Projects and Tasks are the principle classifications against which time is recorded. Tasks are sub-classifications of Projects.
If you prefer to use a different terms than "Project" and "Task" then you can change them in configurable text.
Apart from the default User rate Project and Task administration is used to associate billing rates with Projects, Tasks and Users. In order to give as much flexibility as possible a rate can be assigned to a Project, Task, Project/User or Task/User. Rates are assigned at the time records are recorded in the time entry applications. DbNetTime use the following sequence to find the rate that should be assigned to the time record. The first rate is finds (including 0.00 rates) will be assigned to that time record. If no rate is found the then task is assumed to be outside of billing and will not appear on any billing reports.
| 1. | Task/User rate |
| 2. | Project/User rate |
| 3. | Task Rate |
| 4. | Project Rate |
| 5. | User Rate |
Once a rate is assigned it will not change if the source rate is changed. This means that if you increase a rate the original rate will still be reported for any time records assigned with the original rate.
Budget information in terms of cost and hours can be assigned to both Projects and Tasks levels. This budget information can be compared to accrued actual values in the Budget Report application
The descriptive name of the project.
Hourly Rate
The default hourly billing rate for the project
Budget Cost
Allows a total budget cost to be assigned to the project
Budget Hours
Allows a total number of budget hours to be assigned to the project
Inactive
If a project is no longer in use you can set the inactive flag. Inactive projects are still available for reporting purposes.
The descriptive name of the project
Hourly Rate
The default hourly billing rate for the task.
Budget Cost
Allows a total budget cost to be assigned to the task
Budget Hours
Allows a total number of budget hours to be assigned to the task
Inactive
If a project is no longer in use you can set the inactive flag. Inactive projects are still available for reporting purposes.
Tasks can be copied from another project by selecting the target project and clicking on the Copy Tasks button. Search for and select the project from which you would like to copy the tasks.
The name of the user
Hourly Rate
The hourly billing rate for this user on this project
The name of the user
Hourly Rate
The hourly billing rate for this user on this task.