# Time Logging

# Time Log

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<span class="ts0"> </span>![](https://hugeerp0.co.za/csp/webhelp/topics/images/image(1434).png)

<span class="ts23"> </span><span class="ts0">It’s a method for recording the amount of a worker’s time spent on a job</span>

<span class="ts0">Search button - As per the criteria entered or selected in the items on the Detailed panel or the Custom Search panel</span>

<span class="ts0">Add button - Add a new time log</span>

<span class="ts0">Edit button - Edit a selected time log from the grid</span>

<span class="ts0">Cancel button - Cancel a selected time log from the grid</span>

<span class="ts0">Process button - Process button is a split button with additional buttons listed below it</span>

<span class="ts0">Process To Invoice - Allows the user to process particular time logs to an invoice</span>

<span class="ts0">Add To Job - Allow the user to process a particular time log to a job This button is only available if the time log has been setup accordingly.</span>

<span class="ts0">Flag All for Invoice - Allows the user to flag a selected subset of time logs for invoicing based on the search criteria</span>

<span class="ts0">Flag All for Archive - Allows the user to flag a selected subset of time logs for archiving based on the search criteria</span>

<span class="ts0">Print button - Print button is a split button with additional buttons listed below it</span>

<span class="ts0">Print - Prints the selected time log detail</span>

<span class="ts0">Print Grid - Prints the selected subset of time log in a grid report</span>

<span class="ts0">Export - Exports the selected subset of time logs to an Excel format</span>

<span class="ts0">Detailed Tab Search</span>

<span class="ts0">Search according to the selection made</span>

<span class="ts0">Debtor – search by debtor</span>

<span class="ts0">SLA – Search by selecting the SLA customers from the drop down arrow</span>

<span class="ts0">Employee – search by selecting the employee from the drop down arrow</span>

<span class="ts0">Date From – Enter the date from which the time log search should run from</span>

<span class="ts0">To Date – enter to date to limit the time log run</span>

<span class="ts0">Custom Fields Tab</span>

<span class="ts0">Select the category rom the drop down arrow</span>

# Add or Edit Time Log

#### Details:

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<div id="bkmrk-details-tab-log-no-t"><table class="tbl4" style="width: 100%; height: 925.936px;"><tbody><tr class="row1" style="height: 35.3906px;"><td class="cell64" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Details </span>

</td><td style="height: 35.3906px; width: 82.3216%;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Debtor</span>

</td><td style="height: 35.3906px; width: 82.3216%;"><span class="ts0">Select the debtor</span></td></tr><tr class="row1" style="height: 35.3906px;"><td class="cell65" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;">Contact Person

</td><td class="cell66" style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;">Your Superior/Manager

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Employee</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Select the employee responsible for the Time Log</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Date Of Log</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Select/enter the date for the Time Log</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Contact</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Task</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Select the desired task or type of work you are doing at this time</span></td></tr><tr class="row1" style="height: 35.3906px;"><td class="cell65" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Service Item</span>

</td><td class="cell66" style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Select the desired Service Item for the Time Log</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 102.562px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 102.562px;"><span class="ts0">Reference</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 102.562px;"><span class="ts0">Enter a brief description/reference</span>

<span class="ts0">(The tick box next to the Reference field, when tick will automatically copy the contents of the Reference field to the Notes field and add it to the beginning of the notes in the Notes field if there are already any notes entered there.)</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Billing rate</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Select the desired task</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 57.7812px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 57.7812px;"><span class="ts0">Potential Billing Rate</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 57.7812px;"><span class="ts0">What you could charge for this task</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Non-Billable</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Tock box you could tick if this is not a chargeable task</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Employee Rate</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">What this time spent costs the company (Employee hourly rate)</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1" style="height: 57.7812px;"><td class="cell65" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 57.7812px;"><span class="ts0">Service Level Agreement</span>

</td><td class="cell66" style="width: 82.3216%; height: 57.7812px;"><span class="ts0">Select the desired SLA. Only SLA that are related to this Debtor will be available for selection.</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1" style="height: 35.3906px;"><td class="cell65" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"> <span class="ts0">Time From</span>

</td><td class="cell66" style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Time when the Time Log was started</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1" style="height: 35.3906px;"><td class="cell65" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Time To</span>

</td><td class="cell66" style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Time when the Time Log was ended / finished</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Bill Qty</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">This will auto populate the house when you have added your to and from time</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Job Number</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">To allocate this time to a specific job</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Job Line Link</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">To link this time to a specific task</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Notes</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">To add notes to a job</span>

