Time Tracking & Billable Hours

Every billable minute gets captured and invoiced without staff chasing timesheets at the end of the month.

67 hrs
Time saved/month
14
Companies have mapped
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About This Automation

Time tracking and billable hours management requires finance teams to manually collect, classify, and invoice hours across multiple projects and clients. Manual classification and invoice entry are error-prone and consume significant weekly effort.

Automation classifies billable status based on project rules, builds invoice line items directly in accounting software, and reconciles hours against budgets. The result is faster invoicing, fewer errors, and better capture of billable time.

Key features
Automatically classify time entries as billable or non-billable based on project metadata and internal rules
Flag entries with conflicting signals for human review before invoice creation
Transform validated time entries into properly formatted invoice line items in accounting software
Match billable hours to the correct client, project code, and rate without manual data entry
Reconcile hours against project budgets and alert finance to overages
Log non-billable hours separately for cost tracking and team productivity reporting

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. Time entries submitted in Toggltrigger

The automation detects when time entries are logged and marked as ready for billing.

2. Extract and validate time data

The automation pulls all time entries from Toggl, extracts project, client, and duration fields, and validates data completeness.

3. Classify billable status via the automation

The automation reviews project rules and entry metadata to automatically classify each entry as billable or non-billable, flagging ambiguous cases.

4. Check against project budget

The automation queries project budget limits and flags any entries that would exceed the approved hours.

5. Create invoice line items

Billable hours are automatically formatted and inserted as line items invoices with the correct client, project code, and rate.

6. Log non-billable hours to tracking sheet

Non-billable hours are automatically appended tracking log for cost and productivity reporting.

7. Send notification to Finance

A summary message is posted confirming invoice creation, billable hours total, and any flagged items requiring human review.

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Estimated Time Saving
67hrs/month
Process pain:8.2/10
Mapped by:14 Companies

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