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Timesheets and approvals

How weekly timesheets are compiled, submitted, and approved in Examply.

Examply compiles everyone's tracked time into a weekly timesheet automatically. This article covers how timesheets are put together, how to submit one for approval, and what approvers see on their side.

Note: Timesheets are available on the Pro and Enterprise plans, wherever time tracking is enabled.

How a timesheet is built

Every Monday, Examply starts a new timesheet for each teammate using their tracked and manually entered time from the previous week, grouped by project and task. Nothing needs to be created by hand — the timesheet fills in as time is logged.

Submitting a timesheet

Open Time > My timesheets, review the week's entries, and click Submit for approval. You can add a note for your approver, such as "Extra hours this week for the Website relaunch launch."

  1. Go to Time > My timesheets.

  2. Check that hours are logged against the right tasks and projects.

  3. Fix any missing or misattributed entries — once submitted, entries lock.

  4. Click Submit for approval.

Your project's Admin or Owner receives a notification and can approve, request changes, or reject the timesheet.

Reminders

Examply sends a reminder if a teammate hasn't submitted a timesheet by end of day Friday, and again on Monday morning if it's still outstanding. Admins can turn reminders off for the whole workspace under Workspace settings > Time tracking, though most teams leave them on to keep approvals from piling up.

Approving timesheets

Admins and Owners see submitted timesheets under Time > Approvals. Approving a timesheet locks every entry in it — teammates can no longer edit those hours without an approver reopening the week.

Status

Meaning

Who can change it

Draft

Still being filled in; not yet submitted

The teammate it belongs to

Submitted

Waiting on an approver

Admins and Owners

Changes requested

Sent back with a comment

The teammate it belongs to

Approved

Locked and included in reports

Admins and Owners (to reopen)


Troubleshooting

If a teammate like Priya needs to fix an hour logged against the wrong task after her timesheet is approved, an Admin can reopen that week from Time > Approvals. Reopening reverts the timesheet to draft so she can correct it and resubmit.

If a timesheet looks incomplete, check whether a task was moved between projects mid-week — moved tasks keep their logged time, but it's worth double-checking the grouping before approving.

Deleted tasks don't take their time entries with them: if "Fix checkout redirect" is deleted after Priya logs hours against it, those hours stay on her timesheet, just labeled with the task's last known name.

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