Project & Task ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automates collection of on-site/off-site work hours, mobile punch-ins, GPS validation, and labor allocation per sub-task.
1.3. Enables real-time tracking, automated overtime calculation, and integrates with invoicing, accounting, and HR platforms for seamless business operations in lighting design projects.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Submission or status update on project/task in project management software.
2.3. GPS location enters/exits designated project geo-fence.
2.4. Form submission or timesheet update from field technicians.
2.5. Completion of scheduled calendar task or appointment.
Platform Variants
3.1. QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets)
• API: automate `CreateTimeActivity` and `GetTimeActivities` for logging and syncing time events.
3.2. Clockify
• API: automate `POST /workspaces/{workspaceId}/time-entries` for adding time logs per lighting project.
3.3. Toggl Track
• API: automate `POST /time_entries/start` for real-time tracking with automated tagging by project phase.
3.4. Harvest
• API: automate `POST /time_entries` for automated labor logging per design or install task.
3.5. Deputy
• API: automate `POST /resource/Timesheet` to log shifts; automates shift start/stop based on task status.
3.6. When I Work
• API: automate `POST /v1/timeclock_entries` for automated punch-ins/outs linked to job/shift.
3.7. ADP Workforce Now
• API: automate `POST /hr/v2/time-cards` for seamless payroll sync and automated compliance.
3.8. BambooHR
• API: automate `POST /time_off/request` and `GET /time_off/requests` for automating leave against labor.
3.9. Kronos Workforce Ready
• API: automate `POST /v1/time-entries` for automated clock events and labor cost center tagging.
3.10. Paychex Flex
• API: automate `POST /api/v1/time-management/entries` for automated collection of project hours.
3.11. Zoho People
• API: automate `POST /timetracker/logs` for mobile or kiosk-driven labor log automation.
3.12. Smartsheet
• Feature: automated update row workflows to log hours worked when a field rep marks a lighting task as complete.
3.13. Microsoft Power Automate
• Connector: automate time log CSV uploads or SharePoint list update workflows based on field triggers.
3.14. Google Sheets
• Feature: automate script-driven row addition for new labor log entries with timestamp and GPS.
3.15. SAP SuccessFactors
• API: automate `POST /attendance/record` to sync field and crew time logs directly.
3.16. Asana
• API: automate `POST /tasks/{task_gid}/stories` to append time worked notes per lighting design milestone.
3.17. Jira
• API: automate `POST /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog` for task-level labor and sub-contractor worklog entries.
3.18. monday.com
• API: automate `create_update` on boards for staff hours logged against each job line.
3.19. Notion
• API: automate `PATCH /pages` for updating labor database entries automatedly with designer/installer info.
3.20. ServiceM8
• API: automate `POST /timesheet` for logging field technician job site hours and syncing completed tasks.
3.21. Workday
• API: automate `POST /time_tracking/time_entries` for larger teams and integration with lighting project scheduling.
3.22. Slack
• Feature: automate bot-triggered time logging via slash commands on project-task notification channels.
Benefits
4.2. Automated compliance with industry regulations (overtime, rest breaks).
4.3. Automates project manager oversight with real-time dashboards and exceptions reporting.
4.4. Automates synchronization of work logs with client billing, ensuring automatedly precise invoicing.
4.5. Automates notifications to crew and HR on missed punches, ensuring labor accountability.
4.6. Automates project phase reporting for productivity insights and staff performance data.
4.7. Automates historical labor analytics supporting future job costing and quote optimization.
4.8. Automates integration with other project management and accounting platforms for seamless workflow orchestration.