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Reporting Actual Work Time without a Timesheet

If you are not required to use timesheets to report actual work time for your activities, you can report work time on the Activity Details Resources tab. Whether you are or are not required to use a timesheet to report actual work time, you can use the Activity Details Resources tab to indicate that you have completed an activity assignment.

If you are the primary resource for an activity, you can also report actuals for nonlabor and material resources on this tab.

Note: You can also report estimates of remaining work on the Activity Details Resources tab. For additional information, see Reporting Remaining Work Estimates.

  1. Select the activity in the Activities view or open timesheet.
  2. On the toolbar choose (Shift+F10+Down Arrow+ Enter or space) to display Activity Details.
  3. Choose the Resource tab.
  4. In the Assigned Resources list, choose your name, or the nonlabor/material resource name.
  5. In the Prior Actual Units field, type the hours worked on the activity. To enter hourly overtime, for example, eight regular and three overtime hours, type 8/3.

    The actual units you record are pending for the activity and can be modified by the project manager. Depending on your organization's processes, the progress you report on this tab can be used to update the project when actuals are applied.

  6. To report that you have completed an assignment, mark the Completed checkbox. A project-level option determines if you can record your assignments as completed. If this feature is not turned on, the completed checkbox is disabled.

Tips

  • A P6 Progress Reporter user preference lets you choose to hide your completed assignments on the Resources details tab and in your timesheets. If this preference is set to not display completed assignments, "Filtering Completed Assignments" appears above the column headings on the Resources tab and, when you mark the Completed checkbox, the assignment is immediately removed from the list on the Resources tab.
  • To quickly locate a specific activity or resource, use the search capability, which enables you to find items based on a displayed data field you select. See Searching for Data.

Related Topics

Working with Activities and Details

Displaying a List of Your Activities

Filtering and Sorting the Activity List

Selecting Activity Data Columns

Saving or Printing Your Activity List

Assigning Yourself to an Activity

Viewing Activity Details

Reporting Dates for an Activity

Reporting Remaining Work Estimates

Reporting a Completed Assignment

Viewing and Reporting Progress for Activity Steps

Viewing and Sending Activity Feedback

Viewing Your Project List and Project Web Sites

Searching for Data

Activity Details Tabs


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