Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Time entry analysis

Reports and dashboards designed for critical analysis.

Key dashboards

  • Timesheet compliance dashboard Tracks overall timesheet submission and approval compliance, highlighting late submissions, missing timesheets, delinquent timesheets, and approval turnaround times across departments and projects.
  • Timesheet financial impact dashboard Connects timesheet entries to financial metrics, displaying labor costs, revenue recognition from billable hours, cost variances, and profitability by project, client, and resource.

Key metrics

  • Billable utilization rate
  • Overtime hours (%)
  • Approved timesheets (%)
  • Pending timesheets
  • Rejected timesheet %
  • Labor cost from timesheet
  • Actual vs planned variance
  • Average approval turnaround time
  • Missing timesheet count
  • Timesheet resubmission count

Timesheet entry & approval reports

  • Submitted timesheets Lists all timesheets that have been submitted but not yet approved or rejected.
  • Pending approval timesheets Shows timesheets currently awaiting manager or approver action.
  • Approved timesheets Displays all timesheets that have been approved within a selected period.
  • Rejected timesheets Lists timesheets that have been rejected along with rejection reasons.
  • Late timesheet submission Identifies timesheets submitted past the due date.

Timesheet compliance & audit reports

  • Timesheet submission compliance Highlights employees who consistently submit timesheets on time or late.
  • Missing timesheets Flags employees or projects where timesheets are missing for required periods.
  • Timesheet approval response times Measures the time taken by approvers to review and act on submitted timesheets.
  • Timesheet change history Audits modifications made to timesheet entries post-submission or approval.
  • Rejected timesheet reason analysis Aggregates and categorizes reasons for timesheet rejections across projects.

Timesheet utilization & performance

  • Billable vs non-billable hours Compares billable and non-billable hours logged across projects and employees.
  • Resource utilization report (timesheet-based) Measures how effectively resources’ available hours are being utilized based on timesheets.
  • Timesheet entry summary by employee Summarizes total hours entered per employee over a selected time frame.
  • Timesheet entry detail by project & task Provides detailed timesheet entries broken down by project and task.
  • Overtime hours Shows overtime hours logged by employees, with cost implications.

Timesheet financial & variance reports

  • Timesheet labor cost analysis Calculates labor costs derived from timesheet entries per project or resource.
  • Timesheet revenue recognition Links approved timesheet hours to recognized revenue over time.
  • Timesheet hours by client & contract Breaks down timesheet hours logged per client and contract.
  • Timesheet hours vs budget Analyzes actual timesheet hours against the budgeted hours for each project.
  • Variance report: planned vs actual timesheet hours Compares planned hours against actual timesheet hours to highlight discrepancies.