Activities
Activities are the categories employees register time against. Every timesheet entry is booked on an activity, which determines how that time is counted, whether it needs a project or dimensions, and who may use it.
Overview
Each activity has a type that decides how the time is treated:
| Type | Use for |
|---|---|
| Work | Productive worked time. Can require projects and dimensions. |
| Time off | Absence such as vacation or sick leave, tied to time-off policies. |
| Non-work | Time that isn’t productive work but should still be recorded (e.g. breaks). |
| Allowance | Time that feeds allowance calculations, such as supplements. |
Activities can be nested: a parent activity groups related child activities, and children can inherit the parent’s project and dimension settings.
Manage activities
The list can be filtered by type, dimension, and project setting, so you can quickly find the activities you want to review.
Configure an activity
Activity information
- Name — what employees see in the timesheet picker
- Type — Work, Time off, Non-work, or Allowance
- Description — optional details
- Group — optional parent activity. Pick a parent of the same type to nest this activity under it.
Access
- Require access list — when turned on, only employees who have been granted this activity through an activity list can use it. When off, the activity is available to everyone.
When an activity is nested, this setting is inherited from the parent. Use Override to set it independently, or Revert to inherited to go back to the parent’s value.
Project
Available for Work activities.
- Enable project — adds a project picker when registering time on this activity
- Project is mandatory — require a project to be chosen, rather than leaving it optional
- Allowed projects — leave empty to allow any active project, or search and select to restrict the choice
See Projects for how projects work.
Dimensions
Available for Work activities.
Enable one or more dimensions to capture extra detail on registrations:
- Use Add dimension and select a dimension
- Turn on Required if a value must be chosen
- Optionally restrict Allowed values — leave empty to allow any active value, or click values to toggle which are permitted
Both Project and Dimensions settings are inherited by child activities unless a child overrides them.
Extended information
If your workspace defines custom activity attributes, they appear in their own section. See Custom attributes.