Author: David Brockman

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ClickTime 7.0

We are excited to announce the release of ClickTime version 7.0. Included in this release is the ClickTime Resource Planning application, an all new Company Dashboard, billing goals, a new sign-in page, and many more new and improved features:

  1. ClickTime Resource Planning – You can now track monthly project budgets, assign people to projects and schedule their time each month based on each person's availability. Then, you can use our new Resource Planning management interface along with the new Company Dashboard to make sure your company is staying on track. Contact us if you're interested in adding the Resource Planning application to your account.

  2. Dashboard – We have an all-new dashboard for managers and administrators that is viewable upon sign-in. You can add charts, configure and rearrange panels, and fully customize the dashboard to get insight into the key performance indicators you need to stay on top of your business. Check the status of a project throughout the company or look at a specific department. The new ClickTime Dashboard will give your management team new insights into the performance of your company.

  3. Billing Goals – If your company cares about tracking and improving its billable utilization, then this feature is for you. We created new methods for administrators, managers and employees to set billing goals and track progress towards reaching those goals. This feature is immediately available to all customers. Get started by adding/editing an employee's ClickTime info and going to the new "Resource Planning & Billing Goal" area.

  4. Personal Dashboard – People can now keep track of which projects they've been assigned to each month, how many hours they're expected to work on each project, and the progress they've made toward reaching these goals. This is all conveniently accessible from the Personal Dashboard that appears on the right side of your Day View and Week View time entry screens..

  5. REST API – We now offer a REST API that is accessible by all customers. If you're interested in building and integrating your own custom application with ClickTime, check out our web services documentation.

  6. People Roles – We added the ability for you to assign roles to people. Then use roles in the Resource Planning management interface for finding and filtering groups of people.

  7. Sign-in Page – We've given the sign-in page an entirely new design. The cleaner look will give you a brighter start to each day.

  8. Report Builder Enhancements – You now can create heat maps of your data and easily group data for charting by day, month, quarter and year.

  9. Billing Goal Progress Report – There's a new report showing people's progress to reaching their monthly billing goals. You can access the new report from the People category on the Reports menu.

  10. Customizable Data Export – You are now able to export a person's role, workweek hours and billing goal settings.

  11. Organize Your Timesheet by Creation Order – We added the ability to Day View to sort your timesheet entries by order of creation. You may select this sort option under Day View's "Options" menu.

  12. Importing Data – Information on methods to import data into ClickTime is now easily accessible to Administrators in the Advanced area under the Company tab.

  13. Algerian Dinar – We added the Algerian Dinar (DZD) as a currency option. You can now enter your expense items in this currency. You may also select the Algerian Dinar as your company's primary currency via Company Preferences.

  14. Custom Fields – Names of new custom fields may now contain up to 50 characters. We also fixed an issue when similarly named fields had different "required value" settings.

  15. Printing Expense Receipts - We fixed an issue that prevented people with commas in their name from printing expense receipts.

  16. Time Off Balances – We fixed an inconsistency when displaying time off balances. The correct balance was always calculated correctly and displayed properly but elsewhere on the page when it reiterated the balance, it showed an incorrect value.

  17. Web Browser Compatibility – We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Firefox 13, Chrome 19.x, and Safari 5.1.7. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.
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ClickTime 6.97

With ClickTime version 6.97, we added the ability to define custom fields with a required value and other performance enhancements as follows:

  1. Custom Fields with Required Values – You can now define custom fields to require a value when creating or editing people, clients, projects and tasks.

  2. Audit Log Performance – We improved performance for generating audit log reports of timesheets, people, clients, projects and tasks.

  3. Web Browser Compatibility – We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Chrome 18.x. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.
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ClickTime Mobile App for iPhone and Android!

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After months of work by our development team and the feedback from our dedicated beta testers, we're pleased to announce the general release of the ClickTime Mobile app for iPhone and Android.

With ClickTime Mobile, you can fill out your time and expense sheets—including capturing receipts and submitting expenses on your smartphone as they happen so you get reimbursed sooner.

Here's what you can do with the ClickTime Mobile app:

  • Enter time against clients, projects and tasks
  • Enter expenses with or without an internet connection
  • Shoot receipts on-the-spot with your camera phone
  • Track both mileage and expenses
  • Submit expense sheets for approval

ClickTime Mobile App available on the App Store  ClickTime Mobile App available on Google Play

Anyone with an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android smartphone can download the app for free in the App Store or Android Market. Your ClickTime account must include the ClickTime Expenses module in order to enter expenses in the ClickTime Mobile app. The most common account configurations are supported for timesheet entry. (Support for DCAA and other special configurations are coming soon.)

