Rounding applies to billable time entries and affects how time is reported and invoiced.
You can set a default rule for the whole organization and override it for individual budgets or deals.
Rounding Options
You can set the rounding for billable time entries using four rules.
1) No Rounding (default)
Keeps the recorded time exactly as it is, ensuring every minute worked is billed accurately.
📌 Example: A worked time entry of 13 minutes will remain 13 minutes of billable time.
2) Round to nearest
Rounds the recorded time to the nearest interval (6, 15, or 30 minutes). This offers a balanced approach, aligning billable time closely with worked time.
📌 Example: With a 15-minute interval, a logged time of 13 minutes will be rounded to 15 minutes, and a logged time of 7 minutes will be rounded to 0 minutes.
3) Round up to
Rounds the recorded time up to the nearest interval (6, 15, or 30 minutes). Useful for ensuring small increments of work are fully billed, maximizing billable hours.
📌 Example: With a 15-minute interval, a logged time of 13 minutes will be rounded up to 15 minutes of billable time, while logging 16 minutes rounds up to 30 minutes of billable time.
4) Round down to
Rounds the recorded time down to the nearest interval (6, 15, or 30 minutes). This approach ensures billable time does not exceed certain thresholds, providing a conservative billing method.
📌 Example: With a 6-minute interval, a logged time of 14 minutes will be rounded down to 12 minutes of billable time.
Rounding Intervals
Rounding intervals define the “chunks” of time used when adjusting billable entries. In Productive, you can choose 6, 15, or 30 minutes as your interval.
A 6-minute interval rounds time in small steps, giving fine-grained control over billing.
A 15-minute interval is a balanced approach, smoothing out minor variations while keeping billing accurate.
A 30-minute interval rounds time in larger blocks, which can simplify invoicing for longer tasks.
Setting Up Default Time Rounding
To set up default time rounding for all billable entries:
Go to Settings > Budget > Time tracking settings defaults.
Scroll down to the time rounding settings and choose your rounding rule and interval. Save your changes.
Custom Settings
By default, the organizational setting applies to all new budgets and deals. You can override it for specific budgets or deals by opening the budget sidebar, navigating to the Settings tab (⚙️), and adjusting the time rounding settings.
📌 Example: If the default is set to "round to nearest 15 minutes," you can change a specific budget to "round up to 30 minutes" — it will apply only to that budget.
