Helpful Tips
Tips Archive
To help our customers get the most out of our solutions, Journyx provides a handful of helpful Timesheet tips in each of our newsletters. Since some of our newer customers may not have had a chance to get past newsletters, we are happy to provide an archive of those tips. Check 'em out!
Helpful Tips Archive- February 2010
- In Timesheet, how can I give my users special instructions for logging their time this period?
- In ProjectXecute, how do I give Project Managers access to an entire project plan?
- January 2010
- In Timesheet, I use both project and period (sheet) approvals. Can I make all approvals start over if either a project or a period approver rejects a submission?
- In ProjectXecute, how can I tell when a task or project is complete?
- December 2009
- In Timesheet, how do I customize the report I see when I click on the View Time Report button at the bottom of my timesheet?
- In ProjectXecute, how do I customize the information I see when I click on the Review and Submit button at the bottom of My Assignments?
- November 2009
- In Timesheet, how can I quickly populate a new selection list custom field?
- In ProjectXecute, how do I manage my team members' changes to estimates for remaining work to complete a task?
- October 2009
- In Timesheet, how can I have common time entries for groups of employees?
- In ProjectXecute, how do I make assignments when creating new projects and tasks?
- September 2009
- How can Managers run their own Sheet Status Report?
- Can I use the My Assignments screen to track all of my time and submit it for approval at the end of my time period?
- August 2009
- How do I remove open timesheets prior to inactivating a user?
- What is the best time to schedule reports?
- April 2009
- How can I change employees' usernames when their legal names change?
- Two of my Project Managers have access to the same project in Timesheet – one as its manager and the other as a team member. How do I limit project edit access to the PM who manages it?
- January 2009
- What types of data can I import in text files using the standard tools in Journyx Timesheet?
- Can I assign Journyx Timesheet import abilities for specific types of data to specific employees?
- November 2008
- How do I know if I'm running the most current versions of Journyx products?
- Does Journyx support upgrade of its products that are running on third party hardware and databases that are no longer supported by the manufacturers?
- September 2008
- How do I delete entire rows from my timesheet?
- How do I close a project so that reports can still be run on that project but no time or expenses can be charged against it?
- July 2008
- How are the pre-filled dates determined for reports that prompt for date ranges?
- How can I see who hasn't entered any time for a selected period?
- June 2008
- What do the different authorities for Custom Roles do and how can I use them to design the types of account access I need?
- April 2008
- How can I ensure that employees aren't exceeding their vacation time balances when approving future leave requests?
- How can I view approval status information in reports?
- March 2008
- How can I report on time entered in other systems in Journyx Timesheet?
- My Stopwatch forces me to choose the time entry details after I have completed the work...
- February 2008
- How can I view information about which users are counted against my license key?
- How can I transfer default Task field information from MS Project to Timesheet?
- January 2008
- Can I pause my Stopwatch timer if I'm interrupted while timing an activity?
- How can I manage my employees' request for time off?
- December 2007
- How can I change the default page I see after logging in?
- How can I make changes to the email notification settings for some or all of my Approval Plans?
- October 2007
- Should I use Total Cost Reports or Rate Reports to report on my billable time?
- Update - How can I view the approval process audit log for a selected time or expense sheet?
- August 2007
- How can I use my credit card statements to create my expense reports?
- How can I group my Journyx Timesheet expenses together for transfer into vendor bills in QuickBooks?
- July 2007
- How can my employees capture the exact start and stop times for the work they're doing?
- How can I update Project status in Timesheet to reflect the Customer Job status in QuickBooks?
- May 2007
- How can I change the column sort order for Timesheet search results?
- How can I remove crayon from my walls?
- April 2007
- Can I tie leave and time off requests to an employee's assigned timesheet approval process?
- What is the standard process for changing an employee's timesheet reporting period (i.e., from weekly to bi-monthly)?
- March 2007
- How can I automate handling of my employee's requests to reset forgotten passwords?
- Can I set up an account for a new employee, including approvals and notifications, before the new hire is scheduled to start?
- February 2007
- If I work on the same projects and tasks for several weeks at a time, is there a way to populate my current timesheet with last week's entries?
- Is there anything I can do to reduce the number of email notices my managers receive each day for employees who are late submitting timesheets for approval?
- December 2006
- How can I manage long project and task lists for performance and ease of use on timesheets?
- Update - In Timesheet, what is the procedure for handling an employee who is leaving my company?
- November 2006
- Can I change the names of projects, tasks and other items in the system using standard imports?
- How can I set up new project dependencies quickly if my projects share similar values by phase rather than by parent project?
- October 2006
- How can I quickly enter the same time entries with a different comment for each?
- How can I ensure that all employees track time off in a consistent way?
- September 2006
- NEW - How do I transfer task information and details from MS Project to Timesheet using Projectlink?
- NEW - How can I transfer individual time entry comments from Timesheet back to MS Project using Projectlink?
