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November 29, 2017
Smoother Scheduling for Part-Time Employees in Forecast
Earlier this year, we added the ability to choose which days of the week people work in Forecast. This allows for more accurate scheduling and reporting of part-time employees and freelancers. However, non-work days (days on which someone is not...
November 14, 2017
Power Up Your Project Knowledge by Budgeting in Fees per Task
Have you been using Harvest’s new budgets for fixed fee projects? If so, you might’ve run into an interesting problem. A project can come under its total budget, but how do you know exactly what happened beneath that total number? How do you...
September 26, 2017
New Roles Get You Faster Access to Team-Specific Reports
A few weeks ago, we announced a forthcoming feature: roles. Today, we’re beginning to roll out this new feature, so you should see it in your account within the next few days! That means you’ll be just a few clicks away from reports that can answer...
September 14, 2017
New Fixed Fee Budgets Show If You’re On Track or Billing Enough
We were excited to kick off the summer with the release of our new Fixed Fee feature. But one problem’s been bugging us all summer long. After you set up your fixed fee project, how do you know if it’s on track, or if you charged enough? Answering...
September 11, 2017
Introducing Harvest for Slack
It’s our belief that time tracking should be frictionless and accessible, no matter where you prefer to work. That’s why we offer desktop and mobile apps, browser extensions, and integrations with your favorite tools, including Trello, Basecamp,...
August 24, 2017
Introducing Placeholders in Forecast: A Handy Tool for Uncertain Times
Figuring out who will work on what project is the tough recurring question all managers face. Today, scheduling time to a project in Forecast requires that you also assign that time to a person on your team. For the most part, this is naturally how...
August 22, 2017
Coming Soon: Organize Your Team by Role
Have you ever gone to your Team section and asked yourself, “How do I get this report to show me just the people I’m most interested in?” Maybe you want to know how billable your designers are, what your developers are working on, or which team...
August 14, 2017
New Reports in Mobile Apps
We recently released a new Reports section in our mobile apps, which includes a basic Time Report for all users and a Team Report for Admin users. I’d like to give you a quick explanation of these two reports, plus another small enhancement that...
August 10, 2017
Team Tags Are Now Roles in Forecast
Team Tags in Forecast have always been a powerful way to organize your team when scheduling. If you want to see which of your developers has availability next month for a new project, you can simply filter your Team Schedule to just people tagged...Start tracking time today
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