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Did you know there is a graphical timesheet in Standard Time®? There is! (In the Windows Edition, that is.) Just click the little gray icon at the top of the timesheet and choose ‘Daily Hours’. This mode displays time graphically on a daily schedule. Watch the video below to learn more.
The graphical mode lets you see each time entry as a colored block on the screen. You can easily spot overlapping time entries and correct them.
Use filtering in the Standard Time® timesheet to show employee hours, or a single project, or client. The filtering tree at the left side of the timesheet can be used to find certain information or to edit an employee timesheet.
Need to set the rights for each user of your timesheet? Make some users admins? And other users with limited rights, and limited timesheet access? Here’s how.
Each timesheet user has rights that dictate what they can see and do. Some users may only need to see the timesheet itself — no tasks, no expenses, no PTO, no time off, no invoicing. Others may see all those things, or some. You decide each user experience with these rights.
In a single view; review and approve multiple timesheets.
Submitting and approving timesheets is optional. But it’s still a valuable feature, and necessary for some organizations where supervisors, managers, and executives need to approve employee timesheets.
Rich Text Format (RTF) can be used in Standard Time® invoice templates. This video will show you how to customize invoices for client billing.
You need a flexible client billing invoice. A Rich Text document that can be opened in MS Word does it! It seems old-school, but it really works well. Here’s why: you can use MS Word to put anything anywhere. Then Standard Time fills in the invoice and opens it in Word. You can then use Word to save as PDF and send it to your client.
Standard Time® makes approving timesheets submitted by employees easy! This will make supervisors, managers, engineers, and consultants happy!
First off, submitting timesheets is totally optional… but here’s how it works: Employees click the ‘Submit for Approval’ button at the bottom of their timesheet. They only do this once for the week (or pay period). A message is sent to their manager. The manager sees a list of employees who have submitted their timesheets. He approves, and a message is sent to his manager. And that higher-manager approves. Timesheet approvals are really that simple.
But again, timesheet approvals are optional in the app. You don’t need to use them unless your company policies demand it. They can be a really nice way to check up on the status of projects and tasks. In other words, this aspect of the timesheet becomes a communication tool.
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Can a timesheet make you happy? Maybe… if it truly makes your life easier… sure! This video will show you the many things available in the Standard Time® timesheet.
This timesheet has a lot to make you happy. That’s why it’s called the ‘Happy Timesheet’. 🙂
Traveling consultants can keep track of their mileage easily with Standard Time®. This timesheet records your mileage and vehicle. Just enter your odometer reading, beginning and end. Tax deduction! Whoohoo, those blood sucking IRS bots won’t know what hit them!
Mileage is recorded just like any other expense. That means you can get mileage and expense reports along with your time.
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Arrange your timesheet pay periods. Either one week, two weeks, a month, or any other date range. Standard Time® helps to eliminate human error.
How does it help eliminate error? By showing the expected hours for a full pay period. Employees can quickly see if they have entered those hours.
Let’s say you’re expected to work 180 hours for this pay period, and 188 for the previous one. You’ll see a line at the bottom of the timesheet to remind you. You’ll also see how many hours you entered. A quick comparison helps find errors. Check out www.stdtime.com for more info.