Mobile apps have been the #1 request from our customers, and we're glad we've now delivered on the most popular platforms. But this is just the beginning. We'll be updating these apps constantly, so check for new downloads in the app stores. And if you have suggestions, feedback, or bug reports, let us know.

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ClickTime 6.96

With ClickTime version 6.96, we added "recently used" values to your timesheet entry screens, improved custom reporting and introduced other enhancements as follows:

  1. Recently Selected Items – When selecting your client, project and task on your timesheet entry screens (Day View and Week View) you will now see the 5 most recently selected values at the top of each list. This will make filling in your timesheet even faster.

  2. Report Builder Updated – We updated the Report Builder to have an easier-to-use interface, including the ability to drag-and-drop columns to rearrange your custom report. Additionally, there's now an option to hide detail rows so you can easily create custom summary reports.

  3. Task List Controls – Sort by Task Code – When managing a job and using Task List Controls (limiting which tasks are available to the project), you can now sort the list of tasks by either task name or task code by clicking on the appropriate column heading.

  4. Time Off Report Updated – We improved the "Leave Type Detail" time off report for people using Leave Type Controls.

  5. Web Browser Compatibility – We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Firefox 11, Chrome 17.x, and Safari 5.1.4. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.
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ClickTime Update Released – Version 6.95.2

We updated ClickTime to version 6.95.2, which includes an improvement to the ClickTime Connector for use with QuickBooks® and other enhancements as follows:

  1. ClickTime Connector for use with QuickBooks® – We've resolved an issue experienced by a couple of customers when exporting time to QuickBooks. The Connector will now export time off (vacation, sick days, etc.) to QuickBooks only if you've enabled and configured Leave Type Controls. The Leave Type Controls determine who in your company may enter time off.

  2. Horizontal Timesheet Report – We resolved an issue caused when a timesheet included custom fields, time off, and notes that described the time off.

  3. Web Browser Compatibility – We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Chrome 17 and Firefox 10. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.
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ClickTime Mobile for Android – Available Now

ClickTime Mobile for Android - Track your expensesWe're proud to announce the public beta release of ClickTime Mobile for Android. With ClickTime Mobile, you can fill out your time and expense sheets, including capturing receipts and submitting expenses on your smartphone as they happen so you get reimbursed sooner.

Here's what you can do with the current beta release:

  • Enter time against clients, projects and tasks
  • Enter expenses with or without an internet connection
  • Shoot receipts on-the-spot with your camera phone
  • Track both mileage and expenses
  • Submit expense sheets for approval

Anyone with an Android smartphone can download the app for free in the Android Market. Your ClickTime account must include the ClickTime Expenses module in order to enter expenses in the ClickTime Mobile app.

If you run into any issues or have any suggestions on how to improve the mobile app, please contact us and let us know. Your feedback helps make ClickTime better.

iPhone and iPad owners — we'll have our first iOS version in Apple's App Store in the next few months. If you can't wait that long, signup and ask to join our private beta program.

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ClickTime 6.95

With ClickTime version 6.95, we released the new Day View time entry screen (no more beta), updated the ClickTime Connector for use with QuickBooks® and introduced other enhancements as follows:

  1. Day View – The new time entry interface is out of beta and is now available. We improved performance, fixed lots of bugs and added support for several features including zero-hour time entry, Quick Day and enhanced search capabilities to find the correct client, project and task for your timesheet entries. We want to thank all of our customers who used the beta version during the past several months and provided us with feedback. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

  2. Timesheet Override - Administrators now have the ability to temporarily circumvent job list and task list controls, as needed, when overriding another person's timesheet. Additionally, you will now get the new Day View functionality when editing another person's timesheet.

  3. ClickTime Connector for use with QuickBooks® – We've made numerous improvements to our QuickBooks integration, including the ability to export time off and an easier-to-use main menu. You can also now export data to Canadian and UK versions of QuickBooks.

  4. Update Vacation and Sick Leave Balances - We fixed an issue with sorting long employee lists. Now you can more easily select the people whose vacation and sick leave balances need to be updated.

  5. Job Availability Report – We updated the report to make it easily sortable when used with Excel. Now you can quickly and easily see which jobs each person may enter enter time against across your company.

