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About timesheet

Businesses primarily use timesheets to understand the time taken to complete tasks, estimate the cost of the work based on the hours invested, monitor the number of hours employees log in, and ensure time is used productively. Timesheets help record time accurately and use the recorded data for further analysis. It is an essential tool to account for the time spent on work in terms of hours and cost.
In Zoho Sprints, timesheet serves as an important instrument in tracking log hours that are centered around sprints and work items. It allows you to calculate billed hours, enable approval process, discount holidays, and define log hour limits.

Benefits 

  1. Timesheet helps to easily track the number of hours your scrum team has spent on work items.
  2. Track the total hours for the work.
  3. Calculate the budget based on the work hours of the users.
  4. Complete the work on time with scheduled deadlines.
  5. Estimate the amount of future work based on the total logged hours.
  6. Measure the effort of the users in your project.
Info
Availability: Starter and higher plans, including Zoho One

Example

Idea
Let's say you need to track the number of hours each user in your organization spends on the assigned tasks. This data is needed for calculating client billing, managing employee payroll, and accounting for the organization's expenditure. The timesheet module enables you to configure work item specific setting for your timesheet. You can:
  1. Configure billing status.
  2. Enable approval process.
  3. Set restrictions for logging hours.
  4. Define work item specific configurations like:
  1. enabling multiple timers,
  2. logging hours for closed items,
  3. logging hours for future and past time,
  4. enabling daily and weekly log hour limits, and
  5. setting up reminders for log hour limits.
Click here to learn more about configuring timesheet settings.

Customize timesheet layout

You can customize the creation form of your timesheet. This allows you to introduce custom fields in the form to capture details specific to your project requirements. There're an array of field types available for you to pick from. Select the required fields and configure them according to your preference. Learn more.

View timesheet reports

The data in your timesheets are put together in Zoho Sprints to provide you with insightful details that can help you with future estimation of time and budget, resource allocation, and analysis of the progress of work in terms of the logged hours. Learn more.

Access Privileges for timesheets

Action
Admin
Manager
Sprint Owner 
Member
View own logs




View other logs




Edit own log hours




Edit own log hours (completed and canceled sprints)




Edit log hours of other users




Edit log hours of other users (completed and canceled sprints)




Edit log hours in backlog




Edit approved log hours




Edit approved log hours in backlog




Approve own log hours

  


Approve log hours of other users




Approve log hours in the backlog






Notes
Note:
  1. Managers can edit the hours logged by other users for the work items in the backlog.
  1. Members can edit the log hours of the work items in the backlog if they are the owner. 
  1. Managers can approve the log hours of the work items in the backlog if they are the owner.