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Block Time Entry

If you have the necessary system access rights, you can use the Block Time Entry utility to log time for a number of employees at once.

For example, you might want to make a block time entry for the whole company to cover a public holiday or a planned staff meeting.

1. Open the Utilities view in the left-hand pane.
2. Click Database Utilities in the left-hand pane.
3. Click Block Time Entry in the left-hand pane.

4. In the main workspace, the Block Time Entry window opens. Enter the relevant time entry information.

   Time entry information

   Item	Description
   Date	The date to which the block time entry relates.
   Client	The client in whose project the block time entry is being made. This can be an admin client.
   Project	The project to which the block time entry relates.
   Activity	The activity carried out in the block time entry, if any.
   Work Type	The work type associated with the block time entry. This may be actual work or holiday time, for example.
   Notes	The Notes pane enables you to record any notes that are relevant to the block time entry.
   Employee	The Employee section enables you to select which employees will be included in the block time entry. You can select All to include all employees in the system. Or you can select Selected. In this case you need to select specific employees in the list. You can exclude inactive employees by selecting the Active Only checkbox.
   Employee Analysis Grouping	The Employee Analysis Grouping enables you to filter the employees that will be included in the block time entry using employee analysis groups. Select an employee analysis group in the drop-down list. The employee analysis codes that belong to this group are listed in the upper pane. Select which ones you want to use to filter the employee list, and click Add. The employee analysis codes you added are now listed in the lower pane. Select Employee can belong to any selected analysis group if you want require that included employees belong to ANY of the analysis codes you added. Select Employee must belong to all selected groups if you want require that included employees belong to ALL of the analysis codes you added.

5. You can use the Employee and Employee Analysis Grouping sections to specify which employees you want to include in the block time entry.
6. Click Submit to make the block time entry.

The time entry has now been recorded for each employee you selected.

See also

Database Utilities

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