  6. Web Browser Compatibility – We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Chrome 16 and Firefox 9. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.
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ClickTime 6.91

With the release of ClickTime version 6.91, we made it easier to update your employees' vacation and sick-leave balances and introduced other enhancements as follows:

  1. Update Vacation and Sick Leave Balances - We've made it easier for you to update the vacation and sick leave balances for multiple people simultaneously. A new option to "Update leave type balances" is available in the Advanced area under the Company tab. This makes it easier for companies who need to reset people's leave type balances (vacation, personal time, sick leave, etc.) at the beginning of the year.

  2. Export Lists to Excel – We added the ability to easily export your client, project, task, employee and division lists without needing to run a report. On your normal list management pages where you can select the columns of information you want to see, you can now click the "Export to Excel" button to quickly export the list you're looking at.

  3. Customizable Data Export and Excel Linking – We've improved performance of these exports, especially when exporting large data sets.

  4. Web Browser Compatibility – We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Chrome 15 and Firefox 8. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.

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ClickTime 6.9

With the release of ClickTime version 6.9, we added the ability to use custom fields in your timesheets and introduced other enhancements as follows:

    1. Timesheet Custom Fields – In addition to tracking client, project and task information, you can now easily add custom fields for your employees to fill out with each timesheet entry. The custom fields can be almost anything you want, including text, numbers, currency, pop-down lists and more.

 

    1. Customizable Data Export and Excel Linking – Custom fields associated with timesheet entries are exportable via the Customizable Data Export report. This custom field data is also directly retrievable within your own custom Excel charts and dashboards (via the Excel Linking feature available to Corporate customers).

 

    1. Report Builder – We’ve improved the Report Builder tool to support custom fields associated with timesheet entries. Now you can also include data from up to 15 different custom fields in each report that you create.

 

    1. Timesheet View – We updated the Timesheet View to include Timesheet Custom Field information.

 

    1. Horizontal Timesheet – We updated the Horizontal Timesheet report to include Timesheet Custom Field information.

 

    1. Week View – You can now resize the column widths on your timesheet via the Options menu. This includes the ability to resize the client, job, task and custom field columns. You can also use custom fields in the Week View time entry screen with all supported browsers.

 

    1. Day View (beta) – We updated this time entry interface to support custom fields and resizing of client, job, task and custom field column widths via the Options menu.

 

    1. Extended Session Length – We added longer session length options to all accounts, including Basic & Corporate customers. All customers who were previously set to the maximum length available (4 hours for Basic and 8 hours for Corporate customers) are now automatically set to 12 hours. In your company preferences, you may change this to a duration as long as 24 hours or as short as 30 minutes.

 

    1. Expense Sheets – We refreshed the look-and-feel of the expense tracking interfaces to match the updated aesthetics of the time-tracking portion of the application.

 

    1. Password Strength – We added 18 symbols to the allowed list of characters that can be used in your ClickTime password. Now you can create even stronger passwords than before.

 

    1. Omani Rial – We added the Omani Rial (OMR) as a currency option. You can now enter your expense items in this currency. You may also select the Omani Rial as your company’s primary currency via Company Preferences.

 

    1. Web Browser Compatibility – We continue to support the most current versions of the most popular web browsers. This includes the recently released Chrome 14 and Firefox 7. Check out the ClickTime system requirements for more information about supported browsers.

 

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ClickTime 6.87

With the release of ClickTime version 6.87, we added the ability to duplicate clients and introduced other enhancements as follows:

  1. Duplicate a Client – You can now easily create a new client by duplicating an existing client. When duplicating the client, you will have the option to duplicate the billing rates, custom field values, and jobs associated with the client. When you duplicate the client's jobs, you may also duplicate each job's structure (e.g. phases and sub-phases) and restriction settings.

  2. Desktop Application – We improved tabbing between fields for people who prefer using keyboard-based field-to-field navigation. We also improved reliability under situations when an unreliable internet connection causes the application to flip quickly back-and-forth between an online and offline state. The next time you launch the Desktop Application it will automatically update to the latest version.

  3. ClickTime Connector for use with QuickBooks® – We fixed a couple of issues reported by customers regarding specific QuickBooks settings.

  4. Vertical Timesheet – We updated the Vertical Timesheet report to sort each day's entries by the start and end times as provided (for example, a timesheet entry starting for 10am to 11am appears before one that starts at 2pm and ends at 4pm).

  5. Day View (beta) – We fixed some issues that could cause timesheet entries to get duplicated.

  6. Ukrainian Hryvnia: We added the Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) as a currency option. You can now enter your expense items in this currency. You may also select the Ukrainian Hryvnia as your company's primary currency via Company Preferences.