Import Work Assignments

Describes how to import work assignments from timesheet.

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The feature allows you to convert work assignments defined for a specific period into time entries. This function calculates the number of hours spent per day and adds them to the corresponding timesheet. This can be a useful tool for accurately tracking and reporting your work hours.

To import work assignments

Choose the 🔎 icon, enter Timesheets, and then choose the related link.
Select a relevant timesheet.
Choose the Update with Work Assignments action.

Watch our short demo how to import work assignments in prymeTime (starts at 1:48).

Note

In Resource Planning Setup the Only work days in estimate decides how the number of hours on the time entry is calculated. This setting indicates that calculation is based on the days the resource has capacity, not all weekdays.

Note

If a work assignment both starts and ends on working day, Only work days in estimate will be respected. If a work assignment starts or ends on working day, non-working days will be included, no matter of the setting Only work days in estimate.

To import work assignments without quantity

Choose the 🔎 icon, enter pryme Time Setup, and then choose the related link.
Under Import Work Assignments uncheck Include Hours with Import Work Assignments.

Work assignments will be imported now with an empty quantity. Nonetheless, a field on the time entry Est. hours on Work Assignment, will be always populated when using the Update with Work Assignments action. The field specifies the number of hours for the day on the work assignment that was the basis for the time entry.