User Roles, who can do what?

Assign a Role to a User to define what they can do in eHour. An Admin or Manager can grant one or more of the following Roles to a User:

• Time Tracker: the essential role which allows a User to track time. Users with this role can:
  • track time on projects and tasks;
  • create expenses;
  • run reports on their hours.
• Report on all Hours: users with this role can:
  • run reports on all hours of all users, clients, projects and tasks. All tracked hours in eHour are available to users with this role.
• Report on all Expenses: 
  • run reports on all expenses filed by users.
• Line Manager: directly manages one or more users. They can:    
  • run reports on all hours tracked by the users they manage. 
  • sign in as one of the users they manage. For example to correct a timesheet when the user is on vacation;
  • assign the users they manage, to projects and tasks;
  • and when configured by an Admin, they can approve or reject their users' timesheets.
• Team Manager: manages the team its team members:
  • change the name, code, team manager and custom fields of the team;
  • delete or archive the team;
  • run reports on all hours tracked by the team members; 
  • sign in as a team member to correct a timesheet; 
  • assign users to any project or task;
  • and when configured, approve timesheets submitted by the team members.
• Project Manager: manages a project:
  • create reports on all hours tracked on their project;
  • assign or remove users or teams to their projects and tasks;
  • edit the budget, name, client, and any custom fields of the project;
  • close the project by archiving it;
  • and when configured, a project manager can approve hours tracked on their projects.
• Client Manager: manages a client:
  
  • create reports on all hours tracked on their client;
  • assign/remove users or teams to the projects and project tasks of their client;
  • create new projects and project tasks for their client;
  • edit the budget, name, client, and any custom fields of their client projects;
  • close the project by archiving it;
• Manager: manages all users, teams, clients, projects, tasks in eHour. Managers cannot run reports on all hours:
  • add, edit, remove and export all clients, projects, project tasks, teams, and users;
  • assign users or teams to all projects and tasks;
  • can log in as a different user;
  • and when configured, a manager can approve all timesheets.
• Admin: users can do the same as a Manager and:
  • change eHour's global configuration;
  • change the approval workflow;
  • add or remove custom fields;
  • manage expense cost categories;
  • update the API key;
  • change billing details.