</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">Status / Severity</span>

</td><td style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"><span class="ts0">This refers to the status of the job completed at this time (Closed, pending etc)</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1" style="height: 35.3906px;"><td class="cell65" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"> Locked for invoice

</td><td class="cell66" style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"> This time log is locked as its being invoiced

</td></tr><tr class="row1" style="height: 35.3906px;"><td class="cell65" style="width: 17.6784%; height: 35.3906px;"> Use Break

</td><td class="cell66" style="width: 82.3216%; height: 35.3906px;"></td></tr></tbody></table>

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</div>#### Details 2

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<table border="1" id="bkmrk-details-2-%28this-is-w" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 491.735px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 18.5803%;"></col><col style="width: 81.5433%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Details 2</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">(This is where you add your sick leave or annual leave)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Asset</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">In Warranty</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="height: 35.3906px;">Support Task

</td><td style="height: 35.3906px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Support Sub Task</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Log No.</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Support Link</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Generic Field 1-3</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Text field to add your own note</td></tr><tr style="height: 35.3906px;"><td style="height: 35.3906px;">Order Number</td><td style="height: 35.3906px;">Should you have received an order number for the task you are doing at this time

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Geolocation </td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Maps to add where you were </td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;">Location Date and Time</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;">Add Time Logs on Job as:</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">  
</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Sales Lead Link</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">You can add a link here form a sales lead that has lead to this time being done</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Leave</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Tick the tick box if you had annual leave on this specific day</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Sick</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Tick the tick box if you were sick on this day </td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### Travel Expenses

[![image.png](https://hugeerp10.co.za/hsofmanual/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/scaled-1680-/ggTimage.png)](https://hugeerp10.co.za/hsofmanual/uploads/images/gallery/2024-09/ggTimage.png)

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-charge-travel-fee-ti" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 23.1482%;"></col><col style="width: 76.9754%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Charge Travel Fee</td><td>Tick the tick box if travel fee applies</td></tr><tr><td>Travel Bill Type</td><td>Choose if this is a time charge or if you charge per KM or for both</td></tr><tr><td>Distance Rate</td><td>Dollar charge per km</td></tr><tr><td>Km From:</td><td>Add area traveling </td></tr><tr><td>Km to:</td><td>Add area you are traveling to </td></tr><tr><td>Km billing Value</td><td>This will be auto calculated with the above information </td></tr><tr><td>Time Rate:</td><td>Add your hourly rate</td></tr><tr><td>Travel Time:</td><td>Add how many hours your travel was</td></tr><tr><td>Total Travel Time Cost</td><td>This will be auto calculated with the above information </td></tr><tr><td>Travel Item:</td><td>Here you can add what the travel was for (Sales, admin, consulting)</td></tr><tr><td>Charge Toll Fees:</td><td>Tick the box if you crossed any toll roads</td></tr><tr><td>Toll fee item:</td><td>Here you can add what the travel was for (Sales, admin, consulting)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### Add Disbursements

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# Details 2

##### <span class="ts2">Add or Edit Time Log</span>

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![](https://hugeerp0.co.za/csp/webhelp/topics/images/image(1436).png)

<span class="ts0"> </span><span class="ts54">Details Tab 2</span>

<div id="bkmrk-%C2%A0-support-task-selec"><table class="tbl4"><tbody><tr class="row1"><td class="cell67" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"><span class="ts7">Support task</span>

</td><td class="cell68"><span class="ts7">Select the desired Task</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"><span class="ts7">Support Sub Task</span>

</td><td class="cell68"><span class="ts7">Select the desired Sub-Task</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"><span class="ts7">Log No</span>

</td><td class="cell68"><span class="ts7">Support Log Number - in the event that this Time Log was created from a Support Log then the Support Log Number will be displayed here.</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"><span class="ts7">Add To Job</span>

</td><td class="cell68"><span class="ts7">Allows the user to capture labour time for the selected Debtor onto a Job. The job must be either started or not started and related to this selected Debtor.</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"><span class="ts7">CTC / SC</span>

</td><td class="cell68"><span class="ts7">Specifies whether the labour will be add to the job as Cost To Company or Scope Creep</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"><span class="ts7">Job Number</span>

</td><td class="cell68"><span class="ts7">Select the applicable Job number. Only Jobs that are related to the selected Debtor will be available for selection.</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"><span class="ts7">Employee Rate</span>

