Approving timesheets
Managers check each person's submitted week, then approve it, reject it, or unlock an approved week for corrections.
Note. The Approvals menu is shown to managers and administrators when Require weekly approval is on. See Setting up Timesheets.
Approve or reject a week
- 1Open Timesheets and click Approvals.
- 2Go to the week with the arrows (or This week).
- 3Each person with submitted or approved hours that week has a line with their total hours and how many entries are submitted and approved. The filters above the list show the people Waiting for approval (the default), those already Approved, or All; the search box finds a person by name.
- 4Click Approve to accept the submitted entries, or Reject to send them back.
| Button | What happens |
|---|---|
| Approve | The person's submitted entries for that week become approved and locked. |
| Reject | The submitted entries go back to drafts so the person can correct and submit them again. There is no reason field: tell the person what to fix. |
| Unlock | Shown when the week is approved and nothing is waiting. The approved entries go back to drafts so they can be changed. |
Approve and reject work on one person's whole week, not entry by entry. To check the details first, look at the tasks in Projects: each task's Timesheets tab lists every entry with its date, person, note and status.
If nobody has submitted anything, the list shows Nothing submitted for this week.