Why we need Timesheets

The main things that people use Makerble for are:

1. creating stories that show the progress they are making towards goals

2. creating a To Do list of tasks and marking that tasks as Done

The Makerble platform does a good job of telling people data about their progress towards goals, but when managers want to know how much time it has taken their teams to create progress and complete tasks, the Makerble Timesheets App becomes useful.

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You can record how much time you spent on a task or the work relating to posting an update.

This chapter is for Task Timesheets and Update (Story) Timesheets. For Event Timesheets, refer to that chapter.

Watch the walkthrough

Explanation loom video: https://www.loom.com/share/013af2e07d2746f2aa0fef6115e1ad1c

How to create Timesheets

Timesheets can be used to log:

• time spent on a story (but only stories about the project that has Timesheets enabled)

• time spent on a task (but only tasks tagged to a project that has Timesheets enabled)

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Go to the Project Preferences page and enable Timesheets

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2. Create a story about that project.

   1. If you create the story from the Create Story page (while signed-in), then there is a Timesheet section at the bottom of the page

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   2. If you create the story using the Instant Update popup (e.g. from the Progress Board page) then you have to create the Timesheet after having created the story by clicking the Create button in the top menu and selecting Timesheet. Explanation video: https://www.loom.com/share/56a7753d1abb4bb9953353ae8d735f13

3. Create a task and tag that project in the Task. When you mark the Task as Done, a Timesheet popup will appear asking you to log how much time you spent on that Task.

How to view Timesheets

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Get started with Timesheets

• Turn on Timesheets

• Log time spent on an update (while posting the update)

• Log time spent on a task (while completing the task)

• Log time spent on a task or update (some time later)

• View timesheets

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• When you click the Timesheets button in the My Apps ribbon, you are directed to the Manage Timesheets page

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