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SuzyF
June 14, 2023
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Time logging on project left navigation for admin work not related to a task.

  • June 14, 2023
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There are many ways to log time and we use them all.  We even add a task to every project called admin time logging for work concentrated to a specific project but not detailed in a task.  We have recently restructured our work and we are going to have coordinators own the projects and keep them moving quickly and smoothly but likely the coordinators will not have tasks.

If we could turn on a feature in the left nav so each project had this default option, we could avoid adding a generic task to the beginning of each project to log time.  This also would be helpful for other roles as well as coordinators.

Once a project is opened, the coordinator could click on the left nav and this weeks time sheet would appear for that project and could easily be completed without leaving to go to another location to log time.  Similar to logging on a task or issue.

Thanks!

SuzyF

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Madalyn_Destafney
Community Advisor
Madalyn_DestafneyCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
June 15, 2023

Hi there! Someone can log project time as long as they're given contribute access to the project, they don't need to have a task assigned to them in the project to log time to it. Would logging project time work for you? For ease of carrying that over to timesheets, I wonder if this Idea would be revised to more easily log time to 'projects I'm on' from the timesheet, and not just tasks/projects you're assigned to?

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SuzyFAuthor
June 15, 2023

Hello Madalyn, I was so excited to read this reply but I tried to share the project with someone as contribute and they did not see the project on their time sheet.  Is sharing at contribute level what you meant to see the project on their timesheet?

Thanks!

Madalyn_Destafney
Community Advisor
Madalyn_DestafneyCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
June 15, 2023

Right, adding them as contribute access allows them to log project time to the project without having to be assigned to a task (this is now a project on). What I mentioned above is I think your Idea could be honed to be an enhancement to timesheets to have 'projects I'm on' be a filter option in the timesheet, and not just tasks/projects you're assigned to. Does that make sense?

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Heather_Kulbacki
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Heather_KulbackiCommunity Advisor
Community Advisor
February 13, 2025

If users can't log time on projects you may have that turned off in Setup > Timesheets & Hours > Preferences > Where users can log time > there is a checkbox there for Directly on Projects. If this is de-selected, users can only log time to tasks and issues.

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