The time registration module in Tribe helps you record the hours you spend on activities, tasks, and appointments, wherever you are. It allows you to link hours directly to the correct project, customer, or activity, so your time records remain clear and accurate. This is useful when you want reliable insight into worked hours, billable time, and productivity. By following this guide, you will understand what the time registration module offers and how to activate it in Tribe.
Table Of Contents
What Does The Time Registration Module Do?
Why And When Should You Use Time Registration?
How Do You Register Hours In Tribe?
Where Can You View Registered Hours?
How Do I Activate The Time Registration Module?
What Does The Time Registration Module Do?
The time registration module allows you to register hours on almost any entity in Tribe. You can link hours to projects, sales opportunities, work orders, subscriptions, or directly to a relation. Hours can be registered while you work using a timer or entered afterwards. You also decide which hours are billable and which are not, forming the basis for correct invoicing and reporting.
Why And When Should You Use Time Registration?
Time registration is useful when you want insight into how time is spent across customers, projects, or employees. It supports accurate invoicing, clear reports, and better planning. You can use it during your workday or after completing work, depending on what fits your workflow.
How Do You Register Hours In Tribe?
You can register hours in several ways, depending on your situation.
Register hours using the timer
Click the Timer in the top blue bar.
Select the Activity you want to register hours for.
Select the Hour Type and indicate whether the hours are Billable.
Start the timer while you work.
Stop the timer when finished.
The registration is saved automatically and linked to the selected activity.
Enter hours afterwards
Open the Project, Customer, or other relevant activity.
Open the Hours section.
Add a new hour registration.
Enter the date, duration, and hour type.
Save the registration.
This method is useful when you want to register hours after a visit or at the end of the day.
Register hours via tasks and appointments
Create or edit a Task or Appointment.
Enter the date, time, and duration.
Enable Hour Registration.
Link the task or appointment to an existing activity.
Save the task or appointment.
The hours are immediately processed in the time registration of the linked activity.
Where Can You View Registered Hours?
Registered hours are shown in the time registration dashboards. These dashboards give insight into productive and billable hours per project, customer, month, or year. Employees can also add a personal widget to their dashboard to view hours per project and register hours directly from their overview.
How Do I Activate The Time Registration Module?
Administrators can activate the time registration module in the account settings.
Click the Organisation Icon in the top right of the blue bar.
Click Account Settings.
Click Add/Remove Modules.
Enable Module Hours Registration.
Click Get Started.
Did you know?
The article How Do I Register Hours? explains step-by-step how to work with hour registrations in more detail.
Quick Summary
The time registration module helps you record and manage worked hours across activities, projects, and customers. You can register hours using a timer, enter them afterwards, or link them to tasks and appointments. Once activated, the module provides clear dashboards and reliable data for invoicing and reporting.