How to link hours to a project with Nebulas Projects

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What you get by linking hours to a project

With Nebulas Projects every logged hour stays anchored to a project and a precise WBS task. Managers and teams see priorities, progress, and deadlines in the same context, without having to manually rebuild the link between time worked and the project plan.

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How the hour-to-project link works

Steps

1. Timesheets organize entries by date, project, and WBS task.
2. Daily, weekly, and monthly views show detail and totals.
3. The report is verified by comparing hours against the hour budget and WBS progress.
4. The project keeps client, people, and assignment context during logging.

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What you need before logging hours

Prerequisites

• A WBS with phases, sub-phases, and tasks defined with responsibilities and hour budgets.
• Authorized access per person and project, respecting the platform's settings.
• WBS tasks with updated status and priority for a readable report.

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Hypothetical example of a weekly report

Hypothetical example: a team works on a project with three WBS phases. Each member logs hours by date and task; the weekly view shows totals per phase and the comparison with the planned hour budget, helping the manager decide where to step in.

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How to verify report consistency

• Compare monthly view totals with the WBS hour budget.
• Check that each entry shows the correct project and task.
• Use search and filters in the project register to isolate projects needing attention.
• Verify that WBS task status and progress match reported hours.

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What a company can configure with Nebulas

A company can set up, together with the software partner, the WBS structure with phases and hour budgets, define roles and authorized access for hour logging, and choose the review views (daily, weekly, monthly) best suited to its workflow. This is a suggested operational choice, not a legal requirement.

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Practical steps to link hours to a project

Steps

1. Open the project and check the WBS with phases, tasks, and hour budgets.
2. Log the hour selecting the correct date, project, and WBS task.
3. Check the daily view to correct any errors right away.
4. At the end of the week or month, compare totals with the planned hour budget.
5. Use the board to verify that task status reflects the work done.

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Next step

If you manage projects with multiple phases and people, check that your WBS has assigned hour budgets before starting timesheets: this makes the report comparable from the first week.