The Timesheet Form
The Timesheet form displays when you open the Timesheet application. Use this form to enter the information that is required to process your labor charges for individual labor periods. This includes project, phase, task, labor code, and labor category values for each labor charge on your timesheet. It also may include time using special categories with pre-defined project, phase, task, labor code, labor category, and payroll tax locale values.
Contents-The Timesheet Form
Contents
Open a Timesheet
You can use Vision Navigator to open and update your Vision timesheets.
- Access to the Navigator Employee Workspace and Timesheet application as defined on the Navigator tab of Vision > Configuration > Security > Roles.
- You are linked to an active Vision employee record.
- Info Center > Employees > Time: The access rights for processing options, including entering data and submitting timesheets, are selected on this tab.
- Configuration > Time & Expense > Company Timesheet Configuration > Calendar: The timesheet period must be set to Open for a timesheet to be available for processing for most employees.
- Configuration > Time & Expense > Company Timesheet Configuration > Setup: If the Allow staff users to resubmit timesheets option is selected, all employees can edit and resubmit a submitted timesheet.
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In Navigator, click
and select
Employee.
Navigator first attempts to open a timesheet automatically by performing the following:
- Checks for a timesheet for the current date in an available timesheet period. If there is a timesheet and its status is In Progress or blank (for example, Missing), the timesheet is opened in edit mode.
- If there is a timesheet with a Submitted status and your employee access is Staff or Group without edit rights, you must have the Allow staff users to resubmit timesheets option selected to open a submitted timesheet in edit mode. Otherwise, the timesheet displays in read-only mode.
- If there is a timesheet for the current date and period, but its status is Approved or Posted, the timesheet is not opened and Navigator automatically displays the timesheet for the next period.
- If there are no timesheets available, a message displays and the timesheet does not open.
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If Navigator does not open a timesheet automatically, or if you need to open a different timesheet, click
and select Open.
The Open timesheet dialog box displays.
- Select a timesheet and click Finish.
Enter Data in a Timesheet
To enter data on the Timesheet form, complete the following steps:
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On the timesheet, click on a row to enter your hours for the respective category or charge that is displayed.
When you select a special category row, a
focus indicator displays to indicate that the row is active. When you select any other row that you can edit, copy, delete or insert a row below, a
displays to indicate that the row is active. If you see
indicator on a row other than a special category row, it means you cannot insert a new row below it or edit, copy, or delete it.
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To access blank lines and record additional charge information, click
and select
Insert to insert a blank row beneath the currently selected row.
- Use the lookups and quick finds to enter the labor charges.
- Enter the associated hours for each labor charge.
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Click
Save.
Navigator confirms that all required fields are complete. If so, the timesheet data is saved and the button displays
Saved, but the data is not submitted. You must click
Submit after you save to submit the timesheet data for approval. The button displays Submitted after data is submitted.
Alternatively, if you are ready to save and submit, you can click Submit and the timesheet will be saved and then submitted in one step.
Edit a Timesheet
You can edit an existing timesheet's data.
Prerequisite: Open a timesheet.
To edit a timesheet, complete the following steps:
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Use the following options to edit the timesheet's data:
Option Description Insert Place the focus on the row above where you want to insert a new row and click Insert. Copy Place the focus on the row you want to copy and click Copy to copy it to a new grid row, including the project, phase, task, labor code, labor category, and payroll tax locale. Hours and comments are not copied. The new row displays below the copied row. You cannot copy a special category row. Delete Place the focus on the row and click Delete to remove the row from the timesheet. You cannot delete a special category row. Your access may not allow you to delete rows that have been approved. -
Click
Save.
Navigator confirms that all required fields are complete. If so, the timesheet data is saved but is not submitted. You must click
Submit after you save to submit the timesheet data for approval.
If the required fields are not complete, an error message displays with the focus placed on the field that is missing a value.
Submit a Timesheet
After you enter a timesheet's data, you can submit the timesheet for approval and processing.
The method you use to submit your timesheet depends on the settings in Vision, in Configuration > Time & Expense > Company Timesheet. You may be allowed to submit a timesheet one time or you may be allowed to edit a timesheet that you already submitted, and then resubmit it. Contact your system administrator for more information.
Prerequisite: Open a timesheet.
To submit a timesheet, complete the following steps:
- Review the timesheet for accuracy, make changes if necessary, and then click Save.
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Click Submit. The button label changes to
Submitted.
Depending on the processing options selected by your system administrator, one or more of the following may occur:
- If electronic signatures are required in Vision, Navigator displays the Confirm Electronic Signature dialog box. Enter your Password and click OK.
- If Navigator is required to check hours entered against hours expected, you receive a warning or error if a discrepancy is found. If you receive a warning, click Yes to continue the submission or click No to revise and submit. If you receive an error, you must review and revise your timesheet. Contact your system administrator if you receive another error the next time that you submit.
