Time tracking overview
Tracked time connects directly to tasks, projects, and invoices, so hours logged on a task can turn into invoice line items without leaving the workspace. The global timesheet collects every time entry across your workspace into one view, filterable by user, project, task, date range, and category.
How time gets tracked
Time entries are created two ways: by running a live timer or by logging hours manually. A timer can be started from any task, from the time tracking page, or from the global quick-add. Manual entries cover time that wasn't tracked in real-time, with the date, duration, task, and notes filled in after the fact. Both methods produce the same type of entry, so the timesheet treats timed and manual entries identically.
What each time entry records
Every time entry captures the duration, the task and project it belongs to, the user who logged it, a billing rate, a cost rate, and optional notes and category. These fields feed into the timesheet's filtering and views, where entries can be grouped and totalled by any combination of user, project, task, or date range.
How time tracking connects to invoicing
Unbilled time entries can be selected from the timesheet and converted into invoice line items in one step. Each entry becomes a line item with the task name, hours, billing rate, and calculated amount pre-filled. Once invoiced, entries are marked so they don't get billed again. Because time entries carry billing rates and link to projects and clients, the path from tracked hours to a sent invoice stays inside Plutio with no data re-entry.
