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Time Log

See where your team is spending their time across the entire organization.

Features Below Available To: ✅ Grow Plan ✅ Track Plan ❌ Free Plan

What is the Time Log?

The Time Log gives you insight into where your team is spending time across all projects by capturing all time logged over any duration. When your team tracks time on projects, Monograph adds up the data in real-time right into your Time Log.

To access the Time Log, click Analytics in the left-hand menu. From there, select Time Log under Staff in the sub-menu.


🚨 Users on the Track Plan can view Time Log information for one project at a time. Users on the Grow Plan can view Time Log information across all projects at once.


Different Parts of the Time Log

Date Range and Filters

Use the filters at the top of the page to adjust the date range or narrow the results by the options listed below. To apply a filter, click Filters and select the filter type(s) you want to use. Once selected, choose the specific options to include in each filter.

  • Project/Overhead - filters to show timesheet entries for the selected projects and/or overhead categories

  • Phase - filters to show timesheet entries for the selected phases

  • Roles - filters to show timesheet entries for the selected roles

  • Activities - filters to show timesheet entries for the selected activity types

    • In addition to all individual activities, "No activity", "All billable", and "All non-billable" can also be selected.

  • People - filters to show timesheet entries for the selected employees

  • Teams - filters to show timesheet entries only for members of the selected team

  • Categories - filters to show timesheet entries for projects that use the selected categories

  • Date Range - filters to show data within the specified time frame

  • Group by - determines how the entries are grouped. The totals shown in the Summary Statistics will be based on the selected Group by option

    • Options include None, Project/Overhead, Phase, Activity, and People.

    • All project-specific custom phases will be grouped together as "Custom Phase".

To share the page with selected filters applied, click Copy Filtered View. This generates a link that allows another Monograph user to open the page with the same filters already in place - no additional setup required.

To note: the link will only work for users with the appropriate permissions to view the page in the same state as the sender. If a user does not have access to all included data, the page will not open.


🚨 When using Group by: Phase, Overhead timesheet entries will not be included in the totals, graph, or table since Overhead is not tied to a phase.


Summary Statistics

The numbers at the very top of the page include the total Billable Fee, Billable Hours, Non-Billable Hours, Non-billable Overhead, and Total Hours.

Bar Graphs

The vertical bars on the screen are a visual representation of the time logged across the timeframe. The solid blue bar represents billable hours, the solid orange bar represents non-billable project hours, and the hatched orange bar represents non-billable overhead.

Single Bar Highlight

Hovering over a bar on the bar graph will reveal a snapshot of the billable hours and fee, non-billable hours, and total overall for the month.

Timesheet Entries

At the bottom, you'll see a list of your team members, the date the logged their time, the project number, the project they logged their time to, the phase, their role, the activity, any notes, their ate, number of hours, and a dollar amount of time.

Hovering over a note will show you the complete note logged for this team member if the text is too long to fit in the column.

💡 Users with "Can view all timesheets" and "Can edit all timesheets" permissions can click on the date next to a team member's timesheet entry to open that week's timesheet for the specific user.


Where Does This Information Come From?

The information in the Time Log comes directly from the time that's logged within each team member's timesheet, including project and overhead hours.

If any edits need to be made to users' timesheets, click Edit Time Entries in the upper right corner of the Time Log.

🚨 If a team member's billable rate shows as $0.00 when it shouldn't, it is likely that they logged time to a project without being assigned a role/rate. To fix this, add the team member to the project and, within the Time Log, update the timesheet entry to include the appropriate role/rate.

Additionally, if a team member logs time without an activity, by default, the time logged is considered billable time.


Exporting the Time Log

The time log may be exported to a CSV file by clicking the Export button at the top right of the page.

By Default, the following columns are included in the export:

  • Employee

  • Date

  • Project #

  • Project/Overhead Name

  • Phase

  • Fee Type

  • Role

  • Activity

  • Activity Billable

  • Note

  • Rate

  • Hours

  • Amount

  • Client Billable


Permission Settings to Access the Time Log

Admins will have access to this report. In order to allow other users to have access, the "View All Timesheets" permission needs to be enabled.

Users with "Can view all timesheets" and "Can edit all timesheets" permissions can click on the date next to a team member's timesheet entry to open that week's timesheet for the specific user.
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If you do not see the Time Log, it means your current access level does not permit you to see this report, and you'll need to reach out to your admin for assistance.


FAQs

What types of time entries appear in the Time Log?

The Time Log includes time logged to projects, overhead (non-project time), and approved time off. Only approved time-off requests are included; pending, denied, or canceled requests will not appear.

You can use filters and grouping options to review entries by project, overhead, phase, activity, or team member.

How far back can I view time entries in the Time Log?

The Time Log allows you to view entries dating back to one year before your subscription start date. For example, if your subscription began on May 1, 2025, you can view time entries starting May 1, 2024. Dates before that will not be available.

Will time entries still appear in the Time Log if a phase, activity, overhead, or time off policy is archived?

Yes - archiving a phase, activity, overhead, or time off policy does not remove previously logged time or approved time off from the Time Log. These entries will remain available for reporting.

Important: Archiving a phase in Settings is different from deleting a phase from a Project. If a phase is deleted from a project, all associated timesheet entries are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. To prevent future use of a phase while keeping its historical time entries, we recommend archiving it in Settings > App Defaults instead.

Can I view time entries for deactivated team members?

Yes! Time logged by deactivated team members, including approved time off, will remain visible in the Time Log for periods before they were deactivated.

Why are certain time entries missing from the Time Log?

If a time entry is missing from the Time Log, first check that the role associated with the entry has a rate assigned. If a role isn't assigned, the entry will not appear in the Time Log.

If the role has a rate and the entry is still missing, contact our Support team with the team member's name, date, project, phase, and role so we can investigate further.

How can I see how much time my team is spending on specific activities?

Select a date range, then use the Activity filter to select the activity you'd like to review. You can select multiple activities to see the total time spent across them.

How can I see how much time my team is spending on specific activities within a project?

Select a date range, then use the Project and Activity filters to narrow down the results. You can select multiple projects or activities to review time spent across them.

How can I see total hours logged by project, phase, activity, or team member?

Select a date range, then use the Group By filter to organize time entries by project, phase, activity, or team member. You can select multiple grouping options to get a more detailed breakdown of logged hours.

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