Setting company-wide working hours

Admins set the company’s default working hours in the Company Details page within the Admin panel. Since this is a company-wide setting, default working hours automatically appear in all team member profiles, making it easy to update individual profiles as needed.

This article covers:

• Why are default working hours important?
• Setting your company's default working hours
• How working hours impact the platform
• Related articles

Why are working hours important?

Working hours are crucial for effective Time and Resource Management within Forecast. They impact:

• • • Timesheets
    • People Schedule/My Schedule
    • Project Timeline
    • All Timelines
    • Utilization Reporting
    • Resource planning using Demand, Placeholders and Capacity Overview

Setting your company's default working hours

Default working hours are defined in the Company Details section of the Admin panel. When setting up your company's Forecast account, it’s important to specify your company’s default working hours. These hours will automatically apply to all team member profiles and any new users you create in the future.

To set your company's default working hours

1. Click Admin in the navigation bar.
2. Select Company Details from the dropdown.
3. Scroll down to Default working hours.
4. Enter the daily hour value for each working day.

How working hours impact the platform

Working hours are visible across various platform pages, whether they are set by the company’s default or configured within an individual’s user profile. Here are a few ways working hours are utilized throughout the platform:

Time Management

• Timesheets: Working hours define the total working hours per week for an individual.
• Timesheet Approval: Admins and Project Managers can remind team members to submit timesheets if incomplete.
• Missing Timesheet Reminder: Notifications are sent to users who have not met their total working hours.

Resource Management

• My Schedule and People Schedule: Working days directly determine a team member's availability and how their utilization is displayed in heatmaps.
• Utilization Report: Availability is a key value used in various metrics calculations.
• Placeholders: Availability is determined by company working hours and is reflected in pages like a project’s Timeline, Demand, and Capacity Overview.
• Project Allocations: When creating new projects or adding new team members to projects, the option to Allocate project time reflects working hours.

Related articles

For more information on how working hours impact the platform for individual team members, see:

• Setting up your individual working hours