When it comes to approving hours, you have two options:
to review and approve in bulk in the Approvals view without checking time log details
to review and approve individual entries in the Detailed view (here's how)
In this article, you will find instructions on how to use the Approvals view to approve logs in bulk.
Select the date range for which you want to review the logs. You can choose from preset periods or set a custom start and end date from the calendar:
The logs will be displayed for the selected date range only, and you will be able to approve or reject the pending logs only for the selected period. The pending logs outside the selected date range will not be approved or rejected.
2. Use the 'Users' filter to further narrow down your results to specific users:
The logs will then be displayed for the selected Users only, and you will be able to approve or reject the pending logs only for those users. The pending logs outside the selected filtering will not be approved or rejected.
3. Here's how you can approve the pending logs for a specific member:
4. If you wish to view more details before approving the logs, you can click on a user to display more information:
From here, you can click 'View & Manage logs' to see the user's time logs in the Detailed view. If you need to request any changes from a user, you can email them by clicking the 'Contact' button.
In the 'Approval reviews' section, you will find a history of timesheet approval statuses.
In the 'Approved' section, you can reject previously approved hours if needed.
4. In the Approvals tab, it is also possible to bulk approve or reject logs for several members at once. Please select all members for whom you wish to approve the logs and use the 'Approve Pending' or 'Reject Pending' buttons:
5. You can sort the data by any column by clicking on the column name:
6. If you wish, you can display your data visually using the Activity chart:
7. You can download an Excel report of the Approvals tab by pressing the 'Export' button:
