What Projects owns
- Projects — the top-level project record with client, status, and budget
- Tasks — individual work items assigned to team members
- Time entries — logged hours against tasks and projects
- Budgets — planned vs actual cost tracking per project
Data flows out of Projects to
| Module | What it sends |
|---|---|
| Finance | Billable time for invoicing |
| Procurement | Project purchase orders |
| Reports | Project data |
Common tasks
Create a project
Name the project and link a customer
Select the customer from your CRM. This links the project to the customer record and enables billing.
Set the budget
Enter the total project budget. The system will track actual spend against this in real time.
Add tasks
Log time against a task
Bill logged time to a client
Click Add Billable Time
The system lists all unbilled time entries for this customer. Select the entries to include.