Contents
 Welcome
    About Office Timesheets
       Features
       Versions
       System Requirements
 Installing Office Timesheets
    Office Timesheets Server Installation
    Installing Office Timesheets with Microsoft SQL Server Express
 Accessing Office Timesheets
    Logging into the Office Timesheets Self-Installed Version
    Logging into the Office Timesheets Hosted Version
    Logging out from Office Timesheets
 The Office Timesheets Application Interface
 Configuring Office Timesheets
    Setting Time Entry Options
    Setting Company Information
    Configuring E-mail Settings
    Setting Auditing Options
       Implementation of Auditing in Office Timesheets
    Changing Regional Settings
       Assigning Regional Options Settings to Other Users
    Setting Up User Accounts
       Understanding User Accounts
       Adding User Accounts
       Viewing or Changing User Account details
       Resetting a User’s Password
       Deleting a User’s Account
    Changing your Password
    Controlling Access with Security Policies
       Understanding Security Policies
       Using Security Policies
       Creating a New Security Policy
          Selecting the Interface Options
          Providing access to Element-related Functions
          Providing access to Task-related Functions
          Providing access to Entry-related functions
          Providing access to Lock-related functions
          Enforcing Time Entry Options
          Enforcing Regional and Language Options
          Saving the Security Policy
       Using Security Policies to allow members from different groups to share data
       Making Changes to a Security Policy
       Deleting a Security Policy
    Configuring Password Options
       Password Options for Office Timesheets Hosted Version
       Password Options for Office Timesheets Self-Installed Version
 Setting Up and Managing Processes
    Understanding Office Timesheets Data and Process Framework
    Defining the Elements to Track Time and Expense Entries
    Defining Custom Fields for the Task Elements
       Custom Field Types
    Defining Task Rate Field Labels
    Customizing Task Status Values
    Customizing Entry Status Values
    Customizing Approval Status Values
    Defining Rate Table Labels
    Holidays and Holiday Groups
       Creating a Holiday Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to a Holiday Entry
       Deleting a Holiday Entry
       Creating a Holiday Group Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to a Holiday Group Entry
       Deleting a Holiday Group Entry
    Defining Task Rules and Dependencies
    Understanding Approval Process Workflows
    Managing your Approval Process Workflow
       Adding an Approval Step Entry
          Specifying the Email Notification Settings
          Setting Time Entry Status Fields
          Setting Expense Entry Status Fields
          Saving the Approval Step Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to an Approval Step Entry
       Deleting an Approval Step Entry
    Managing Reporting Periods
       Adding a Reporting Period
          Specifying Timesheet Rules for the Reporting Period
          Specifying Employee Notification Settings
          Specifying Manager Notification Settings
          Saving the Reporting Period Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to a Reporting Period Entry
       Deleting a Reporting Period Entry
    Employees and Employee Groups
       Adding an Employee Entry
          Setting the Pay Rates for the Employee
          Assigning the Employee to One or More Groups
          Specifying Dependent Element Items and Groups
          Entering Other Details about the Employee
          Saving the Employee Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to an Employee Entry
       Deleting an Employee Entry
       Creating an Employee Group Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to an Employee Group Entry
       Deleting an Employee Group Entry
    Element Items and Element Item Groups
       Adding an Element Item Entry
          Assigning the Element Item to one or more Groups
          Specifying Dependency Element Items and Groups
          Entering Other Details About the Element Item
          Saving the Element Item Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to an Element Item Entry
       Deleting an Element Item Entry
       Creating an Element Item Group Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to an Element Item Group Entry
       Deleting an Element Item Group Entry
    Expense Items and Expense Item Groups
       Adding an Expense Item Entry
          Assigning the Expense Item to One or More Groups
          Entering Other Details About the Expense Item
          Saving the Expense Item Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to an Expense Item Entry
       Deleting an Expense Item Entry
       Creating an Expense Group Entry
       Viewing or Making Changes to an Expense Group Entry
       Deleting an Expense Group Entry
 Managing Timesheets, Expenses and Task Entries
    Viewing your Timesheet
       Timesheet View
       Day View
       Time Clock View
    Viewing your Expense Sheet
    Configuring the Timesheet and Expense Sheet View
    Adding Task Entries
    Viewing or Making Changes to Task Entries
    Copying Tasks between Timesheets
    Adding Time Entries
       Directly Typing Values into a Cell
       Using the Time Entry Dialog Box
       Using the Timer
    Using the Day View
    Using the Time Clock View
    Viewing or Making Changes to Time Entries
    Adding Expense Entries
    Viewing or Making Changes to Expense Entries
    Mass Updating Task, Time, and Expense Entries
       Examples of Using Mass Update
          Example—Marking Expense Entries as Billable
          Example—Marking Time Entries as Overtime
          Example—Rejecting All Submitted Timesheets and Expense Sheets
          Example—Changing the Standard Pay Rate
          Example—Changing the Due Date for a Task
          Example—Marking a Project as Completed
 Appendix
    Using the Date Picker
    Using the Select Element Dialog Box
    Using the List Items Dialog Box
  
