Make the most of your time

Help Overview

Getting Started

Before you Start

Welcome to Hourly! Hourly set up checklist

Creating an Account & Logging In

Create a new account Joining an existing account Log in to Hourly

Adding your Team to Hourly

Add others to your account

Importing Data into Hourly

Hourly's "Getting Started" tour Set up roles & rates Set up your account Set up your profile

Getting Ready to Track Time

Import data into hourly

Your Hourly Trial

Adding and removing users

Subscriptions and Payments

How do i get the most out of my hourly trial? How does the Hourly trial work?

Using Hourly

Time Tracking

The time page Time tracking in Hourly Changing the date for time tracking Time tracking methods Incomplete or missing time entries Time entry FAQ

Expense Tracking

The expenses page Expense entry FAQ

Invoices

Invoicing in Hourly Draft invoices Approved invoices Invoicing FAQ

Reports

Client report People report Project report Everything report Scheduled report

Clients

Create a client Archive a client Delete a client

Projects

Create a project Archive a project Delete a project The project page

People

Add more people Archive people Delete people

Profile

Edit your profile Connect a chatbot Change your password Add a profile image

Account

Close your account Edit your account Manage your subscription Update your update details

Integration

Xero

Xero integration overview Connect Hourly to Xero Xero integration FAQ

Trello

Trello integration overview Connect Hourly to Trello Trello intregration FAQ Reauthorising your account

Slack

Slack integration overview Connect Hourly to Slack

The time page

Tracking time in Hourly happens on the (wait for it...) time page.

Here's what a complete time page looks like.

The time page is made up of two main parts.

1. The Summary Bar & Time Chart

We've put the summary bar and time chart up the top of the time page so you can see how you're tracking for any given week or month (you can switch between the two in the options drop down in the top right and select the time period next to your avatar on the left).

The summary bar shows a roll up of your key metrics for the selected month/week. This includes total billables (only admin users see this), total hours and a break down of billables vs non billables.

The time chart is a bar chart showing the same week/month but in a graphical format. Each day is represented by a bar with billable time in blue and non-billable in grey. You can also hide/show the time chart if you need more space for time entries (you can switch between the two in the options drop down in the top right).

The options for the summary bar and time chart look like this.

2. Daily Time Entries

The lower section of the time page is where you enter times for a given day - the date of which is listed (and you can select/change) at the top of the section.

Each row is a time entry and has the following elements:

Project - Where you select (or create) the project that the time entry relates to.
Notes - Where you describe the task and outline the work completed.
Task # - Where you note a task ID if applicable. This might come from a tools use to manage tasks like Jira, Asana, Monday.com, Basecamp etc.
Billable flag - Where you record whether a task is billable or not (this defaults based on the project).
Time - Where you enter the time for a task, use the time or enter start & finish times (you can switch between time modes using the options drop down in the top right of the section).
Delete icon - where you can remove a row.

New time entry rows are automatically inserted as you go (shown with the label "new time entry").

Finally, at the bottom of the time entry section is the day's total hours and a break down of billables vs non billables.