Timekeeping Statuses Tutorials

💡These tutorials explain how to create default and unique timekeeping statuses, and edit, delete and reorder them.

Navigation Example

Main Menu > Operations > Timekeeping


Timekeeping statuses list, showing the statuses in order
Timekeeping Statuses

How to Create Default Statuses

Note
  • This feature is available only if there are no statuses yet. It adds these statuses:
    • Pending
    • Started
    • Stopped
    • Approved
    • Cancelled
  1. Navigate to Timekeeping.
  2. Click Menu (button) > Edit Statuses.
  3. Click Add Default (button).
  4. Edit the statuses as necessary.
  5. Click Save (button) if it is not greyed out.

How to Create Unique Statuses

Info

You can create statuses from scratch or edit the default statuses to suit your requirements.

  1. Navigate to Timekeeping.
  2. Click Menu (button) > Edit Statuses.
  3. Click Add/Edit (button).
  4. Click the top row and fill in the details as follows:
    1. Code = Enter a short description for the code (e.g. Pending).
    2. Description = Enter an explanation of when the status is used.
    3. Editing = Select one of these options:
      • None: No editing.
      • All: Editing is allowed.
      • Status only: Only the status can be changed.
    4. Default = Select one of these options from the dropdown list:
      • New: The status applies to newly created entries. One status must have the default New.
      • Start: The timekeeping record changes to this status when it is started. Works only if the Mobile App is used.
      • Stop: The timekeeping record changes to this status when it is stopped. Works only if the Mobile App is used.
    5. Group = Select a group from the lookup list of groups. The options are:
      • Pending: The entry can be edited.
      • Active: The entry is active.
      • Complete: The entry is complete.
      • Cancelled: The entry is cancelled.
    6. Colour = Click inside the colour block and select a different colour from the available colours.
  5. Click Save (button) if it is not greyed out.

How to Edit Statuses

  1. Navigate to Timekeeping.
  2. Click Menu (button) > Edit Statuses.
  3. Click Add/Edit (button).
  4. Edit any of the fields.
  5. Click Save (button) if it is not greyed out.

How to Delete a Status

Note

Once a status is used, it cannot be deleted.

  1. Navigate to Timekeeping.
  2. Click Menu (button) > Edit Statuses.
  3. Click Add/Edit (button).
  4. Right-click the status to remove and select Delete.
  5. Confirm the deletion on the popup.

How to Change the Order of Statuses

Note
  • The order of the statuses should match the order in which they are used (e.g. Started > Stopped > Approved).
  • This order helps to automatically set the next status in the hierarchy when certain processes are completed.
  1. Navigate to Timekeeping.
  2. Click Menu (button) > Edit Statuses.
  3. Click Add/Edit (button).
  4. Right-click the status to move and select Move Up or Move Down.
  5. Click Save (button) if it is not greyed out.

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