Can I track time in QB online?

Welcome, @laura52. It's great to have you here.

Yes, you can track time in QuickBooks Online. Let me give you more information on this.

To turn on and set up time tracking in QuickBooks Online Essentials, Plus, and Advanced. 

Just use this feature to track and bill customers for the number of hours consumed in a project or activity.

Here is how:

1. Go to Settings ⚙ and select Account and Settings.
2. Select Advanced.
3. In the Time tracking section, select Edit ✏.
4. Set your time tracking preferences:

• • Add Service field to timesheets or Make Single-Time Activity Billable to Customer - When one of these boxes is checked, employees and contractors who fill out timesheets can specify if activities should be billed to a customer.
  • Show billing rate to users entering time (optional)
  • First day of work week▼drop-down - This affects how employees and contractors view weekly timesheets.

1. Select Save, then Done.

Here's how to add a time tracking user:

1. Go to Settings ⚙ and select Manage Users.
2. Select Add user.
3. Select time tracking only.
4. Select Next.
5. Find the employee or vendor you want to add, select Next, then enter their contact info.
6. Select Save.

Once added, the user can now enter hours in a timesheet:

Note: You can't change the user type of a Time Tracking the Only user. If a Time tracker needs different company access, delete the user and add them back again with the new user type.

I'm glad I was able to assist you with this today. Please, don't hesitate to shot back by if you have any more questions or concerns. Happy Monday!

What are the differences between this method of tracking time and using tsheets? 

Why are there 2 different time tracking methods? Why use one vs the other? 

Where in the documentation is this explained? 

What are the differences between this method of tracking time and using tsheets? 

Why are there 2 different time tracking methods? Why use one vs the other? 

Where in the documentation is this explained? 

Hi there, @jough. I appreciate you for reaching out to the Community.

Let me give you some clarifications about the difference between time tracking and tsheets.

Time tracking is a QuickBooks Online feature that allows you to keep track of and bill customers for the number of hours spent on a project or activity. On the other hand, tsheets is a QuickBooks time app that you can integrate with your QuickBooks Online. It performs similar functions to Time tracking. However, QB Time provides more advanced tools, such as tracking time from any location and using any device. This platform allows you to sync third-party apps, which improves your payroll capabilities.

You can check the following articles to more details and how to set up the time tracking and QuickBooks Time in QuickBooks Online:

• Turn on and set up time tracking in QuickBooks Online.
• Set up your QuickBooks Time account in QuickBooks Online.

If you want to learn how to  enter the total number of hours worked by your employee or supplier for the week, you can refer to this article: Enter a weekly timesheet in QuickBooks Online.

You can also visit this article to learn how to manage timesheets in QuickBooks Online: Track and manage QuickBooks Time in QuickBooks Online.

Please let me know if you have further questions about time tracking and tsheets in QuickBooks. I'm looking forward to assisting you. Take care.