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Timecard Entry Fields

Here is a description of the fields and buttons on the timecardA mechanism for logging time against a project or an assignment. entry page. Contact your administrator if you need to know which timecard entry user interface you are using.

Timecards

Key:
* – Mandatory.
A – Available from Edit/View Details or the notes icon depending on the timecard entry page.

Field		Description
Additional Fields	A	Additional fields can be configured to display. Additional Fields are accessed from View/Edit Details or from weekly notes depending on the timecard page.
Audit Notes	A	Audit Notes for the timecard line up to a maximum of 255 characters.
Billable		Whether the hours are chargeable to the customer.
Daily Hours		Hours for each day of the timecard. Holidays on the resource's work calendar are indicated by a colored column controlled by the Holiday Color Code custom setting. Weekends are also indicated by a colored column. See Weekend Color Code.
Daily Location		Location on each day. Depending on configuration, the locations listed are generated from the project location records associated with the project or the default drop-down list associated with the Project Location field on the timecard object.
Daily Notes	A	Daily assignment notes entered from the timecard's Schedules section. PSA records when assignment daily notes are created, deleted or modified and the person that made the change. The information is recorded in the Last Modified Date/Time and Last Modified By data on the assignment. If you have permissions, you can create workflows that provide email notifications when users enter assignment daily notes or modify them. Note: Note When a daily note field contains a lot of text, the height and width of the tooltip that appears when hovering over a daily hours field on the Manage Timecards to Approve page will be increased.
ETC		Estimated time to completion. When ETC is entered on a timecard, it is populated in the assignment when the timecard is submitted or Include in Financials is set to true. Note: To stop ETC from being populated in an assignment for a rejected timecard, you can set Submitted and Include in Financials to false for the timecard.
Methodology	A	The Project Methodology. Depending on configuration, the methodologies listed are generated from the project methodology records associated with the project or the default drop-down list associated with the Project Methodology field on the timecard object. If an assignment is linked to a subset of project methodologies, only those methodologies are shown in the Methodology drop-down list when entering a timecard.
Milestone	A	The projectA collection of activities and related items to be managed over a defined time range, such as timecards, expenses, milestones and budgets. milestoneA fixed target, which when achieved, can be billed to the customer for a fixed fee or by logging time against it. to which the timecard entry refers. If the Closed for Time checkbox is selected for a milestone, that milestone is not available for selection. Tip: Tip If no milestones are listed and milestones exist in your project, it might be that the Show Assignment Milestones Only checkbox is selected on the assignment and no assignment milestone records exist for the assignment. See Show Assignment Milestones Only.
Phase		The phase in the project to which the timecard entry refers. Depending on configuration, the phases listed are generated from the project phase records associated with the project or the default drop-down list associated with the Project Phase field on the project. If an assignment is linked to a subset of project phases, only those phases are shown in the Phase drop-down list when entering a timecard.
Primary Location	A	Location for the whole week. Depending on configuration, the locations listed are generated from the project location records associated with the project or the default drop-down list associated with the Project Location field on the timecard object.
Project/Assignment	*	Projects and assignments for this resourceA contact that works on a project..
Recall/Recall Action		The action to recall the timecard line.
Resource	*	Name of the resource. Read-only if you are entering your own timecard. 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.
Status		Status of the timecard line.
Sum		Total hours for the timecard line.
Total		The total of timecard hours.
Travel	A	Select to indicate the time involved travel.
Week Ending Date	*	Date of the week that the timecard ends.
Weekly Notes	A	Weekly notes for the timecard line.

Buttons

Key:
E – Enhanced and Time Entry pages only.
T – Time Against Tasks only.

Button		Description
Add a Project	T	When your administrator has enabled the time.
Add Lines		Adds the number of timecard lines set in the drop-down list next to the Add Lines button. The maximum number of lines shown is determined by the value of the Empty lines to append on add lines configuration option in the Timecard configuration group or Timecard Entry UI Personal Settings custom setting. See Empty lines to append on add lines.
Delete Lines/Delete Selected Lines	E	Deletes saved or unsaved timecard lines.
Copy Selected Schedules		Copies the selected schedule lines to the timecard. You can select the checkbox in the header line to copy all schedule lines to the timecard. Tip: Tip Not applicable to the Time Entry page. You can also use a URL to achieve this. For instance, this URL copies selected schedule lines of the week ending date of May 4th 2012: https://YourOrgURL/apex/pse__TCEntry?weekEndingDate=04/05/2012&populateFromSchedule=yes
Copy from Previous Week		Depending on configuration, copies time from the corresponding entries of the previous week: Hours Travel Location Notes Estimated Time to Completion Milestone Project Phase Additional Fields Note: Note Time that you have entered against project tasks is not copied. You must manually enter time against project tasks.
Save		Saves the timecard, but does not submit it.
Submit		Submits the timecard for approval.
View/Edit Details		Depending on configuration and the state of the timecard line, allows you to display or edit daily and weekly notes fields, set travel information and enter information in additional fields. Tip: Tips If the Edit Details button or notes column is not displayed while the timecard is editable, you may be able to complete daily notes and travel location fields by double-clicking the day fields of the timecard line depending on configuration. The notes icon is not available for selection on an unsaved timecard line until you choose a Project / Assignment.
Notes

Time Entry Visual Indicators

Here is a description of the visual indicators that appear in the Time Entry page only.

Key	Description
	Daily notes have been entered either via the easy entry pop up window or the weekly notes pop up window.
	A notes icon with lines. Weekly notes have been entered via the weekly notes pop up window. A notes icon without lines determines weekly notes have not been entered.
	The number of timecard lines that are currently hidden.
	Indicates a required field. For project/assignments where the ‘Daily Timecard Notes Required field’ has been set to true, a red line next to the Notes icon indicates daily notes are required for those days where hours have been entered. Once within the weekly notes pop-up window, an indicator above the field shows which notes are required.
	A blue line in a cell indicates that data in that cell has been updated.
	A red notification flag in corner of field indicates an issue. Hover over the flag for further details about the issue.
	The number in brackets indicates the number of hidden tasks for the project/assignment. View these by clicking on the adjacent expand arrow.

Project Task Notes

You can enter the hours to be recorded against each project task using the daily hours fields. This may change the hours on the project/assignment depending on configuration. See Task Time Entry Modes in About Time Against Project Tasks. In addition, extra fields may be displayed for the task depending on configuration. See Task Time Read-Only Columns and Task Time Editable Columns.

Note:

Note

You can only enter time against a project task if you can enter time against the project to which it relates.

Tasks and Notes Tabs

You can use the Tasks tab to enter time against project tasks if your administrator has enabled time against tasks mode. Selecting View/Edit details shows a Tasks tab and a Notes tab. The Tasks tab allows you to enter time against project tasks. The Notes tab displays the other fields available.

Time Entry Links

Use these links If your administrator has enabled the time against task mode in the Time Entry page.

Selecting Project Tasks

The popup to select project tasks appears when you click Add Tasks or Select Tasks. This enables you to select project tasks for which you want to enter time. This popup only displays the project tasks that you can enter time for. The tasks are also filtered depending on configuration. Filtering options are shown above the task list.

Note:

Note

Project tasks that are closed for time entry are not listed in the Select Project Tasks popup.

Schedules

Shows a view of the defined schedule for the assignment, showing number of scheduled hours for each day.

Key:
* – Mandatory field.
A – Available from Edit/View Details or the notes icon depending on the timecard entry page.

Administrator Only Timecard Fields

For administrator use only.

Buttons

Key:
Z – Enhanced and Time Entry timecard pages only.

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