Start Time and End Time

Feature

Version 3.9 of Goldenseal payroll software adds two new columns to Labor Hours breakdowns-- Start Time and End Time.

They let you log in the exact time worked by an employee on each task. When you enter the actual hours, Goldenseal automatically calculates the hours worked.

NOTE-- We're now about half way to having a full "time clock" feature in Goldenseal payroll software. We plan to finish it in the version 4.0 update.

Suggested By

User feature request.

How to Use

Enter the start time and end time for each item in a Labor Hours breakdown, and Goldenseal will automatically calculate the hours worked on that item.

How to Avoid

If you don't want to keep track of the start time and end time for the work you do, you can easily remove those columns, and enter hours directly. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Choose Custom Layouts from the Options menu, and choose Transactions from the submenu.
2. Enter Labor Hours into the Transaction popup field at upper left.
3. Enter Category into the Layout popup field at upper left.
4. Click on the Start Time column in the breakdown table.
5. Choose Delete Row from Table from the Edit menu.
6. Click on the End Time column in the breakdown table.
7. Choose Delete Row from Table from the Edit menu.
8. Choose Save from the File menu.
9. Enter Items into the Layout popup field at upper left.
10. Repeat steps 5 to 8.

Technical Details

In the next update, we plan to finish the Time Tracking command, so each employee can sign in and out, and keep track of work done on each project (and each work category), similar to a time clock. Goldenseal will automatically log the time to Labor Hours breakdowns.

This same feature will work in Equipment Hours, but we currently are not including the Start Time and End Time columns in those breakdowns. If you want to use them for your equipment time tracking, you can add them with the Custom Layouts command.