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Projects


Projects have the following properties:


Property

Description

Name

The project name, up to 80 characters. A value is required and must be unique for all projects.

Description

A description for the project, up to 255 characters.

ID

The project ID, up to 80 characters. This value is not required, but if a value is entered it must be unique for all projects. This is commonly used for synchronizing with external systems, such as billing or accounting.

Status

The project status, either Active or Inactive. You cannot delete projects that have been used on timesheets. Setting the status to inactive will prevent any further use of the project.

Planned Start Date

The planned project start date.

Planned Finish Date

The planned project finish or end date.

Planned Work

The planned total number of days to complete this project.

Actual Start Date

The actual project start date.

Actual Finish Date

The actual project finish or end date.

Actual Work

The actual total number of days spent on this project.

Notes

Notes about this project, up to 2000 characters.


Note: You can change the terminology for Task, Task Group, Project, Project Group and Customer to suit your organization's needs. The Terminology topic has more information.


Permissions


Permissions allow you to restrict which projects employees can access on their timesheets. Employees with a Permission Level that gives them only limited viewing permission, for instance, will only be able to access projects for which they have been added to the permission list.