Linear time dashboard

On Everhour's Team plan, the Linear integration supports billable and non-billable time reporting; the Free plan excludes integrations.

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Everhour — Time Tracking
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00:31:00
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Acme Web Project
1
50% of budget used
$2,500.00of $5,000.00
$2,500.00 remaining
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Actual costRemaining cost

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Everhour — Invoices
Your Company LLChello@yourcompany.com
INVOICE
Invoice #1042
Group by:
DescriptionHoursRateAmount
Website Redesign14h$150/h$2,100.00
Brand Guidelines7h$150/h$1,050.00
Marketing Strategy3.5h$150/h$525.00
Total Due$3,675.00
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Reporting time and cost across Linear work

Show Linear work in numbers

A Linear time dashboard is for reporting work already organized around Linear issues, projects, cycles, assignees, priority, status, and estimates on Linear issues. The practical goal is a view that answers a management question without rebuilding a spreadsheet each time. A project lead may need issue-level hours for a sprint review, while finance may need member cost and billable amount for a client update.

The dashboard should start with the reporting question. Project breakdowns show where the budget went. Issue breakdowns show which work items absorbed time. Member breakdowns show allocation and follow-up needs. Date-range views show weekly or monthly movement. The strongest dashboard keeps these views connected, so the same approved time can support a delivery review, billing check, and stakeholder summary.

Choose the dashboard breakdown

Project, issue, member, and date range answer different questions. A project view summarizes total effort and cost at the level stakeholders recognize. An issue view exposes the exact work behind that total. A member view supports workload and utilization review. A weekly view fits engineering cadence, while a monthly range works better for month-end reporting or client billing periods.

Avoid mixing estimate values with tracked hours in the same field. Estimates on Linear issues describe planned effort or size, using scales such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt. Logged time is clock time. A dashboard can compare them, but it should label each column clearly so a five-point issue does not appear as 5 hours of work or $5 of cost.

Keep billable cost visible

A dashboard becomes more useful when billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost sit in the same view. That layout shows whether a project is profitable, over-serviced, or heavy on internal work. For client work, task-level classification matters because support, rework, or internal coordination may need to stay visible without flowing into billable totals.

A clean report separates the fields that drive billing from the fields that explain delivery. Include project, issue, member, date range, comments when needed, billable status, tracked time, labor cost, and billable amount. Add synced status or tag data when it helps explain patterns. Keep financial columns limited to the people who need them for billing or project review.

Move beyond manual exports

A one-off dashboard is enough when you need a quick status report for a single project, a weekly snapshot, or a client conversation. Export the report when stakeholders work outside the tool, then archive the same date range so the figures can be checked later. This works for small teams when the reporting question changes rarely and the data set stays manageable.

A managed workflow is better when the same Linear reports repeat every week or month. On Everhour's Team plan, the browser-extension integration lets tracked and approved time feed standing reports, with billable and non-billable fields, cost columns, and exports for people who do not live in the tool. The Free plan excludes integrations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Linear dashboard view should I use for stakeholder updates?

Use the breakdown that matches the stakeholder's decision. Executives usually need project totals, cost, and trend over a date range. Engineering leads need issue and member details to explain delivery. Finance needs billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost. Keep one source report, then filter or export the view each audience needs.

Should a dashboard show issue estimates and tracked hours together?

Yes, but keep them in separate labeled columns. Estimates on Linear issues are effort or size values, with scales such as Fibonacci or T-Shirt, while tracked hours are clock time. Treat estimates as planning context and hours as work history. Mixing them into one total creates a report that looks precise but cannot support cost review.

Which date range works best for Linear time reporting?

Use the cadence tied to the decision. Weekly views fit staffing follow-up, current project control, and delivery review. Monthly views fit billing, cost review, and stakeholder summaries. Custom date ranges work for contracts, retainers, or board updates. Keep the same range across hours, billable amount, and cost so totals reconcile.

Which mistake makes a time dashboard hard to explain?

The most common mistake is reporting total hours without the breakdown that explains them. A single project total hides expensive issues, uneven member load, and non-billable work. Add project, issue, member, billable status, and date range before sharing the dashboard. The extra columns make the numbers defensible when someone asks for detail.

Do exports still matter if the dashboard is live?

Exports still matter because not every stakeholder works in the reporting tool. CSV or Excel exports support spreadsheet analysis, while PDF exports work for client or leadership summaries. Use live dashboards for review and exports for distribution, signoff, and archive. Export the same filtered view that drove the decision.

How does Everhour report billable and non-billable Linear time?

On Everhour's Team plan, after billing rules are configured, the Linear integration can report billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost for Linear work. Admins can set project billing status, mark specific tasks non-billable, use custom task rates, and apply member-rate exceptions. The Free plan excludes integrations.

How does Everhour export Linear time reports?

Teams on Everhour's Team plan can export a filtered Linear time view in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF format. Those exports support spreadsheet work, client sharing, or recordkeeping without rebuilding the report manually from individual issue activity. The Free plan excludes integrations.

Turn Linear time into reports

On Everhour's Team plan, teams can track approved hours against Linear work, review billable and non-billable cost in reports, and export the needed view. The Free plan excludes integrations.

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