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Time on specs
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Time an item while you write it, see each item’s hours on the project, and how long a job’s specs took.
In the manual: Time on each item
Transcript
0:01Time on specs.
0:03Writing a good specification takes time, and it’s worth knowing how much, both for this job and for pricing the next one. On any item, open its Time tab and press Time this item.
0:15Your timer starts on the project as specification writing, with the item named. It runs on the server, so closing the tab won’t lose it.
0:24When you’re done, stop and save, and the item shows everyone’s time on it so far.
0:29The hours land on your timesheet, where you can also type them in, or use start and end times.
0:37The project’s Time tab adds them up: the specification writing on the job, and the hours on each item.
0:43And the hours report, by item or by project, shows how long each job’s specs really took, for quoting the next one.
0:51And if you bill by the hour, Invoice these hours turns the billable time into a draft invoice, priced by each person’s rate.
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