Timesheets > Hours remaining The "Hours remaining" link will appear only if the "Hours remaining" feature has been enabled in the Timesheets Options section of the My Account > Company > Settings page. The "Hours remaining" feature lets a User estimate the number of hours required to complete a task when entering time for a task on a timesheet. This is used to update an ongoing estimate of how long tasks are expected to take. For example, if a User has worked 20 hours on Project A - Task 1, which was initially expected to take 20 hours, but the User think (s)he needs another 5 hours to complete it, (s)he can enter 5 as the hours remaining, and the project plan and reporting will be updated to reflect this. Note: You can make this feature required (i.e. users will have to estimate the time remaining on any tasks in their timesheet before they can submit the timesheet for approval) by enabling the "Require 'hours remaining' estimates for all tasks" option in the Timesheets Options section of the My Account > Company > Settings page. Alternatively, you can set it up to use the system estimate hours remaining if a user does not make an estimate for a specific task. Note: There is an option to calculate remaining hours using approved hours instead of worked hours. To enable this feature, please contact OpenAir support. To estimate hours remaining on a task: 1. Click on the "Timesheets" tab. 2. Click on the "Open Timesheets" or "All Timesheets" tab. 3. Click on the name of a timesheet in the list, or create a new timesheet. 4. If you have not done so, click on the "Enter time" link and enter time for project tasks that you worked on during the timesheet's time period. Click on "Save." 5. Click on the "Hours remaining" link. 6. You will see a row with Task/Project/Hours remaining for each task. Enter the hours remaining for any or all of the tasks in the text boxes provided. If there are no hours remaining (i.e. you deem that the task is complete), you can enter "0" as the amount of hours. Note: Only the tasks for which you have entered time in this particular timesheet will appear in the "Hours remaining" dialog box. 7. Click on "Save." The "Estimated" and "% Complete" hours associated with the tasks in question will be updated in the Projects Module, on the Projects > [project name] > Edit tasks/phases page. To use the system estimate for hours remaining on a task: This feature is useful if you want managers to be able to see an estimate of hours remaining on tasks without requiring users to update all their estimates on every timesheet. If the user submits a timesheet without estimating the hours remaining for a task, the system creates an estimate when the timesheet is approved. The estimate is calculated as the last approved estimate (or the total planned hours if there isn't one) minus the hours entered for the task on this timesheet. A "System estimate" column is also added to the Timesheets > Hours remaining form. Note: To use this feature both the "Enable the "Hours remaining" on tasks estimating feature" and the "Use the system estimate if "Hours remaining" are not entered" must be turned on in the Timesheets section of My Account > Company > Settings. How would I view a timesheet report? How would I submit a Timesheet for approval or approve a submitted Timesheet?