Be more productive when you approve time sheets

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Users, automatically	Mar 4, 2024	Apr 5, 2024

Business value

When managers can quickly and easily approve multiple timesheets at the same time, the approval process is more efficient. By reducing the time and effort managers spend on reviewing and approving individual timesheets, they have more time to focus on their core business.

Feature details

You can set up how Business Central handles empty lines during submission for approval by choosing Time Submission Policy in the Resource Setup page:

• Select Empty Lines Not Submitted to skip lines that don't contain hours to submit. This setting is the default.
• Select Stop and Show Empty Line Error to stop processing the timesheet if one or more lines are missing hours.

Project managers see more details in Manager Time Sheet by Jobs available while approving timesheets:

• The Resource No. shows on Manager Time Sheet by Job. You can add the Resource Name by personalizing the page.
• Saturday and Sunday are included in the Manager Time Sheet by Job report.
• The Total column shows the total for each time sheet line.
• The Time Sheet Comments FactBox displays time sheet header comments during approval.
• The Time Sheet Line Details FactBox gives you quick access to time sheet line comments and activity details, such as the project name and task description.

When you select Approve or Reject to approve or reject time sheet lines, the default setting is Selected lines to help you avoid mistakes.

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Thank you for your ideas

Thank you for submitting these ideas:

• Time Sheet View - Showing the Job Name
• Showing Resource code

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Additional resources

Use time sheets (docs)