Time Travel Is Now Possible with TSheets
I just returned recently from the wowtastic QuickBooks Connect conference in San Jose, California. As always, I gained a ton of knowledge about how to run, grow, and develop my business and heard about many exciting new features coming down the pipe for QuickBooks Online (QBO). I also explored a plethora of apps that connect to QBO.
One of the standouts was
. Of course, they are hard to miss at QB Connect, known for their parties, fun loot, and anticipated scheduled raffles at their rancous booth. They truly love us QuickBooks ProAdvisors! But they also love their employees and customers. This shows when contacting them for support; their employees are so fun and bubbly, using funny words like
ticklers
for follow up reminders, that this is one of the few companies I would
look forward
to calling. They are customer-focused because they know they already have an awesome product but they listen to feedback and update their software with amazing new features all the time.
As an
(IOP) user, I was thrilled when I learned that I can now
import TSheets timesheets in IOP
. Even though IOP has a timesheet and time clock add on, IOP discontinued job costing, which was a real bummer to say the least. But you can have the best of both worlds with TSheets: job costing using customers from QuickBooks in time data and the export of hours directly into payroll. And setting this all up was as easy as installing a Chrome Extension and simply connecting to QBO. It literally takes seconds, it is so easy!
But wait, it doesn't just end there! The big reveal was the direct integration of TSheets' famous timesheet directly
within
QuickBooks Online. Instead of having to export time to QBO from within TSheets, which only required
one click,
you can now click on Approve Time under the Employees menu in QBO and seamlessly enter time. The look and feel mimics QBO to a
T
so it doesn't even look like you have left QBO. Read more from my friend William Murphy's article at Insightful Accountant:
TSheets Partners with Intuit to Streamline Payroll for QBO Users
.
Fast forward to the future! It is partnerships like this that will propel QuickBooks Online into the forefront of technology and enable small businesses to become even more efficient. Thanks TSheets!
TSheets: Power Over Space and Time!
I have never been so excited about a company
before
even trying their service or product until now. This company,
, has a lot of enthusiastic employees who I've seen with a big, loud, and fun presence at the
conference. And recently, I have enjoyed a cool hangout with Jessie, their Accountant Program Director, who showed me all the amazing features of TSheets in our
Phoenix Chapter meeting.
Never before have I thought about the lowly timesheet, even though I have been using QuickBooks Pro Timer a lot recently to keep track of a major development project where I need to time my work and have another QuickBooks company file open other than my own. So while having to export and import timer activities is not major, I am much more impressed with the capabilities of TSheets.
This is just a short list of what I am excited about that TSheets does:
Syncs with both QuickBooks for Desktop and QuickBooks Online.
Clock in by calling in, via text message, and even Twitter!
Both iOS and Android apps
An additional Crew Time Tracker mobile app
And even a GPS tracker to show your employees' location when they are on the clock!
I've finally tried this all out on their web-based site and on my Android smartphone. I love this app! And support was quick at getting me set up and tracking time in
no time.
It is very clear that this company loves their employees as their hard work and enthusiasm shows.
UPDATE:
Unfortunately, I found out that TSheets won't work for what I do specifically, which is start timing a job and pause and resume the clock multiple times during a day like I have been doing in QuickBooks Pro Timer. This is critical because I can't have multiple single-time entries exporting to QuickBooks that are billable as this would show up as multiple line items on my client's invoice for the same day. Since this is a known issue that a lot of people want, I am hoping that TSheets will implement it soon:
It makes sense to me that if there is key functionality in a QuickBooks single-time entry, then TSheets should include the same in their software, as this could be a deal killer for a lot of people, who would thus be unable to use it.
UPDATE 10-28-16:
TSheets added a break option a while back which works just like a pause button. They are amazing in that they are constantly looking at feedback and making improvements. More to come...!