- If the
Require comments for Hours option is set to
Yes on the Time & Expense tab
Vision
> Info Center > Project, you must enter comments for labor charges before you can save or submit your timesheet. The same is true if the
Require comments for Hours
option is set to Company in
Vision
> Info Center > Project and the
Require comments when hours are entered option is selected on the Setup tab in
Vision > Configuration > Time & Expense
> Company Timesheet. The setting in
Vision
> Info Center > Project is set at the lowest WBS level for a project's branch.
For special category rows, Navigator honors the Require comments when hours are entered option selected on the Setup tab in Vision > Configuration > Time & Expense > Company Timesheet.
Require Comments on Timesheet
You can enter comments for your timesheet entries.
If the Require comments when hours are entered option is selected on the Time & Expense tab in Vision Project Info Center, you must enter comments for labor charges before you can save or submit your timesheet. The same is true if the Require comments for Hours option is set to Company in the Project Info Center, and the Require comments when hours are entered option is selected on the Setup tab in Vision > Configuration > Time & Expense > Company Timesheet. The setting in the Project Info Center is set at the lowest WBS level for a project's branch.
Check Hours Entered Against Expected
If the Check hours entered against expected option in Vision > Info Center > Employees is set to anything other than None, whenever you submit your timesheet, Navigator compares the total regular hours on your timesheet against your expected hours in the labor period. Your expected regular hours are calculated by multiplying the number of working days in the labor period by the expected hours entered in Hours/Day on the Personal tab in Vision > Info Center > Employee.
If the option in the Employee Info Center is set to Global, Navigator applies the setting for the Check hours entered against expected in Vision > Configuration > Time & Expense > Company Timesheet
If a discrepancy is found when hours are checked against hours expected, Navigator displays the respective warning or error message that is selected in Vision. If None is selected for the Check hours entered against expected option in Vision, no error or warning displays in Navigator. If one of the warning or error messages is selected, refer to the following:
- Warnings alert users to the discrepancy, but they are allowed to submit the timesheet without changes.
- Errors alert users to the discrepancy, and they are prevented from submitting the timesheet if the hours entered are not the amount expected.
Sign a Timesheet
Your system administrator may configure Navigator Timesheet to require an electronic signature when you submit your timesheet.
To sign a timesheet, complete the following steps:
- Submit your timesheet. Navigator displays the Confirm Electronic Signature dialog box.
- Enter your Navigator password in the Password field and click OK. Or, if you are using Windows Integrated Security, enter your Windows password.
Save a Timesheet
You must save your timesheet after all relevant data is entered.
Prerequisite: Open a timesheet.
- Enter timesheet data.
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Click
Save.
Navigator confirms that all required fields are complete and changes the button label to
Saved. If complete, the timesheet data is saved but is not submitted. You must click
Submit after you save to submit the timesheet data for approval. The button label changes to
Submitted. Alternatively, you can click
Submit to save and submit the timesheet. Be certain about your entries before using this shortcut if you are not allowed to edit a submitted timesheet.
If the required fields are not complete, an error message displays with the focus placed on the field that is missing a value.
Copy an Existing Timesheet
You can copy an existing timesheet to duplicate the timesheet entries, and then edit and save the timesheet to create a new timesheet. When you copy a timesheet, Navigator copies all project, phase, task, labor code, labor category, payroll tax locale combinations from the selected timesheet to the timesheet you currently have open. Navigator does not copy hours or comments from the selected timesheet.
Navigator does not overwrite any existing entries to the timesheet receiving the copied data. If you want to copy a project, phase, task, labor code, labor category, payroll tax locale value from one row on a timesheet to a new row on the same timesheet, place the focus on the row you want to copy, click
and select Copy.
- Open a timesheet.
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From the Timesheet toolbar, click
and select Copy from Prior Timesheet.
The Copy timesheet dialog box displays.
- Select a timesheet period and click Finish. The timesheet's rows are added to the open timesheet.
View Timesheet Totals
You can change the timesheet view to display totals for the timesheet hours.
- Open a timesheet.
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Click or slide the
Totals button to the
ON position to turn the timesheet totals on.
If overtime hours can be assigned, the timesheet
Regular,
Overtime (OVT),
Overtime-2 (OVT-2), and
Total
hours display. If overtime hours are not allowed, the
Total column and row display.
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Click or slide the
Totals button to the
OFF
position to turn the timesheet totals off.
View Timesheet Line Item Approval Status
You can view the status of each line item on the timesheet.
Prerequisites: Open a timesheet
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Select a timesheet line.
Make sure that
or
display on the row where you want to view approvals.
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Click in the grid's Hours field for the timesheet line.
The approval status displays in the Status field at the bottom of the form. Your access determines whether you can edit the approved hours and comment. If Rejected, you can edit the hours and comment and resubmit your timesheet.
lookup button to use the Project/Phase/Task Lookup. If the