Showing labor metric descriptions instead of names in the timesheet

You can configure the timesheet so that descriptions are shown instead of names for labor metric fields. Security group permissions are used to control whether the name of the field, description, or both are shown.

Descriptions for these fields can be shown instead of names for work details, premiums, and elapsed times:

  • Time Code
  • Hour Type
  • Job
  • Project
  • Team
  • Department
  • Docket

To show the description of a field instead of the name, configure the permission of the corresponding element ending in DESC_ONLY to Act or view. The corresponding name and description fields must also be set to Act or view. If the permission of the description field is set to Deny, then the name is displayed.

For example, to show project descriptions instead of names in the Work Details section of the timesheet, these permission must be set:

  • FIELD_TIMESHEET_DETAILS_WORKDETAILS_PROJECT: Act/view
  • FIELD_TIMESHEET_DETAILS_WORKDETAILS_PROJECT_DESC: Act/view
  • FIELD_TIMESHEET_DETAILS_WORKDETAILS_PROJECT_DESC_ONLY: Act/view

For fields that are not hidden, both the name and description are shown in lookup pop-ups.

For details on configuring the timesheet to show labor metric descriptions, see Timesheet.

Note: This configuration only applies to labor metric fields in the Work Details, Premiums, and Elapsed Time sections. It does not apply to clocks or UDFs.