billing Type (Time & Material, Budget, Fixed Price).
If there is only one Job Planning Line Budget for the Job Task, the display is identical with or without selected Activity.
The progress bar fills the closer the consumed quantity gets to the total quantity. When the total quantity is exceeded, the progress bar is proportionally colored red, if the Job Planning Line Budget has the Service Billing Type Budget or Fixed Price. In case of a 10% overrun, 10% of the bar is displayed in red. From an overrun of 100%, the bar is completely colored red.
For the Service Billing Type Time & Material, the bar is not colored because the budget is automatically increased when the time recordings are posted.
Released and posted time recordings
Time recordings are approved by the project manager in the DYCE Job Billing in Business Central. Once released, time recordings can be posted. Accordingly, time recordings may not be changed after release. They will be grayed out to show that they cannot be edited.
If a time recording is edited simultaneously in Business Central and DYCE Time Tracking, a message about the conflict will be displayed to the user in DYCE Time Tracking and the changes will not be saved. A similar message is displayed if the time recording is released in Business Central while the user is editing it in DYCE Time Tracking.