Project and Portfolio Management

Time Recording with Posting Object

For information

  • This topic describes the procedure of recording hours worked in PLANTA Hybrid when assigning a posting object to a PLANTA pulse card. For a general overview of the time recording options in PLANTA Hybrid and the synchronization of time recording data, see here.

    • This is a user-defined field of the posting object type from PLANTA project.

    • The field can be used on cards in order to assign a task from PLANTA project to them.

    • Hours recorded on this card are then posted to the corresponding task.

Select Posting Object

In order to be able to set a posting object on cards, you first have to create a user-defined field of the Posting object from PLANTA project type in PLANTA pulse. Further information

Procedure

  • Open the required card on which a posting object is to be set.

  • The field is displayed in a separate area on the card with the BookingObject.png symbol.

  • Click on Add.

  • In the search field, search for the desired process to which the working hours are to be posted.

    • It shows all tasks from PLANTA project on which the logged-on user can post.

    • If necessary, you can select a project in the Project field by which tasks are filtered.

Change Posting Object

Procedure

  • Open the required card on which the posting object is to be changed.

  • The field is displayed in a separate area on the card with the BookingObject.png symbol.

  • Click on Change.

  • In the search field, search for the desired process to which the working hours are to be posted.

    • It shows all tasks from PLANTA project on which the logged-on user can post.

    • In the Project field, you can select a project by which tasks are filtered.

Hours already recorded on the card will not be reposted if the posting object is changed afterwards.

Remove Posting Object

Procedure

  • Open the required card from which the posting object is to be remove.

  • The field is displayed in a separate area on the card with the BookingObject.png symbol.

  • Click on the X next to the field.

Hours already recorded on the card will not be deleted if the posting object is removed afterwards.

Recording of Hours Worked

Procedure

  • Open the required card on which the hours worked are to be recorded.

  • Open the Time Recording tab.

    • The selected booking object is displayed.

  • Enter the hours worked in the Worked field.

  • Add a comment if necessary.

  • Change the date if required.

  • Click on Save or confirm by pressing CTRL/Shift + Enter.

  • The recorded hours are now displayed in a table below the input area.

  • The recorded hours are posted to the task from PLANTA project that has been selected as posting object.

Change/Delete Hours Worked

Procedure

  • Open the required card on which you want to change hours worked.

  • Open the Time Recording tab.

  • In the table, click on the hourly value that you want to change.

  • Make the changes in the upper Edit time recording area.

  • Click on Save or confirm by pressing CTRL/Shift + Enter.

  • Via the Cancel button, the editing mode can be quit without saving changes.

  • The changes are sent to PLANTA project as well.

Display in the Time Recording panel

  • In the Time Recording panel of PLANTA pulse, the recorded hours are displayed on the corresponding card.

  • Information about the task on which the hours were posted is also displayed.

  • Additional working hours can also be recorded directly in the Time Recording panel. Further information