Can Ambital track my time automatically?

Yes, from Business (£59 a month). The desktop activity tracker records what was on your screen for you to turn into logged time, and the Early integration syncs time tracked in the Early app twice a day.

Do I need to log time on a fixed-price project?

It is worth doing. Hours on a fixed-price project count against the fee, so the Financials tab shows the margin you are really making rather than the one you hoped for.

Can I export my timesheets?

Yes. Export CSV on the Timesheets page downloads your logged time, on every plan.

Does time off count as work?

No. Time off completes the day on your timesheet but is kept out of actual hours, reports and utilisation.

Can an admin approve timesheets?

Yes, on Teams (£150 a month). Each person submits their week, an admin approves it, and approved entries lock for everyone except admins.

Can clients see my timesheets?

No. If you switch on a retainer statement in the client portal, the client sees hours used and remaining, without rates or costs.

Timesheets · Time area

Timesheets that turn your hours into billing and margin

Ambital's timesheets let you log hours by the day or week against client work, your own business, a deal you are chasing or personal tasks. Each hour lands on its project, burning a retainer's allowance, counting against a fixed fee or becoming billable time, so budgets and margin stay current.

Included on every plan, including FreeMore in Time

Ambital timesheets for the week of 28 September: 11.5 billable hours worth £1,257, tracked against logged time for each day, and a week grid of hours by project

Where time can go

Four kinds of work, one dialog

Client: work on client projects, including pro bono
Business: your internal projects and running the business
New business: time spent on deals in the pipeline
Personal: tasks from your Personal workspace, from Pro
Time off: leave and bank holidays, kept out of your work hours

What the hours do

Time turns into money

Retainer: hours burn the period's allowance
Fixed price: hours count against the fee, so margin is real
Time and materials: hours become billable amounts to invoice
Internal: hours count as the cost of running your business
Every hour feeds your reports and each project's budget

How it works

Logged in four steps

Step 1: Log time
Open Log time, choose client, business, new business or personal, pick the project or task and enter the hours. Add a note for the invoice.
Step 2: Or log as you work
Log time from a task's detail panel while you work on it, or fill the gaps from My schedule.
Step 3: Check the week
The week view shows each day's hours by project, billable and non-billable, with tracked time beside it if you use the activity tracker.
Step 4: Watch the numbers move
Retainer balances, fixed-fee margin and uninvoiced time update as soon as the hours are saved.

Inside timesheets

Everything around the timesheet

Week grid

Projects down the side, days across the top. Switch to a single day, a month or a custom range, and export to CSV.

My schedule

Plan the week against your meetings and capacity by dragging unscheduled tasks onto a day.

Time off in one go

Pick annual leave, sick leave, a bank holiday or another kind, then a date range. One entry per working day, weekends skipped.

Activity tracker

A small desktop app records which apps and windows were active. Drag tracked blocks onto tasks to log them. From Business.

Early sync

Time tracked in the Early app syncs into your timesheets automatically, twice a day. From Business.

Timesheet approval

On Teams, each person submits their week and an admin approves it. Approved weeks lock for everyone except admins.

Plans

Which plans include timesheets

What each Ambital plan includes for timesheets
Feature	Free · £0	Pro · £39	Business · £59	Business Pro · £79	Teams · £150
Timesheets, week grid and CSV export	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Log time to Personal workspace tasks	Not included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Desktop activity tracker and Early sync	Not included	Not included	Included	Included	Included
Timesheet approval across the team	Not included	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included

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Questions about timesheets

Before you log an hour

Can Ambital track my time automatically?: Yes, from Business (£59 a month). The desktop activity tracker records what was on your screen for you to turn into logged time, and the Early integration syncs time tracked in the Early app twice a day.
Do I need to log time on a fixed-price project?: It is worth doing. Hours on a fixed-price project count against the fee, so the Financials tab shows the margin you are really making rather than the one you hoped for.
Can I export my timesheets?: Yes. Export CSV on the Timesheets page downloads your logged time, on every plan.
Does time off count as work?: No. Time off completes the day on your timesheet but is kept out of actual hours, reports and utilisation.
Can an admin approve timesheets?: Yes, on Teams (£150 a month). Each person submits their week, an admin approves it, and approved entries lock for everyone except admins.
Can clients see my timesheets?: No. If you switch on a retainer statement in the client portal, the client sees hours used and remaining, without rates or costs.

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