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Save Time & Money with Business Portal Time Entry
Customizations
If you use Business Portal for Time Entry in your
organization, you may find some of the following Plumbline Proven Solutions
(PPS) of great value to you. We use
several of these modifications in-house to improve both the efficiency and
accuracy of data entered into the BP Time Entry screen.
Many of these solutions are also
available for the BP Expense Entry screen.
You can view and purchase all Plumbline Proven Solutions at
www.DynamicsDownloads.com.
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PPS # |
Summary |
Description |
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103 |
Ability to enter time in quarter hour increments in Project Time and
Expense. (Requires Business Portal) |
This solution offers you the ability to enter time in quarter hour
increments only, thus saving time and improving accuracy during the
invoicing process. |
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106 |
Fixed Header/Columns within the Time entry screen in Business Portal
Saving Time = Saving
Money! |
This solution allows time to be entered within Business Portal while
allowing the user the capability of having a fixed header and columns.
This is a must for those individuals entering time that want to have
easier data entry and yet want the ability to confirm the corresponding
data and required fields without scrolling. |
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109 |
Condense Timecard Entry |
This solution condenses the spacing on the Web Project Timecard Entry
page so that more lines are visible. Typically only about 5 lines are
visible; condensing allows about 10 lines to be displayed (depending on
user's screen resolution). |
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110 |
Display Daily Comments |
This solution modifies the Web Project Timecard page so that if a day
has hours but there is not a Daily Comment added, then the background
color is displayed as yellow and uses NC (New Comment) instead of C.
If the day has hours and a Comment, then the background color is
left as the default and uses EC (Existing Comment) instead of C. |
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111 |
Require Daily Comments
See what employees are
working on! |
This solution requires that each day with hours has a Daily Invoice
Comment before the Timecard can be set to Completed. |
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112 |
Display Daily Comments on Print This Timecard option |
In the Web Project Timecard page, if an employee selects the Print this
Timecard option, the Timecard Comments do not display.
With this solution, the comments will display. |
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114 |
Save Timecard if minimum number of hours has not been met |
This solution will prevent a Project Employee from setting their
Timecard status to Completed is they have not entered in the minimum
number of hours as specified in their Employee settings. |
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115 |
Minimum hours per week day
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This solution calculates the number of days in the week (Mon-Fri) and
multiplies that by 8 hours.
If the employee entering the time in Web Project Timecard is not a
Subcontractor and the amount of time is equal or greater to the
calculated hours for that week, then this customization allows them to
set the status to Completed. |
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116 |
Display the Project and/or Task Description |
This solution adds a field to in the Web Project Timecard page to
display the Project and/or Task Description on the line item. |
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118 |
Manager Timecard Status |
This solution allows a Manager and/or Supervisor to see the status of
their employee's timecards. |
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119a |
Project Timecard Approval Delegation
Supervisor on vacation?
No Problem! |
With this solution, if an Approver is not available to approve timecards
in Document Approval, their Manager can set themselves as the Approver.
The Manager is then able to go into the Document Approval page in
Business Portal and approve the Timecards. The system will make the
required adjustments and return with the total number of Timecards that
are now waiting in the Supervisors Document Approval page. |
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121 |
Project List Favorites
BIG
Time-Saver! |
This solution shows a list of the user's projects when using the PV for
Projects in Business Portal. This customization adds three option
buttons: Default, Common 15
and Last 15. Based on the
User's Timecards, the user will be able to quickly find their projects
that they commonly use or have used recently. |
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122 |
Time Proxies |
The Timecard Proxy solution allows an employee’s manager to enter their
timecard into Business Portal for them. The manager is also
allowed to make corrections to a timecard to expedite the approval of a
rejected timecard. |
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124 |
Display Daily Invoice Comments on BP Time Entry Screen |
This solution modifies the Web Project Timecard page so that the daily
comments display when hovering over the timecard entry transaction line. |
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129 |
BP Time Entry with ability to tab through fields
Priced right… it’s
FREE!!! |
The Business Portal Time Entry Screen has been customized by capturing
the <ENTER> key and providing the ability to tab to next field instead
of saving the detail lines, providing faster data entry. |
Don’t see what you need?
We can work with Partners to create a custom solution.
Just let us know what you’re looking for and we can provide a quote for
the effort to complete a new modification for you.