Entering Time Against Projects and Assignments

You can create or edit timecards to log time against work you have done on projects and assignments. To log time against project tasks, see Entering Time Against Project Tasks.

Creating or Editing a Time Entry Timecard

To create or edit a Time Entry timecard:

  1. Access the Time Entry page as shown below:
  1. Update the default Week Ending Date if needed using the date entry field.
  2. The Resource field is defaulted to your name.
    If you are entering time for someone else, start typing a name in the Resource field. The typeahead feature displays matches. Select a result. Alternatively, click the Resource Lookup and select View All to find and select more resources. See Using Lookups.
    Note: Note
    If you enter a timecard on behalf of someone else, when you change the value in the Resource field, the first day of the week is set to the Week Start Day of that resource.
  3. Select a project or assignment to log time to. The Project/Assignment field behaves similarly to the Resource feature. Start typing in the Project/Assignment field. Alternatively, click the Project/Assignment Lookup to search. You can also select Return to search when no matches are found. See Using Lookups. After you select a project or assignment, the Information icon now displays the information relating to it.
  4. You may be required to enter daily or weekly notes. Cells that are required to complete may be marked with a visual indicator.
  5. [Optional] You can change the width of custom columns. Click a column header and drag the column accordingly. To hide a custom column, click the column header's down arrow and select Columns and deselect the column you want to hide. Your administrator can save your column preferences with a custom setting. See Save Column Preferences.
  6. Complete the remaining fields as described in Timecard Entry Fields.
  7. To add more lines for each project or assignment, select the number you require and click Add Lines . Select Delete Selected Lines to remove one or more selected lines.
  8. Select Save or Submit.

Creating or Editing a Classic or New UI Timecard

To create or edit a classic or New UI timecard:

  1. To display the Timecard Entry page, do one of the following:
  2. Select the Week Ending Date by clicking the arrow buttons or date entry field.
  3. If you are entering time for yourself, the Resource field defaults to your name. If you are entering time for someone else, select the resource. If you are using the enhanced timecard UI use the Resource lookup .
    Note: Note
    If you enter a timecard on behalf of someone else, when you change the value in the Resource field, the first day of the week is set to the Week Start Day of that resource.
  4. Select the project or assignment using one of these methods depending on the version of PSA timecards that you are using:
  5. [Optional] Select or deselect Billable as applicable.
  6. You may be required to enter notes. If so, do one of the following depending on the configuration your administrator has chosen:
  7. Complete the remaining fields as described in Timecard Entry Fields.
  8. Add a line for each project or assignment. Click Add Lines to add more lines.
  9. Click Save.

Related Concepts

Timecards

About Timecard Splits

About Time Dates

About Time Against Project Tasks

About Hours to Days Rules

About Approving and Rejecting Timecards

About Combining Similar Timecards

Reference

Timecard Entry Fields

Timecard Fields

Generate Missing Timecard Fields

Hours to Days Rule Fields

Generate Missing Timecard Calculation Fields

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