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Setting Time Entry Options

Office Timesheets has been designed to support all international date formats, time formats, currencies and languages. Thus, users from anywhere around the world can use Office Timesheets irrespective of the language, currency, date and time formats used in that part of the world.

To set or change the Time Entry Options:

1. Click on Time Entry Options in the System Configuration tab.
2. Enter appropriate values for the various items.
3. Click the Save button to save the changes you have made on the screen.

The following table describes the various items found on the Time Entry Options page—

Item	How to use the Item	Default Value (if any)
Default start time for time entry	Enter the time to be used for the start time in the time entry dialog box.	08:00 AM.
Day View time intervals in minutes	Enter the number of minutes that you want Office Timesheets to use for the interval between two time slots on the Day View screen.	30 minutes.
Day View first time	Enter the time to be used for the first time slot in the Day View screen.	08:00 AM.
Day View last time	Enter the time to be used for the last time slot in the Day View screen.	06:00 PM.
Time spent only on Timesheet View	Check this check box to enable the Time Spent Only field in the Time Entry dialog box when an employee opens it from the Timesheet View screen. Uncheck this check box to disable the Time Spent Only field in the Time Entry dialog box when an employee opens it from the Timesheet View screen.   Note: If you check this check box, the Start time and Stop time fields in the Time Entry dialog box will be hidden when opened from the Timesheet View screen.
Time spent format	Select the format to be used for the Time spent field in the Time Entry dialog box, from this drop-down list. The drop-down list contains two values—"Decimal" and "Hours/minutes". If you select "Decimal", the time will have to be entered as a decimal value. Eg: If you've spent two and a half hours, you would have to enter it as 2.5, instead of 2:30.	Hours/minutes.
Show totals by employee Reporting Period	Use this checkbox to specify what totals should be displayed in the Task Totals and Sheet Total on your Timesheet. If you uncheck this checkbox, the Task Totals and Sheet Total on your Timesheet will display the totals for only the period that you are currently viewing in your Timesheet. For example, if you have set up your timesheet to display a week at a time, the Task Totals and Sheet Total will display the total for the week. If you check this checkbox, the Task Totals and Sheet Total will display the total for your Reporting Period, irrespective of the period that you are currently viewing in your Timesheet. For example, if your Reporting Period is a month, the Task Totals and Sheet Total will display the total for the month, even if you have set up your timesheet to display a week at a time. See Managing Time and Expense Details for more information about Timesheets.
The Save button	Click the Save button to save any changes you make to the page.   Note: If you move to some other page before clicking the Save button, the changes you have made will be discarded. Therefore, remember to always click the Save button before you move away from the page.     Tip: If you do not want to save your changes, move to some other page without clicking the Save button.

These Time Entry Options can be applied globally for the entire organization, or for individual users, teams, and/or groups of users. To apply these options for individual users, teams, and/or groups of users, you will have to enforce these settings in the Security Policy assigned to the specific users or groups. For example, if your employees are split between the United States and the United Kingdom, you can set up Office Timesheets in such a way that each group gets to view time, dates and currencies in their preferred International/Regional settings from within the same Office Timesheets database installation.

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