- August 2006
- Update - How do I return a previously approved timesheet to the user to finish an incomplete time period?
- How can managers monitor daily employee time entry compliance for auditing purposes?
- July 2006
- How can I use approval email notifications to remind employees to enter their time?
- How can I use approval email notifications & reports to keep supervisors updated on employee time entry compliance?
- June 2006
- How can Project Managers reassign descendants to new parent projects?
- How can Project Managers make changes to more than one project at once?
- May 2006
- How can I stop approval email notifications from being sent on weekends?
- How can I sort project search results on the Project Management screen to show the hierarchical project tree?
- March 2006
- Update - How can I set the Expense Entry screen as the "start" screen for my users?
- Update - In Timesheet, what is the procedure for handling an employee who is leaving my company?
- February 2006
- Do new users have a default password?
- How can I view the approval process audit log for a selected time or expense sheet?
- January 2006
- How can I safely remove data for previous years from my production database?
- How do I make the transition to the new year with Accountlink if I close out my QuickBooks file annually?
- December 2005
- How do I upgrade to Journyx Timesheet version 7.0?
- How can my administrators and users enter data in languages other than English?
- November 2005
- How can I create a new user or project using a template or another user's/project's settings?
- What options does Timesheet offer for making prior period corrections to approved sheets?
- October 2005
- How can I automate leave requests and scheduled time off?
- How can I view my dropdown selection menus when entering time for a long period (i.e., Monthly Timesheet)?
- August 2005
- I'm using Project Approvals in Timesheet to finalize my records - how do I ensure that all of my finalized records will be transferred to MS Project or QuickBooks when I synchronize the programs?
- Why does Journyx recommend having a test site for your Timesheet installation?
- July 2005
- How can I change the order of the rows on my timesheet?
- How can I view, search for and select projects on my timesheet that are included in a complex hierarchy?
- June 2005
- Using External Reporting Programs With A Unix Installation Of Timesheet
- Adding An Admin Via The Command Line
- May 2005
- Changing Timesheet's Port In Apache
- Where are Timesheet's log files located?
- April 2005
- Changing Timesheet's Port In IIS
- Installing Timesheet On Windows 2003 Small Business Server
- March 2005
- How can I handle a user whose name has changed?
- How do I place my company's logo on a Windows Timesheet Server?
- February 2005
- Configuring IE For Cube Reports
- How can I get an approval signature on my web-based Journyx timesheet?
- December 2004
- End Of The Year Backups
- What do I need to do to make sure Timesheet will work with Windows XP Service Pack 2?
- October 2004
- In Timesheet, what is procedure for handling an employee who is leaving my company?
- How can I use Timesheet to make special announcements to my team?
- August 2004
- How can I set a report to include information on all the "child" projects under a specific project?
- Is there a way to see a summary of costs for expenses and hours worked on a specific Project?
- June 2004
- How can I report on hidden users and items?
- How can I archive my old data?
- April 2004
- How can I view a report without seeing all the negative correction records split out separately?
- Is it possible to send email notifications to employees that include a hyperlink directly to the timesheet that is the subject of the notification?
- February 2004
- How do I make mass changes to my users and projects that currently exist in Timesheet?
- New Feature: How can I copy the dependencies I've set up for one project to another project?
- October 2003
- UPDATE How do I return a previously approved timesheet to the user to finish an incomplete time period?
- How can I share time and billing data between Journyx Timesheet and Intuit's QuickBooks 2002/2003?
- August 2003
- How can I turn off HTML zipping?
- How do I adjust my daemons?
- June 2003
- How do I change the default date format in Timesheet?
- How do I enable new options for project approvals?
- April 2003
- How can I set up reports for a particular date range?
- How do I view a report in a particular output format or change the format of a report I am currently viewing?
- February 2003
- Why is my project management screen slow to load when I am logged in as an Administrator and viewing all projects?
- How do I schedule a particular report to run automatically on a regular basis?
- December 2002
- How can I use the scheduling feature in Journyx Timesheet?
- How can I track current employee vacation and sick leave balances in Journyx Timesheet?
- November 2002
- In Journyx Timecard, why is it that I have no data in my report after it has been generated?
- Choosing Period/User Versus Project/Task Workflow Processes for Approving Timesheets
- September 2002
- How do I return a previously approved timesheet to the user to finish an incomplete time period?
- I am an Admin and I have lost/forgotten my password. How can I get a new one?
- August 2002
- How can I set the Expense Entry screen as the "start" screen for my users?
- How can I create a Rate Report?
- July 2002
- Setting Default Values for Time Entry Column Drop-downs
- How can I restrict users from billing time against certain projects?
- June 2002
- Backing Up a Database
- What is Cube Reporting and how do I to use this new feature?
- May 2002
- Creating Customized Reports
- April 2002
- Proper Configuration Settings for Email Notifications
- A Common User Login Error
- March 2002
- Coordinating Access to Appropriate Tasks/Activities
- Automated Restriction of Time Tracking to Project Plan Schedule
