Everhour turns tracked Linear work into issue-level reporting for time, cost, billable status, and export-ready reviews.
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Prepare an issue-level review for work tracked against Linear projects by choosing the audience, date range, and grouping first. The report should show the issue, project, assignee or contributor, date range, logged time, billable status, and cost where rates apply. A project lead can use it for a weekly delivery review, a finance partner can use it for cost allocation, and a client-facing owner can use it for billing context.
The useful output is a compact table plus a clear summary. Group by issue when you need to explain where time went, by member when you need accountability or workload review, by project when the audience funds the work, and by tag when categories such as support, bugs, or internal work matter. Keep billable and non-billable time visible in the same view so the total effort does not disappear.
Start with a date range, then choose the primary grouping. A weekly update usually needs project, issue, member, and status because it answers delivery and ownership questions. A monthly cost review needs project, member, billable time, non-billable time, labor cost, and billable amount. A focused issue audit needs issue title, tag, comments, tracked time, and the person who logged the work.
Linear issue context gives the report its work structure: projects, issues, assignees, status, and tags. Tracked hours, rates, billable settings, budgets, and report columns come from the time-tracking layer connected to that work. Keep estimates on Linear issues separate from logged time. They are effort or size values, and they do not replace timer or manual hour entries tied to actual work.
Different breakdowns answer different questions. By issue shows where the work concentrated; by project shows which initiative consumed the time; by member shows workload and contribution; by tag separates classes of work; by date range shows the review period. For a cycle review, set the date range to the cycle window and group the rows by the question the audience asked.
The common reporting mistake is mixing planning size with time spent. Estimates on Linear issues help frame scope. Hours need their own source. Cost needs a rate and a tracked-time entry. Billable amount needs the billable setting, the rate, and the time selected for the period. A clean report keeps those columns separate, then lets the reader compare them.
A one-off export is enough for a single stakeholder question, a client request, or a month-end file that no one updates later. It works when the time entries are already reviewed, the date range is fixed, and the recipient only needs a PDF or spreadsheet. Manual cleanup breaks down when the same report returns every week.
A managed workflow pays off when approved time feeds standing reports, exports, budget reviews, and billing handoffs. Everhour connects tracked Linear issue time to reports that can include billable time, non-billable time, cost, date ranges, and project context. That creates a repeatable review trail instead of a rebuilt spreadsheet for reviewers.
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Use issue grouping to explain where hours went, project grouping to explain funded work, member grouping to review workload, tag grouping to separate categories, and date grouping to show trend over a review period. Put billable and non-billable columns beside the same rows so total effort, client-facing time, and internal work stay visible together.
No. Estimates on Linear issues are effort or size values. They do not record clock time. Treat them as planning context and report logged hours from timer or manual entries. A report that prices effort points as dollars overstates precision because cost requires a rate and a time entry for the period being reviewed.
Separate columns in one report prevent partial totals. Billable time explains client-facing work and invoice support. Non-billable time explains internal coordination, bug triage, review, or overhead that still consumed capacity. A manager who sees both can discuss scope, staffing, and margin without asking for a second report.
Use weekly reviews for delivery control and monthly reviews for finance, billing, and leadership summaries. A weekly report catches missing time while the work is fresh. A monthly report gives enough volume for cost and billable analysis. For cycle reviews, use the cycle window as the date range and keep the same grouping rules.
Send a PDF when the recipient needs a fixed stakeholder update. Send XLSX or CSV when finance, operations, or a client analyst needs to filter, pivot, or reconcile the rows. Include the date range, grouping, billable status, cost fields, and any excluded work in the file name or cover note.
Everhour Resource Planning gives managers visual timelines, member and project views, weekly capacity, availability gaps, scheduled time off, and planned-versus-actual time. Use those views alongside issue-time reports to compare actual tracked work with staffing plans before the next status update.
Everhour Reporting supports saved report downloads in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF format. Use PDF for read-only updates and spreadsheet formats for finance review, client analysis, or archive work that needs row-level sorting. The export keeps the selected date range, grouping, and columns aligned with the report.
Use Everhour Resource Planning to compare planned capacity with tracked issue time, account for scheduled time off, and review workloads on visual timelines before reports turn into more realistic staffing decisions.
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