Your first week

Once you have joined your workspace, the daily rhythm of Time Trakkr is simple: log time as you work, review the whole week before it closes, and submit it for approval. This article walks through that first week so you know what to do and what to expect.

Track a little every day

The easiest habit is to record time on the same day you do the work, while you still remember it. Open Timesheet and stay in Day view — it shows one date as a short list of entries, and it is the quickest place to add hours. Each entry needs a project, a task, and a duration.

You have two ways to capture time:

1. Add an entry directly in Day view and type the hours you spent.
2. Start a timer for the entry and let it run while you work, then stop it when you are done. You can start and stop a running timer from the Timer button at the top of the sidebar, on any page. See timers for the details.

Entries save automatically. When a save finishes you will see Last saved at with the time near the top of the page, so you never have to hunt for a save button. If your calendar is connected, you can also have entries drafted for you from your meetings — see calendar drafts.

Check the week grid before it closes

Near the end of the week, switch to Week view. It lays out all seven days as a grid so you can see the week at a glance, spot a day you forgot, and fill any gaps. The date pill at the top shows the range you are looking at, such as 5 – 12 Jul. Use the Previous (‹) and Next (›) arrows to move between weeks, and the Return to today link to jump back. For a fuller tour of the three layouts, see day, week, and calendar views.

Submit before the deadline

If your workspace uses approvals, you finish the week by submitting it for a manager to review.

1. In Week view, move to the week you want to submit and confirm the entries are complete.
2. Select Submit week for approval.
3. After submitting, the entries lock while they wait for review.

A short status line below your entries tells you where the week stands: Submitted for approval while it waits, Rejected — edit and resubmit if a manager sends it back, and ✓ Approved & locked once it is approved and can no longer be edited.

Your workspace may set a Timesheet deadline, such as a weekly day and time by which timesheets are due. If you are not sure when yours is, ask an administrator — the deadline is configured in Settings.

Reminders you might get

Administrators can turn on timesheet reminders, which send you a nudge by email. If they are on, you might receive a reminder to log your time before the weekly deadline (subject line "Reminder: log your time"), and a gentle follow-up if the deadline passes with time still missing ("Pssst — you missed the timesheet deadline"). These are just prompts to keep your timesheet current; the fix is always the same — open Timesheet, fill in the gaps, and submit the week.

Where approvals fit

As a member, your part ends at submitting. From there a manager, admin, or owner reviews the week and either approves it or sends it back with a rejection. When your week is approved it is locked, meaning it is settled and counted. If it comes back rejected, make the requested changes in Week view and submit again. To understand who reviews your time and what each role can do, see roles and permissions.