Timesheets

P6 and Primavera Cloud both enable users to enter hours worked against activities assigned to them through the use of timesheets. In a typical timesheet workflow, users update their timesheets for the specific timesheet period and submit them for approval. Submitted timesheets are processed, reviewed, and then approved by designated stakeholders with approval privileges. Approved timesheet hours can be used to update the actual hours on activities to which the user is assigned as a resource.

While the basic timesheet functionality is the same between P6 and Primavera Cloud, there are a few differences that you should be aware of:

In P6, timesheet periods can be generated in intervals of weekly, every two weeks, every four weeks, or every month. In Primavera Cloud, timesheets can only be created in weekly intervals.
In P6, a timesheet approval manager or delegate is responsible for approving or rejecting submitted timesheets. Several options are available to customize the levels of approval required, from no approvals required to two approval levels. In Primavera Cloud, timesheet supervisors and timesheet approvers both have the ability to create, modify, and submit their own timesheets or timesheets on behalf of other users. Timesheet approvers have the additional ability to approve or reject submitted timesheets.
P6 supports the use of overhead codes, which provide timesheet users a method to categorize the types of hours they enter, such as vacation, holiday, sick time, or personal time. This concept is supported in Primavera Cloud through the use of hour types, which are managed as part of the application's timesheet settings rather than enterprise data.

While timesheet functionality in P6 requires the addition of the P6 Team Member Web service, timesheets in Primavera Cloud do not require any additional modules to be installed, and all functionality can be performed from within the application.

For more information on timesheet management functionality in Primavera Cloud, see the Timesheets User Guide.

Last Published Tuesday, May 21, 2024