Helpful Tips
Tips Archive

To help our customers get the most out of our solutions, Journyx provides a handful of helpful Timesheet tips in each of our newsletters. Since some of our newer customers may not have had a chance to get past newsletters, we are happy to provide an archive of those tips. Check 'em out!

• November 2008
  • How do I know if I'm running the most current versions of Journyx products?
  • Does Journyx support upgrade of its products that are running on third party hardware and databases that are no longer supported by the manufacturers?
• September 2008
  • How do I delete entire rows from my timesheet?
  • How do I close a project so that reports can still be run on that project but no time or expenses can be charged against it?
• July 2008
  • How are the pre-filled dates determined for reports that prompt for date ranges?
  • How can I see who hasn't entered any time for a selected period?
• June 2008
  • What do the different authorities for Custom Roles do and how can I use them to design the types of account access I need?
• April 2008
  • How can I ensure that employees aren't exceeding their vacation time balances when approving future leave requests?
  • How can I view approval status information in reports?
• March 2008
  • How can I report on time entered in other systems in Journyx Timesheet?
  • My Stopwatch forces me to choose the time entry details after I have completed the work...
• February 2008
  • How can I view information about which users are counted against my license key?
  • How can I transfer default Task field information from MS Project to Timesheet?
• January 2008
  • Can I pause my Stopwatch timer if I'm interrupted while timing an activity?
  • How can I manage my employees' request for time off?
• December 2007
  • How can I change the default page I see after logging in?
  • How can I make changes to the email notification settings for some or all of my Approval Plans?
• October 2007
  • Should I use Total Cost Reports or Rate Reports to report on my billable time?
  • Update - How can I view the approval process audit log for a selected time or expense sheet?
• August 2007
  • How can I use my credit card statements to create my expense reports?
  • How can I group my Journyx Timesheet expenses together for transfer into vendor bills in QuickBooks?
• July 2007
  • How can my employees capture the exact start and stop times for the work they're doing?
  • How can I update Project status in Timesheet to reflect the Customer Job status in QuickBooks?
• May 2007
  • How can I change the column sort order for Timesheet search results?
  • How can I remove crayon from my walls?
• April 2007
  • Can I tie leave and time off requests to an employee's assigned timesheet approval process?
  • What is the standard process for changing an employee's timesheet reporting period (i.e., from weekly to bi-monthly)?
• March 2007
  • How can I automate handling of my employee's requests to reset forgotten passwords?
  • Can I set up an account for a new employee, including approvals and notifications, before the new hire is scheduled to start?
• February 2007
  • If I work on the same projects and tasks for several weeks at a time, is there a way to populate my current timesheet with last week's entries?
  • Is there anything I can do to reduce the number of email notices my managers receive each day for employees who are late submitting timesheets for approval?
• December 2006
  • How can I manage long project and task lists for performance and ease of use on timesheets?
  • Update - In Timesheet, what is the procedure for handling an employee who is leaving my company?
• November 2006
  • Can I change the names of projects, tasks and other items in the system using standard imports?
  • How can I set up new project dependencies quickly if my projects share similar values by phase rather than by parent project?
• October 2006
  • How can I quickly enter the same time entries with a different comment for each?
  • How can I ensure that all employees track time off in a consistent way?
• September 2006
  • NEW - How do I transfer task information and details from MS Project to Timesheet using Projectlink?
  • NEW - How can I transfer individual time entry comments from Timesheet back to MS Project using Projectlink?
• August 2006
  • Update - How do I return a previously approved timesheet to the user to finish an incomplete time period?
  • How can managers monitor daily employee time entry compliance for auditing purposes?
• July 2006
  • How can I use approval email notifications to remind employees to enter their time?
  • How can I use approval email notifications & reports to keep supervisors updated on employee time entry compliance?
• June 2006
  • How can Project Managers reassign descendants to new parent projects?
  • How can Project Managers make changes to more than one project at once?
• May 2006
  • How can I stop approval email notifications from being sent on weekends?
  • How can I sort project search results on the Project Management screen to show the hierarchical project tree?
• March 2006
  • Update - How can I set the Expense Entry screen as the "start" screen for my users?
  • Update - In Timesheet, what is the procedure for handling an employee who is leaving my company?
• February 2006
  • Do new users have a default password?
  • How can I view the approval process audit log for a selected time or expense sheet?
