Time Tracking

Configuring the time entry form

Choose in WiseCost whether time is charged to a QuickBooks Project or Class, and which fields (Item, Location, Description) employees see or must fill in.

Internal and indirect time: PTO, holiday and overhead

Let employees log PTO, holiday, overhead and other indirect time in WiseCost by enabling indirect labor accounts in Company settings → Time Tracking.

Contract budgets and period of performance

Give each Class or Project a period of performance and a budget in hours or dollars. WiseCost blocks time outside the dates; the budget only informs.

Requiring employees to log their expected hours

Require employees to log 100% of their expected hours in WiseCost: set hours per week per employee and turn on Require expected hours to submit.

Entering time for a team memberFor Admins and approvers

An approver can enter time for an employee in WiseCost when the company allows it, with a reason (absent, no connectivity, other) and a full audit record.

Distributed tracking for salaried employees

Distributed tracking lets salaried employees skip time entries: an admin sets a percentage split by Class or Project, which labor distribution then uses.

Reviewing and exporting time activities

Use Time Activities in WiseCost to filter every time entry, edit inline, send entries to QuickBooks Online in bulk and export the filtered list to CSV.