Tip #13: Zoho Projects - 3 Tips to Save Your Time

Hi,

Welcome back to explore some cool stuffs that you missed out until recently in Zoho Projects. Have a quick look at these three interesting and petite features which will be helpful in your daily project management process.

Here we go!

Specify the duration and define the end date
You cannot estimate the start and end date for all the tasks in your project. Some deadlines can't be determined because of the type of work that you do. In this case, if you specify the Start Date, Zoho Projects will automatically estimate the End Date (i.e. deadline) of your task.

How to?

Specify the approximate Duration of your task. (i.e. 5 days).
Right when you enter the Start Date (08/30/2016), it automatically calculates the duration (no. of days) and specifies the End Date (i.e. 09/05/2016).

Integrate Zoho Projects with Zoho Invoice
When you don't find the Project Budget field while creating a new project, it means that you haven't integrated your Zoho Projects with Zoho Books or Zoho Invoice.

How to?

Click the Settings icon found at the top right corner.
In Integrations, select Zoho Invoice and click Integrate .
Choose invoice.zoho.com and click Zoho Invoice ZSC key in Integrations.
Paste the generated Id and ZSC key in your Zoho Projects.

Now, you will find the Project Budget field in your create project page. Select either one of the options (i.e.) Based on amount or Based on hours to allocate a budget for your project.

Alert on task timer during sign out
Every task has a specific duration which helps in accomplishing the task on time. So, you can start a timer for every task in your project. What happens, when you sign out?

-You will receive an alert message that flags all the active timers for the tasks.

Were these tips useful? If so, just drop in your feedback here. We are happy to help you out if you find any difficulty in accessing the same.

Warm regards,

Monica. R

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