How to set up the your front page in the system administration

Introduction

In this help text, we will show you how to set up and use the front page in TimeLog.

TimeLogs frontpage include:

• Notification center (For managers): Where you can request timesheet submissions from other users, approve timesheets, approve absence, approve expenses, and approve mileage. 
• Widgets: With widgets, you get a condensed and precise overview of invoiced per month, average hourly rate, planned absence, project task completion, Day(s) since last timesheet submission and vacation calculation.
• Internal message box: In the internal message box, you are able to share information across the company, within your TimeLog site. 
• Milestones: With milestones, you get an overview of the milestones that you have set on different project.

Description

Setting up your front page in TimeLog

To set up your customised front page, you need to:

1. Go into your system administration, which is located in the top right corner, under your user icon.
2. Click on "General settings" on the left side of the page.
3. Click on the "TimeLog front page" tab.

 

Here, you can select the different information and numbers, that you want to be shown in your front page.

Notification center

The notification center, helps you gain easy access over:

• Request timesheet submissions from other users
• Approve timesheets
• Approve absence
• Approve expenses
• Approve mileage

 

Widgets 

Widgets present data right in the frontpage. The system admin decides, which widgets are available to whom and the users can organize them as they like, from the personal page settings.  

 

As a system administrator simply check which roles should have a given widget in the frontpage. 

 

By clicking the + icon, you will see a description of each widget and what data it contains.  

 

 

Internal message box

In the internal message box, you can share information, that you want to be communicated throughout the organisation. 

 

Milestones

With milestones, you get an overview of the milestones that you have set on different projects. You get a easy and user-friendly overview, to keep track of where you are in the projects. 

Note that you need to create milestones in the project, to be able to track them.