What Is Time Entry Submission?
Time entry submission ensures that employees formally submit their time entries for approval.
This adds structure to time tracking and allows managers to easily track submission status. Employees can review and finalize their entries (duration, description, linked tasks) before submitting them for approval.
Once enabled, employees can submit their time entries daily or weekly before they can be approved.
Submitting time entries for approval is available on the Ultimate subscription plan.
How Time Entry Submission Works with Time Approval
Time Entry Submission adds an extra step to the approval process, but it does not replace existing Time Approval settings.
If Time Approval is not enabled on a budget, time entries will still be automatically approved as soon as they are created—no submission required.
For customers on plans other than Ultimate, the standard approval flow remains unchanged: employees log time, and managers approve it directly.
📌 Time Entry Submission and Time Approval function independently and will not interfere with each other.
Enabling Time Entry Submission
To enable the feature:
Hover over your avatar and select Settings.
Go to Time Tracking.
Scroll to Submit Time Entries for Approval and toggle the feature ON.
📌 Note: The Time Approval setting must be enabled first.
Configuring Submission Reminders
Once enabled, you can set up weekly email reminders for employees:
Choose the day and time the reminder is sent.
Options include the last day of the same week or the first day of the next week.
Excluding Certain Employees from Submission
Some employees, like managers or internal team members, may not need to submit timesheets. To exclude them:
In Submit Time Entries for Approval, find Excluded from Submitting.
Click Add Person.
Select the employees who don’t need to submit timesheets.
Click Save.
📌 Excluding a user from submission does not mean they cannot submit timesheets for others.
For example, a manager may not need to submit their own timesheet (e.g., if their time is non-billable) but can still submit timesheets for their team via Company Time view.
Permissions Overview
To manage timesheet submissions for other employees, a user needs the "Add, edit, and delete time entries for other people" permission. This allows them to:
✔️ See submission statuses in Company Time.
✔️ Filter employees by submitted, partially submitted, or not submitted time entries.
✔️ Submit or un-submit time entries on behalf of employees.
✔️ Edit only rejected time entries (approved ones are locked).
By default, this permission is granted to:
Admins
Managers
Profitability Managers
Coordinators
Need custom permissions? Use the Permission Builder to adjust the permission sets as needed.