</td><td class="cell68"><span class="ts7">Select the desired Employee Rate.</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell65"></td><td class="cell68"></td></tr></tbody></table>

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# Travel Expense Tab

##### <span class="ts2">Add or Edit Time Log</span>

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<div id="bkmrk-travel-expenses-tab-"><table class="tbl4"><tbody><tr class="row1"><td class="cell67" colspan="2"><span class="ts0">Travel Expenses Tab</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Charge Travel Fees</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Tick if Travel Fees are to be charged</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Travel Bill Type</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Select either Distance or Time Charged</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Distance Rate</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">A distance value to be used in the calculations of a travelled billing value</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Kilometres From</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Enter the Starting kilometres value</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Kilometres To</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Enter the Ending kilometres value</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Kilometres Billing Value</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">A calculated value to be billed</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Time Rate</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">A time value to be used in the calculations of a time travelled billing value</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Travel Time</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Time duration of the journey</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Total Travel Time Cost</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">A calculated travel time value to be billed</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Travel Item</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Select the appropriate inventory item for travel</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Charge Toll Fees</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Tick if Toll Fess are to be charged</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Toll Cost</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Toll Fee value</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Toll Fee Item</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Select the appropriate inventory item for toll fees</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell69"><span class="ts0">Delete button</span>

</td><td class="cell70"><span class="ts0">Allows a user to delete a time log item</span>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div>

# Invoice Line Tabs

![](https://hugeerp0.co.za/csp/webhelp/topics/images/image(1438).png)

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<div class="block0" id="bkmrk-invoice-tab-add-butt"><table class="tbl4"><tbody><tr class="row1"><td class="cell67" colspan="2"><span class="ts0">Invoice Tab</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell71"><span class="ts0">Add button</span>

</td><td class="cell72"><span class="ts0">Allows a user to add an invoice associated with the time log</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell71"><span class="ts0">Edit button</span>

</td><td class="cell72"><span class="ts0">Allows a user to make changes to the time log item</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell71"><span class="ts0">Delete button</span>

</td><td class="cell72"><span class="ts0">Allows a user to delete a time log item</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell71"><span class="ts0"> </span>

</td><td class="cell72"><span class="ts0"> </span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell71"><span class="ts0">Custom Fields Tab</span>

</td><td class="cell72"><span class="ts0">Select category from the drop down arrow and save</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row1"><td class="cell71"><span class="ts0"> </span>

</td><td class="cell72"><span class="ts0"> </span>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div>

# Custom Fields Tab

![](https://hugeerp0.co.za/csp/webhelp/topics/images/image(1105).png)

<div class="block0" id="bkmrk-custom-fields-tab-se"><table class="tbl5"><tbody><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">Custom Fields Tab</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0">Select category from the drop down arrow and save</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">System buttons</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0"> </span>

</td></tr><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">Save button</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0">Save the Time Log</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">Save And New button</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0">Save the Time Log and open a new Time Log</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">Save And Close button</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0">Save the Time Log and close Time Log</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">Close button</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0">Close Time Log</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">Attachment button</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0">Open Attachment window for managing attachments</span>

</td></tr><tr class="row0"><td class="cell5"><span class="ts0">Print button</span>

</td><td class="cell6"><span class="ts0">Print current Time Log</span>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

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# Timelog to Outlook Calendar

<span class="ts10">Video training manual 201</span><span class="ts10">9</span><span class="ts10"> - </span>[Click Here](https://vimeo.com/376441625)

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<span class="ts0">Creating time logs and pushing these to your outlook calendar.</span>

<span class="ts0">It is a great way to get your staff to first capture in the system and then push it to the outlook calendar.</span>

<span class="ts0">This way your time logs are up-to-date and you reduce having to double enter.</span>

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![](https://hugeerp0.co.za/csp/webhelp/topics/images/image(1942).png)

# Timelog Time Increments

<span class="ts10">Time log time increments are defaulted to 5 minutes up or down.</span>

<span class="ts10">The increments can be set under the </span>[Time Tracker Config](https://hugeerp0.co.za/csp/webhelp/topics/idh-topic10370.htm)

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<span class="ts10">Time can be set for 10 minutes or 15 minutes or 30 minute intervals</span>

<span class="ts35"> </span>![](https://hugeerp0.co.za/csp/webhelp/topics/images/image(252).png)