Approve Time Activities

Form ID: (EP507010)

You can use this form to approve or reject time activities submitted for approval.

This form is available only if the Projects feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes standard and form-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu. The form-specific commands are listed in the following table.


Button	Description
Approve All	Approves all the listed time activities and changes their status to Approved.
Reject All	Rejects all the listed time activities and changes their status to Rejected.

Selection Area

By using the elements in this area, you can narrow the range of time activities to be displayed.


Element	Description
Approver	The ID of the person authorized to approve time activities.
From Date	The start date of the date range for which you want to view time activities.
Until Date	The end date of the date range for which you want to view time activities.
Project	The contract or project for which you want to list time activities.
Project Task	The project task for which you want to list time activities.
Employee	The ID of the employee whose time activities you want to list.

Table 1. Total Section
Element	Description
Time Spent	The total working time (regular and overtime) spent on the time activities listed in the Details tab.
Billable	The total billable working time (regular and overtime) spent on the time activities listed in the Details tab.

Details Tab

This tab contains the table with the list of time activities that are ready for approval.

The table toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar.

Table 2. Table Columns
Column	Description
Approve	A check box you can use to select the time activities you want to approve.
Reject	A check box you can use to select the time activities you want to reject.
Date	The date when the time activity was created.
Owner	The identifier of the employee whose time activity is listed.
Employee Name	The name of the employee whose time activity is listed.
Workgroup	The workgroup to which the employee belongs.
Earning Type	The type of the work time spent by the employee.
Task	The task associated with the time activity.
Project	The project associated with the time activity.
Project Task	The project task associated with the time activity.
Cost Code	The cost code that is associated with the time activity. The column is shown if the Cost Code feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Shift Code	The work shift during which the time activity was performed. This column appears only if the Shift Differential feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Time Spent	The total time spent by the employee on the time activity.
Billable	A check box that indicates that the time activity is billable.
Billable Time	The total billable time spent by the employee on the activity.
Summary	The description of the time activity.
Approver	A person authorized to approve the time activity. (Another person who can approve the time activity is the project manager assigned to the related project.)
Time Card Ref.	The time card associated with the time activity. If this column is empty, the time activity is not yet included in any time card.
Case ID	The identifier of the case associated with the time activity. This column is available only if the Case Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Contract ID	The identifier of the contract associated with the time activity.
Reported in Time Zone	The original time zone in which the time activity was created.
Reported On	The reported date in the original time zone.
Reported At	The reported time in the original time zone.

Totals Tab

On this tab, you review the total hours spent by employees on the regular and overtime work.

Table 3. Regular Section
Element	Description
Time Spent	The regular work hours spent on the time activities listed in the Details tab.
Billable	The billable work hours spent on the time activities listed in the Details tab.

Table 4. Overtime Section
Element	Description
Time Spent	The overtime spent on the time activities listed in the Details tab.
Billable	The billable overtime spent on the time activities listed in the Details tab.