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Job Costing Prompt
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Written by Autumn Allen
Updated over a week ago

Instead of monitoring time against specific Cost Codes or Projects throughout the day, do you prefer the approach of having hours allocated to jobs and cost codes documented at the day's conclusion? This article aims to shed light on the activation of the job costing prompt feature, providing your employees with the flexibility to allocate their time at day's end. It will detail how to turn this feature on, what the prompt looks like, and how your employees will use it.

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How can I turn on the Job Costing Prompt?

Web:

  1. Inside your busybusy account click on Settings.

  2. Choose Positions.

  3. Select the Position you want to use the prompt.

  4. Find Other.

  5. Click Job Costing Prompt and check the box to Enable Job Costing Prompt.

  6. Make sure to click Update before closing the window.

Mobile (iOS/Android)

  1. Click on the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines) in the top left corner.

  2. Choose the Settings tab from the menu.

  3. Select Company >> Positions.

  4. Tap the Position you want to receive the Job Costing Prompt.

  5. Toggle on the Job Costing Prompt.

  6. Tap, Done (iOS) Save (Android) in the top right corner.

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Employees will only get the Job Costing Prompt if the Project, Cost Code, and Equipment are not required at clock-in and they do not fill in the job costing. You will need to check your Time Keeping Settings. If they are set to Required or the fields are filled out at clock in, the prompt will not happen at clock-out since the fields have already been filled in.

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What does the Job Costing prompt look like?

When your team wraps up for the day, here's the deal with the job costing prompt. A quick pop-up will remind them about any unassigned time hanging in the balance—whether it's for a Project or Cost Code. They can then easily pick, assign, and sort out that time however it fits best. The picture below shows what the pop-up looks like.

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How does the Job Costing Prompt work?

The video below will walk you through how an employee will use the Job Costing Prompt.

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To wrap it up, switching to the groove of logging hours for jobs and cost codes at day's end instead of all day long adds flexibility to time tracking. Want to learn how you can submit job costing for multiple users at once? Check out our article HERE!

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