Create and track your projects
A project groups the hours spent for a client or for your own company. It can have its own hourly rate and a budget, in hours or in francs.
Before you start
- The Time & projects module is switched on. See Turn on time and project tracking.
- For a billable project, the client exists in Clients. See Create and manage your clients.
- Creating and editing projects requires the
timetracking.managepermission.
The list of projects
Open Projects. At the top: the amount To invoice (and the hours not yet invoiced), the number of Projects and the ones Over budget. Each project shows its status, its hours, how much of its budget is used and what is left to invoice.
Search for a project by its name, code or client. Filter by Status, Client, Budget or To invoice, or use the Views: Active, To invoice, Over budget.
Create a project
Click New project (1).
Enter the Name and, if you wish, a short Code: it comes before the name everywhere, for example LAM-WEB.
Choose the Client. Choose None (internal project) for time that is not invoiced: administration, training, prospecting.
Rate and budget, excl. VAT: the project’s Hourly rate and, if you wish, a Budget (hours) or a Budget (amount). Without a project rate, To Bill takes the person’s rate, otherwise the company’s.
Rate per person on this project: optional, a different rate for a specific person. It takes precedence over all the others.
Add a Description if useful, then check Hours billable by default: new hours on this project will be billable.
Click Create project.
Track a project
Click a project to open it.
| Figure | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Hours recorded | All the project’s hours, and the share of the budget in hours used. |
| Billable value | The billable hours × their rate, and the share of the budget in francs used. |
| To invoice | The billable hours not invoiced yet. |
| Already invoiced | The hours already put on an invoice. |
Below, the To invoice tab prepares the invoice (see Invoice the time spent) and the All hours tab lists the project’s hours, with the person. Add time records hours directly on this project.
Edit, complete or archive a project
Click Edit. You can change every field, and the Status: Active, Completed or Archived. No more hours can be recorded on a completed or archived project; its hours and invoices remain.
Amounts exclude VAT
Rates and budgets exclude VAT. VAT is added on the invoice, at your company’s default rate.