Everhour puts issue-level time entries in Linear, so tracked hours stay tied to the work that produced them.
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Record time against the Linear issue that received the work, then keep the entry specific enough for review. The practical output is a dated time record tied to one issue, one person, and one duration. A manager, bookkeeper, or client reviewer should be able to understand why the time exists without rebuilding the week from memory.
Attach each entry to the Linear issue and project context that Everhour syncs. A useful record shows the date, duration, person, linked issue, project, and a short note when the issue title does not explain the activity. Billing stays tied to project billing status, with specific tasks marked non-billable inside a billable project when that exception applies.
A good Linear time entry starts with the issue, because that is the smallest unit most teams review. Add the work date, start and stop timer result or manual duration, the person who did the work, and the project the issue belongs to. Keep the entry attached to the work item that produced the time.
A brief note protects the record from guesswork. Use one sentence for entries that cover research, rework, support, or handoff time, especially when the issue title alone does not explain the activity. Leave routine implementation entries short. The note should clarify the work performed; it should not become a second project update or duplicate the issue description.
Start a timer when the work begins and the issue stays in front of you. Timer-based entries fit coding, review, testing, design, and support blocks where the active issue matches the work being done. Stop the timer before switching issues, because one long timer across several issue IDs makes per-issue totals unreliable.
Manual entry fits work recorded after the fact: a meeting about one issue, a short fix completed from a notification, or time captured from another work log. Enter the duration on the correct date and attach it to the issue that received the work. If a team uses Linear estimates, keep those estimate values separate from clock time; estimates describe planned effort, while entries record time actually spent.
A one-off entry works for a quick correction, a small client request, or a single week of cleanup. The process breaks down when several people edit the same period, invoices depend on project billing settings or task-level non-billable exceptions, or payroll review needs a closed record. At that point, the team needs a system that keeps issue-level entries attached, reviewed, and protected.
Everhour turns Linear issue entries into a managed time record with approvals, locked periods, admin corrections, and team policy controls before the data moves into reporting, billing, or payroll review. The useful shift is control: entries still start from the work in Linear, but approved time becomes a record managers can hand off without rebuilding the week.
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Each entry needs the linked issue, project context, work date, duration, person, and a note when the issue title does not explain the work. Billing status belongs at the project level in Everhour. Within a billable project, a specific task can be marked non-billable when that work should stay out of billable totals.
Use a timer for focused work on one issue, especially tasks that run longer than a few minutes and need precise duration. Add time manually for work captured after the fact, such as a meeting, support response, or brief fix. Manual entries should still attach to the correct Linear issue, date, and duration.
Split the session at the point where the work changed. A 90-minute block that covers investigation on one issue and implementation on another should become two entries, each attached to the issue that received the work. One combined entry saves a minute now, then breaks per-issue totals and client review later.
Estimates and time entries serve different records. Estimates describe planned effort or complexity, often through point or size scales such as Fibonacci, Linear, or T-shirt values. A time entry records duration actually spent on a dated work item. Keep both values separate so planning data does not overwrite billing, payroll, or workload review.
The most expensive mistake is logging time to the wrong issue. Duration errors can be corrected from notes, calendar blocks, or timer history, but a wrong issue link sends hours into the wrong project, budget, or client trail. Review the issue ID before submitting any entry that affects billing or payroll review.
Everhour Team Management gives admins approval workflow, lock rules, and admin time correction for entries tied to Linear work. Managers review submitted time, lock approved periods from regular member edits, and correct obvious mistakes before billing or payroll review uses the record.
Everhour Reporting can group and filter logged time using Linear workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data. Teams can export saved reports in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF when a manager, bookkeeper, or client needs the reviewed issue-level detail outside the time system.
Use Everhour Team Management to approve Linear issue time, lock completed periods, correct entries as an admin, and hand billing or payroll a reviewed Everhour record.
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