Time in Clippter is a chain: contract → expectations → log → rules → leave → cost and capacity. Each piece has its own screen; this page ties them together.
The chain
- Work contract (Team → person → Contract): weekday hours, Cost rate, vacation entitlement, Tracking target %, Billable target %. Without an active contract with a cost rate, logging and labor cost break. Details: Work contracts.
- Holidays (Settings → Holidays): public and custom non-working days. Not vacation balance. Holidays.
- My Time: where each person logs hours (Day / Timesheet / Calendar, plus timer). My Time.
- Workspace time rules: optional lock for open (unlogged) days, plus project hour budget caps. Workspace time rules.
- Absence: vacation, sick leave, spend time-for-time. Absence, Time-for-time.
- Managers: Time → Dashboard, Settings → Team tracking overview, utilization reports. Team time Dashboard, Team tracking overview.
Billable vs non-billable
Clippter sets this for you:
- Project linked to a client company → billable
- Internal project (no company) → non-billable
You cannot flip billable on a single entry. Billable target % on the contract is the share of *logged project hours* that should be client work (leave excluded on the dashboard hints). Tracking target % is the share of contract hours that should be logged (client + internal; approved leave can count toward tracking on the company dashboard).
How time becomes money
- On save, hours × the person’s contract Cost rate (monthly employer cost turned into an hourly) store as labor cost on the entry.
- That labor rolls into project Spent (with bank Project cost). See How Clippter calculates profit and costs.
- Bank Payroll lines under Cost / Expenses are separate: real salary cash.
- Company EBITDA uses bank project expenses + overhead + payroll (bank). Labor on projects on the company P&L is for reference so you do not subtract salary twice.
Capacity and resourcing
Expected available hours use contracts, holidays, and approved absence. See Resourcing and Reporting.
Sensible order for a new workspace
- Company country + holidays.
- Contracts (with cost rates and targets) for everyone who tracks time.
- Turn on workspace time rules only after the team knows the thresholds.
- Log in My Time; managers use Time → Dashboard and Team tracking overview.