> ## Documentation Index
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# Time tracking

> Live multi-timers that capture billable time, and weekly timesheets with approval, QuickBooks push, and CSV export

Time tracking has two connected layers. **Live timers** are running stopwatches
you start against a ticket, project task, or site survey — several can run at
once, with one "focused" in the header and the rest ticking in the background.
Stopping a timer captures the billing details and writes a time entry.
**Timesheets** are the weekly rollup of those entries: review the week, submit it,
a manager approves, and approved sheets push to QuickBooks or export to CSV.

Timesheets live at `/timesheets`; timers run from the app header and ticket/task
pages.

## When to use it

* Track live hours against a ticket, project task, or survey while you work.
* Run several jobs at once and switch which is focused.
* Capture billable time with a work type, billing role, contract, and product.
* Review, submit, and approve a week of time.
* Push approved time to QuickBooks or export it for payroll.

## From timer to bill

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start a timer">
    Start against a ticket, task, or survey. Starting a new timer unfocuses the
    others; starting one on a ticket that already has an active timer resumes it
    rather than duplicating.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Stop and capture billing context">
    On stop, you confirm the work type, billing role, contract, and product (or
    enter a manual minute override). Time under contract block-hours/retainer
    coverage is drawn down automatically, and a linked project task's actual
    hours are updated.
  </Step>

  <Step title="It becomes a time entry">
    The stop writes a unified time entry (with hours, billable amount, and cost)
    — and a ticket time entry too, when the timer was on a ticket.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Roll up, submit, approve">
    Entries aggregate into your Monday–Sunday timesheet. Submit it; an approver
    approves or rejects (with a reason).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Push or export">
    Approved timesheets push to QuickBooks Online and can be exported to CSV for
    payroll.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Timesheets

Your timesheet (`/timesheets`) is the weekly view; approvers work a queue at
`/timesheets/approvals`, and an HR view with CSV export is available to users
with the right permission.

## Good to know

* **QuickBooks push is optional and best-effort** — if it isn't configured or a
  push fails, the timesheet stays **Approved** (not Pushed) and never blocks
  approval; the error is recorded for retry.
* Captured time is floored to a small minimum (a fraction of an hour), so very
  short timers still record.