• January 2006
  • How can I safely remove data for previous years from my production database?
  • How do I make the transition to the new year with Accountlink if I close out my QuickBooks file annually?
• December 2005
  • How do I upgrade to Journyx Timesheet version 7.0?
  • How can my administrators and users enter data in languages other than English?
• November 2005
  • How can I create a new user or project using a template or another user's/project's settings?
  • What options does Timesheet offer for making prior period corrections to approved sheets?
• October 2005
  • How can I automate leave requests and scheduled time off?
  • How can I view my dropdown selection menus when entering time for a long period (i.e., Monthly Timesheet)?
• August 2005
  • I'm using Project Approvals in Timesheet to finalize my records - how do I ensure that all of my finalized records will be transferred to MS Project or QuickBooks when I synchronize the programs?
  • Why does Journyx recommend having a test site for your Timesheet installation?
• July 2005
  • How can I change the order of the rows on my timesheet?
  • How can I view, search for and select projects on my timesheet that are included in a complex hierarchy?
• June 2005
  • Using External Reporting Programs With A Unix Installation Of Timesheet
  • Adding An Admin Via The Command Line
• May 2005
  • Changing Timesheet's Port In Apache
  • Where are Timesheet's log files located?
• April 2005
  • Changing Timesheet's Port In IIS
  • Installing Timesheet On Windows 2003 Small Business Server
• March 2005
  • How can I handle a user whose name has changed?
  • How do I place my company's logo on a Windows Timesheet Server?
• February 2005
  • Configuring IE For Cube Reports
  • How can I get an approval signature on my web-based Journyx timesheet?
• December 2004
  • End Of The Year Backups
  • What do I need to do to make sure Timesheet will work with Windows XP Service Pack 2?
• October 2004
  • In Timesheet, what is procedure for handling an employee who is leaving my company?
  • How can I use Timesheet to make special announcements to my team?
• August 2004
  • How can I set a report to include information on all the "child" projects under a specific project?
  • Is there a way to see a summary of costs for expenses and hours worked on a specific Project?
• June 2004
  • How can I report on hidden users and items?
  • How can I archive my old data?
• April 2004
  • How can I view a report without seeing all the negative correction records split out separately?
  • Is it possible to send email notifications to employees that include a hyperlink directly to the timesheet that is the subject of the notification?
• February 2004
  • How do I make mass changes to my users and projects that currently exist in Timesheet?
  • New Feature: How can I copy the dependencies I've set up for one project to another project?
• October 2003
  • UPDATE How do I return a previously approved timesheet to the user to finish an incomplete time period?
  • How can I share time and billing data between Journyx Timesheet and Intuit's QuickBooks 2002/2003?
• August 2003
  • How can I turn off HTML zipping?
  • How do I adjust my daemons?
• June 2003
  • How do I change the default date format in Timesheet?
  • How do I enable new options for project approvals?
• April 2003
  • How can I set up reports for a particular date range?
  • How do I view a report in a particular output format or change the format of a report I am currently viewing?
• February 2003
  • Why is my project management screen slow to load when I am logged in as an Administrator and viewing all projects?
  • How do I schedule a particular report to run automatically on a regular basis?
• December 2002
  • How can I use the scheduling feature in Journyx Timesheet?
  • How can I track current employee vacation and sick leave balances in Journyx Timesheet?
• November 2002
  • In Journyx Timecard, why is it that I have no data in my report after it has been generated?
  • Choosing Period/User Versus Project/Task Workflow Processes for Approving Timesheets
• September 2002
  • How do I return a previously approved timesheet to the user to finish an incomplete time period?
  • I am an Admin and I have lost/forgotten my password. How can I get a new one?
• August 2002
  • How can I set the Expense Entry screen as the "start" screen for my users?
  • How can I create a Rate Report?
• July 2002
  • Setting Default Values for Time Entry Column Drop-downs
  • How can I restrict users from billing time against certain projects?
• June 2002
  • Backing Up a Database
  • What is Cube Reporting and how do I to use this new feature?
• May 2002
  • Creating Customized Reports
• April 2002
  • Proper Configuration Settings for Email Notifications
  • A Common User Login Error
• March 2002
  • Coordinating Access to Appropriate Tasks/Activities
  • Automated Restriction of Time Tracking to Project Plan Schedule