Submit and Approve a Timesheet
Log hours, submit a timesheet, and review approval decisions.
Submit and Approve a Timesheet
Timesheets help teams review logged work before it is used for billing, reporting, or payroll workflows.
Before You Start
Confirm that:
- Time tracking is enabled.
- Time categories are configured.
- The project and task are available.
- The user has permission to log time.
- The approver is configured through roles, project ownership, or approval rules.
Submit a Timesheet
- Open Time or My Timesheet.
- Add time entries for the correct project, task, date, and category.
- Enter hours and notes.
- Review totals for the period.
- Submit the timesheet.
Approve a Timesheet
- Open Approvals.
- Filter to pending timesheet approvals.
- Open the request.
- Review entries, dates, categories, notes, and totals.
- Approve, return, reject, or reassign based on your policy.
Only pending approval requests should be updated. Approved, rejected, or returned requests should not be changed through approval decisions.
Copilot Prompts
Try:
How many hours did I log this month by status?Show my pending timesheet approvals.Approve this timesheet approval.
Troubleshooting
If time entries are missing:
- Check the selected date range.
- Confirm the entries were saved.
- Review project and task access.
If approval actions are unavailable:
- Confirm the request is still pending.
- Check whether you are the approver.
- Review approval permissions.