Setting up time and expense entry preferences

Learning Resource: Time Entry Functional Guide

To set up time and expense entry preferences

  1. From the > Company menu, click Preferences.
  2. Click the Time & Expense Entry tab.
  3. Enter information, as follows:

For

Select this option to

Week starts on

Identify the first day of the week for timesheets.

Ajera Mobile Timesheets: Whatever day you select (such as Monday) displays as the first day on the left in the timesheet (in both Ajera and mobile timesheets).

Note: Once you begin entering timesheets, you can no longer change this option. This ensures that both current and previous timesheets are available.

Days to display

Designate the days that you want to appear on timesheets. Clear the days that you do not want to appear. 

Ajera Mobile Timesheets: Cleared days appear as shaded and do not allow any time entries.

Allow changes to employee type

Allow employees to change their employee type when entering time.

For example, set this preference if employees work in different capacities, like a principal who also works as a designer. 

Ajera Mobile Timesheets: To prevent employees from changing their employee type in mobile timesheets, do not select this check box.

Print project/phase IDs

Ajera Mobile Timesheets: This option does not apply to mobile timesheets.

Display project and phase IDs on the print version of the timesheet (which you produce by clicking the Print button on the Timesheet window).

Require timesheet notes on new projects

Require notes when entering time on new projects. This setting affects any new projects created in:

  • The Project Command Center (Project Info tab > Billing subtab > project and phase level)
Note: You can clear or select the Require notes on timesheets check box for individual projects or phases, if needed.
  • Ajera Mobile Timesheets

Allow multilevel timesheet approval

Select to allow supervisors to approve the timesheets of employees who report to them indirectly (to a lower-level supervisor). For example, employees who report indirectly to you might report to supervisors who, in turn, report to you.

Note: This option only applies to supervisors who are not accounting managers. Accounting Managers, can by default, access all employee timesheets.

Restrict resources on all new projects

Select to restrict entering time and expenses to only those employees setup as a resource on new projects.

Mobile Expense Report Attachment Category Select the attachment category to use for mobile expenses.
Use ICR for Mobile Select this option to enable intelligent character recognition (ICR) for Mobile Expense.

Timer:

Track start & stop times

This feature is only available from > Manage > Time & Expense and is not available for > Manage > Timesheets.

Ajera Mobile Timesheets: You cannot track start and stop times with Ajera Mobile Timesheets on your mobile device.

To include work start and stop times in the timesheet's Hours Detail table, select this check box, and then select the Start/end time check box in (Customize) window for timesheets ( > Manage > Time & Expense).

Selecting the Track start & stop times check box allows employees to record one interval of regular time and one interval of overtime per timesheet cell when entering time. If more than one overtime type is available, employees can record one interval per type.

Note: If the Track start & stop times check box is cleared and the Use timer check box is selected, employees can use the timer to record multiple intervals of regular time and overtime per timesheet cell while entering time. Ajera adds each successive interval to the total regular time or overtime recorded for the cell, and displays no start and stop times in the Hours Detail table.

Use timer

This feature is only available from > Manage > Time & Expense and is not available for > Manage > Timesheets.

Ajera Mobile Timesheets: You cannot track start and stop times with Ajera Mobile Timesheets on your mobile device.

To allow employees to use the timer to automatically record hours when entering time, select the check box.

Auto increment time by

This feature is only available from > Manage > Time & Expense and is not available for > Manage > Timesheets.

Ajera Mobile Timesheets: You cannot track start and stop times with Ajera Mobile Timesheets on your mobile device.

If you selected Use timer, click the arrow and select the time increment to use when recording time:

Click To accumulate time

None

Exactly, including two decimal digits to the right of the decimal point

Quarter

In 15 minute increments

Half

In 30 minute increments

Full

In 60 minute increments

Allow timesheet changes by:

Supervisor

Select to allow a supervisor to change an employee's timesheet.

Accounting

Select to allow an accounting manager to change an employee's timesheet.

Allow expense report changes by:

Supervisor

Select to allow a supervisor to change an employee's expense report.

Accounting

Select to allow an accounting manager to change an employee's expense report

Allow accounting changes after processed

Select to allow an accounting manager to change an expense report after it has been submitted, or if approvals are required, after it has been approved.

This option is only available if you select the Accounting check box.

Require expense report approval:

Supervisor

Select it to require that an employee's supervisor approve an expense report.

Accounting

Select it to require that an accounting manager approve all expense reports.