Plans 💳 : Everyone
User Permissions 👥: Admins, Managers
Does your team love diving into the treasure trove of data found in Timely's Custom Reporting Dashboard 📊? Do folks sometimes find it difficult to locate the right Tag to assign to their hours 🏷️ ? Do you have the perfect Tag for each segment or activity 👈?
Great news! Timely has made it easier than ever for folks to accurately log their hours and ensure the right Tag is used each time - with Default Tags!
Managers and Admin level users within Timely can pre-select the specific Tags that should be assigned for each Time Entry assigned to a Project - taking the burden off of users as they log their time. No additional clicks and no more forgotten Tags!
🏷️ Setting Default Tags
You'll see the option to enable Default Tags when editing an individual project or creating a new one from scratch. From the Tags section within a project:
Click the checkbox near Enable default tags
Select the Tag list(s) for this project
Select the default tag which should be linked to the entries logged to the project
Click the Create Project or Update Project to finalize
Done!
👨💻 Creating a Time Entry that has Default Tags
Folks logging their time will do so through the normal process and won't need to make any special selection within the Tags section for that entry. They can still manually assign Tags when or if needed and won't see special indicator that Default Tags are being assigned, until after the entry has been finalized.
The Default Tags are assigned automatically with no input from the employee user.
🕵️♀️ Using Default Tags to search for a Project
Once a series of Tags have been assigned to a project or Default Tags have been selected, admin and manager level users can search for projects that have those tags. Perfect for workspaces with large number of projects or for folks who love quick and easy navigation.
From the Projects Dashboard click the "Any tag" drop down along the top-right hand corner:
Enter in a bit of text that corresponds to a Tag into the search field and you'll see all the projects that have that Tag associated.
⚒️ Pro Tip: This same Tag search function works when selecting the projects to be added to a new user:
Note: This search is specific to Tags that have been linked to a project, regardless if time has yet been logged to that project with said tag.
🙋♂️ FAQs
My user's aren't seeing the Default Tags I've selected when logging their time!?!
Once you've enabled Default Tags for a project and selected the appropriate Tags you'd like to enforce, they'll apply automatically once a time entry has been created. There won't be an indicator to the users that those Tags have been applied until the entry has been created.
How will Default Tags effect my Custom Reports?
By selecting and enforcing specific Tags for a project you'll see those Tags assigned to time as it's logged. So any Custom Reports you have that include information about Tag assignment would reflect the time that's been logged with those Tags, including the defaults.
What about exports - do Default Tags display on my CSV or Excel exports from Timely?
Any export that includes Tags would include Default Tags as well. By setting Default Tags you are ensuring consistency in how folks are assigning their time and increasing the overall accuracy of your reporting around Tags. Default Tags are not a separate category of Tags in and of themselves.
Can I select more than one Default Tag per project?
You can select one Default Tag per Tag list and assign as many Tag lists to a project as you'd like.