Zoho Projects supports custom fields and layouts for timesheets. Create your own fields and use them for customizing timesheets as per your business requirements. You can also associate a layout while adding time log.
Benefits
- Customize timesheets with layouts
- Add custom fields to layouts to capture data
- Mark fields as PII (containing Personally Identifiable Information)
Feature Availability
- View only - Standard, Express, and Premium plan
- Add, edit, delete - Enterprise plan
- Navigate to
> Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheets to create custom fields and layouts for Issues. If you are an admin but unable to access the above path, write to support@zohoprojects.com
What is a Layout?
A layout is a graphical interface that is used to design a form. A milestone layout is used to create a milestone form.
Initially, all projects will be associated with the standard layout. If the standard layout is modified, the changes will be reflected in all the associated projects.
Standard Layout
- Every portal will have a default layout to start with. We call it a Standard Layout.
- The standard layout has one default section and default fields.
- The fields - Date, User, Daily Log, Billing Type, Approval Status, Log Cost, Notes, Added By, Approval By, Created Time, and Modified Time are the default fields.
- The default fields can neither be edited nor deleted. They can only be reordered.
- When a user tries to create a new layout for the first time, they can clone it from the standard layout initially. After cloning, they will be able to add new sections and fields to their new layout.
Create Layout
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Click Create Layout in the upper-right corner.
- Select a base layout that you want to build (clone) your new layout on. If you have not created any layouts, the standard layout will be listed in the drop-down.
- Enter a Layout Name.
- In Layout Permissions, select the user profiles who can access the project layout.
- Click Create.
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Associate Layout With a Project
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Click + to the right of the selected layout.
- Select an existing project from the drop-down to associate.
- Confirm your action.
- Click Associate.
View or Edit Layout
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- In the Layouts section, you can view the list of project layouts that have been created already.
- The layouts that are listed can neither be deleted or reordered.
- You can associate a layout with any existing project.
- Click the layout you want to edit, do the necessary changes, and click Save Layout.
Delete Layout
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Click the Layouts section.
- Hover over a layout that you would like to delete and click the trash icon
.
- Confirm your action.
Private Layouts
Users
can create a copy of existing layouts and mark them as Private layouts.
A private layout can only be accessed by users who are part of the
projects associated with it.
Enabling the
Make private layouts as a default for all the new projects option will automatically create a private copy of the layout with the project title as the layout name.
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Make an Existing Layout as Private
Users can change an existing layout as private from the Timesheet Layout list view.
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This option is only available for layouts with only one project linked with them.
- Hover over a layout from the list view.
- Click Make as Private Layout.
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- Private layouts can be viewed at the end of the list after refreshing the page.
Convert a Private Layout to Public
A private layout can be converted to public by adding a project to it.
- Hover over a layout from the list view.
- Navigate to the private layouts at the end of the list.
- Click + next to the layout.
- Click Convert to Public on the confirmation message.
- Select a project and then click Next.
The layout is now public and can be accessed by all project users.
What is a Section?
A set of sections form a layout. Similar attributes are placed inside a section. Every layout will have a default section. You can also create your own section and use it in your layout.
A section named Schedule Reviews can accommodate fields such as First Review, Second Review, and Third Review.
Create or Edit Section
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Click a layout to add a section.
- Drag and drop the + Add Section component from the left tray to the layout editor (main panel).
- Initially, the sections will be named "Timesheet information", "Untitled Section 1", "Untitled Section 2" and so on as you keep adding new sections in the layout editor.
- Hover over the section name and edit it.
- You can also add new or existing custom fields to your section.
- Click Save Layout.
Delete Section
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Click on a layout.
- Hover over the section and click
.
- The
will be visible only when all the custom fields inside the section are removed. We recommend you to remove the custom fields first and then delete the section.
- Confirm your action.
What is a Field?
A field is an integral part of a layout. You can add a new field or an existing field to your layout. Status, Start Date, End date, Flag, Tags and Owner are the default fields in a layout.
- Except Status, default fields can neither be edited nor deleted. They can only be reordered.
- The Status field can be modified but cannot be deleted. It can also be reordered.
Difference Between a New Field and an Available Field
A new field is a custom field that is yet to be created. An available field is a custom field that has already been created but not used in the current layout. You can always associate an available field to your current layout anytime.
Create Custom Field
- Click
in the upper-right corner of the top navigation band.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Click a layout to add a custom field.
- Drag and drop a field type from the New Fields tray into the layout editor (main panel).
- Set a Default Value if necessary.
- Select Mandatory checkbox if you want the field to be filled compulsorily.
- Select Insert Tooltip checkbox if you want to set tool-tip information for the field.
- Click Add to Layout to include the field in the layout. When you Cancel, the field is not stored anywhere.
You can create the following custom fields:
Field Type
| Description
|
Single-Line text
| Add one line of text. This field can be marked as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
Multi-Line text
| Add multiple lines of text. Hit Enter to key in more information. This field can be marked as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
Pick List
| Create your own drop-down using a pick list. Set values and wrap them under a pick list as per your business needs. Enter valid data in the editable text area and click Add Value.
|
User Pick List
| Use this field when you need to store usernames.
|
Date
| Store dates in this field.
|
Date & Time
| Store date and time in this field.
|
Checkbox
| Create checkbox type fields.
|
Currency
| Store currency value in this field. This field can be marked as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
Percentage
| Enter percentage value in this field.
|
Number
| Store numbers in this field. A number can have a maximum of 19 digits. Number fields can be marked as containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
Decimal
| Store decimal numbers in this field. A number can have a maximum of 14 digits before the decimal point. Decimal fields can be marked as containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
| Formula field will automatically calculate and derives its value by referring to the value of the specified fields or the numeric, text, or date values given in the formula.
|
Email
| Store email addresses in this field. This field can be marked as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
Phone
| Store contact numbers in this field. This field can be marked as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
URL
| Store URLs or links in this field. This field can be marked as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you select Encrypt Field, the data will be encrypted at the back-end.
|
| Create a lookup field to use the task/bug fields directly in the timesheet.
|
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Open the layout editor and hover over the custom field you would like to reorder.
- Drag and swap with another field in the editor. You can reorder the fields as many times as you want until you get the desired order.
- Click Save Field Order.
Remove Custom Field
- Click
in the top navigation band.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet.
- Open the layout editor and hover over the custom field you would like to dissociate.
- Click
.
- Confirm your action.
- Removing a project custom field will not permanently delete it from the database.
- The custom field will be moved to the Available Fields tray and it can be reused anytime later from this tray.
Delete Custom Field
- Click
in the top navigation panel.
- Navigate to Customization > Layouts and Fields > Timesheet > Fields.
- Hover over the field you would like to delete.
- Click
.
- The data stored in the field will be lost
- Confirm your action.
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