Everhour turns Linear issue work into approved weekly time records for billing, payroll review, and team reporting.
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Use this page to turn a Linear cycle into a weekly operating record: who worked, which issues carried the time, which hours were submitted, and which entries need review before approval. The cycle gives the work period and issue context. The timesheet gives the people-by-day record used for payroll review, billing, and cost reporting.
A useful record covers each contributor's full week, including issues that did not reach completion. Hours for work tied to those issues and later admin corrections still belong in the period when the work happened. Keep the cycle name, issue title, project, assignee, status, date, hours actually worked, submission status, approval status, and reviewer note where each field helps the review.
A cycle timesheet should show person, date, issue, project, cycle, tracked hours, entry source, and approval state. In the Linear workflow, entries can come from an embedded timer or manual logging button while the issue remains the work context. Add comments for work that needs explanation, such as a large single-day total or a correction after submission. The submitted hour entry is the record to approve.
Keep estimates on Linear issues separate from hours actually worked. Those estimates use team-level effort or size scales such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt values; they describe scope, not payroll or billing time. The time record should come from the submitted hour entry by person and date, with issue context attached for review.
The review cycle matters because one person's missing entry changes the whole team's record. Start with exceptions: empty workdays, totals that exceed the person's normal capacity, time without issue context, entries added after submission, and manual changes to earlier dates. Ask for corrections before approval so the submitted week matches the work period and the person who performed the work.
Approval should lock the reviewed period for regular contributors. A late edit after payroll or client billing starts creates two records: the exported record and the changed source entry. Use a consistent path for corrections, such as rejecting the submitted week or letting an admin adjust the entry with a visible activity history. The reviewer should know which version reached payroll, billing, or cost reporting.
A one-off sheet is enough for a small, closed cycle when every contributor enters time once, the reviewer approves it once, and no invoice or payroll export needs later reconciliation. Save the reviewed file with the period name and keep the approvals next to the final totals. The risk starts when the same hours feed several downstream systems.
A managed workflow fits when Linear issue time becomes an operating record: submitted hours, approvals, locked periods, admin corrections, exports, and invoice handoff. Everhour can collect approved time from Linear work, keep billable and non-billable tasks separate, generate invoices from tracked billable time and expenses, and export invoice drafts to QuickBooks Online, Xero, or FreshBooks with status details synced back.
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Use the cycle as the review window and group entries by person, date, and issue. Each weekly row should connect hours actually worked to the issue title, project, cycle, assignee, and status when those details are available. The reviewer checks missing days, unusually high totals, and time without issue context before approving the period.
Useful issue details include title, project, cycle, assignee, status, labels, date, and reviewer comments. These fields let a manager see whether time belongs to the right work and the right person. They also make corrections easier because the reviewer can point to a specific issue and date instead of asking for a general weekly total.
No. Estimates on Linear issues are team-level effort or size values. Available scales include Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, and T-Shirt formats. They describe relative scope and completion statistics. A submitted timesheet records clock time by person and date, so payroll review, billing review, and cost reporting need hours actually worked, not effort points.
The owner should be the manager or operations lead responsible for the team's weekly record. That person reviews submitted hours before payroll, client billing, or cost reporting uses the data. Approval should cover the whole period, including missing days, corrected entries, and work that stayed open after the cycle ended.
Common mistakes include approving missing entries, treating effort points as hours, allowing regular contributors to edit approved periods, and changing a billed entry without a visible correction path. The exported record must match the reviewed source record. A late adjustment needs a reviewer decision, an admin correction or resubmission path, and a note that explains the change.
Everhour Billing & Invoicing converts tracked billable time and expenses into client invoices, with amounts calculated from project or member rates while non-billable tasks stay out of billable totals. Client defaults and invoice customization support the invoice draft, and exports to QuickBooks Online, Xero, or FreshBooks sync status details back to Everhour.
Everhour Timesheets let contributors submit weekly project or working hours, then managers approve, reject, or partially approve the submitted period. Submitted and approved time is locked for regular members unless withdrawn or rejected, while admins can correct team entries and keep an activity history for payroll or reporting review.
Track Linear issue time through approval, then let Everhour Billing & Invoicing turn billable hours and expenses into invoices with QuickBooks Online, Xero, or FreshBooks exports and synced invoice status.
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