Out on the road and need a fast way to log a time entry or an expense? Just left your office with the Harvest timer running? Sending a text message to Harvest via your mobile phone to log an expense or stop your timer is now possible with the help of Twitter.

Twitter is a service which allows its users to communicate and stay connected with each other through short, quick messages. By connecting your Twitter account to your Harvest account, you will be able to perform simple commands in Harvest by sending Twitter messages to Harvest.

Feature	Direct/TXT message to send
Start a timer	d harvest (start or st) notes
	example: d harvest st meeting at Balthazar
Log a time entry	d harvest (time or t) duration notes
	example: d harvest t 1:30 meeting at Balthazar
Log an expense	d harvest (expense or e) amount notes
	example: d harvest e 25.25 lunch at Balthazar
Stop running timer	d harvest (stop or s)
	example: d harvest s

Note: All messages to Harvest are private and will not be displayed on your public timeline.

Linking Harvest to your Twitter account

1. Recommended: Make sure your Twitter account is configured to work with your mobile phone. Log into Twitter and click on Settings > Phone & IM.
2. Login to Harvest and click on your name on the upper-right side of the screen. This will take you to the edit screen for your personal account.
3. Click on the "Configure Twitter settings" link on the right-hand side of the screen. Enter your Twitter username and select a default project, task, and expense category. Click "Save" to save your settings.
4. You're done! Start communicating with Harvest via your Twitter account. For example, send a direct message to Harvest by texting Twitter "d harvest expense 10 testing twitter expense logger" This will create an expense entry for $10.00 with the note "testing twitter expense logger (via Twitter)". You will also receive an email "receipt" for your command so you can rest assured that the transaction was captured correctly.

Standard text messaging fees apply.
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