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Home > Accessing Office Timesheets > Logging into the Office Timesheets Self-Installed Version

Logging into the Office Timesheets Self-Installed Version

During installation, Office Timesheets sets up two databases for your organization—

  • a blank or live database to setup, configure and use for your actual data; and

  • a sample database complete with a mock setup and sample time and expense entry data.

Accessing and logging into the Office Timesheets Sample Database

To log into the Office Timesheets Sample Database:

  1. Open your web browser.
  2. Type in the URL for the Office Timesheets Sample Database login page by using the following conventions http://computername/virtualdirectory (Example: http://server1/OTSDBSample), and press Enter or click the Go button in your browser's address bar.

    3.  

    Tip: Ask your systems administrator for the exact URL of the Office Timesheets Sample Database login page.

    		  

  3. When the Office Timesheets login screen appears, type your login details.

The Office Timesheets login screen

Depending upon the type of access you would like to have, use one of the following username/password combinations:

To Login As... Use... Allows You To...
An Administrator

Username = Wellman O. Dan
Password = demo

 Do everything—create users and user groups, manage users, manage logins etc. An administrator has all security rights.

 

Note: If this is your first login into the sample database, it is recommended that you login as an Administrator so that you can set up the system properly, create users and user groups and assign access rights to the users.

  

A Manager

Username = Kaplan S. Lindsay
Password = demo

 Manage employee or user groups.
A User

Username = Spikes T. Jacob
Password = demo

 Enter and submit time and expense sheets. This is a basic user login profile and should be used by employees.

  1. Click the Sign In button to log into Office Timesheets.


Accessing and logging into the Office Timesheets Live Database

To log into the Office Timesheets Live Database:

  1. Open your web browser.
  2. Type in the URL for the Office Timesheets Live Database login page by using the following conventions http://computername/virtualdirectory (Example: http://server1/OTSDB), and press Enter or click the Go button in your browser's address bar.

    3.  

    Tip: Ask your systems administrator for the exact URL of the Office Timesheets Live Database login page.

    		  

  3. When the Office Timesheets login screen appears, type Admin as the username and 1 as the password.

The Office Timesheets login screen

 

Tip: The password '1' is only a sample password to allow you to log into the system. For reasons of security, once you log in to the system, it is advisable to change the password to something more complex and less easy to guess.

  

  1. Click the Sign In button to log into Office Timesheets.
 

Note: When you try to log in, if another has already logged in using the same username that you have specified, Office Timesheets will display the following message—

Warning when someone else has logged in with your login details

Click OK to log the intruder out OR Click Cancel to return to the login screen without logging them out.

Note that sometimes if you leave Office Timesheets without logging out (such as when your browser window closes with an error message, or when you go to some other web page) and then try to log in again, Office Timesheets will display the above message. This happens because you were unable to log out properly earlier. Hence, when you try to log in, Office Timesheets incorrectly thinks that you are still logged in and displays this warning message. In this situation, you should click on the OK button so that Office Timesheets can close the earlier session and log you in properly.

  


See also

Logging into the Office Timesheets Hosted Version
Logging out from Office Timesheets
   
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