{"id":16433,"date":"2024-02-09T09:07:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T09:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/?p=16433"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:13:34","slug":"invoicing-tracked-time-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/projects\/invoicing-tracked-time-expenses","title":{"rendered":"Invoice tracked time &amp; expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Invoice tracked time and associated expenses to your clients, allowing them to compensate you for the rendered services. The invoicing process involves handling both tracked time and project-related expenses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note translation-block\">Invoicing is a paid feature, which you can use if you&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/pricing\">upgrade<\/a>&nbsp;your workspace to Standard, Pro, or Enterprise plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Import time and expenses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the invoice in your workspace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Click on <strong>Import time and expenses<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose client projects you intend to invoice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specify date range and projects for which you want to import time and expenses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">For expenses, activate the <strong>Include billable expenses<\/strong> option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose the grouping preference for items on the invoice:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Single Item: Merge all hours\/expenses into one line item<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detailed: List each time entry\/expense as an individual line item<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grouped: Group hours by project, user, or date\/category with further subgrouping options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Specify if you want to round imported time and click <strong>Import<\/strong> to finalize the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.41.12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19558\" style=\"width:366px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.41.12.png 447w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.41.12-151x300.png 151w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.41.12-6x12.png 6w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, all time entries\/expenses matching the selected date range and project\/task will be imported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure imported time and expenses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting time rounding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">You can configure the time rounding option in the <strong>Workspace settings<\/strong>. Note that when rounding time, each individual time entry is rounded, not just the final total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Line items<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Editing line items from the imported items (e.g. changing description, amount, or cost) won&#8217;t affect the actual time entries. If you delete a line item, all time entries from that item will lose their invoiced status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Each imported expense will be marked as <strong>invoiced<\/strong> so you don\u2019t accidentally invoice the same expense twice. If you remove a line item that contains imported expenses (or delete the whole invoice), those expenses will be marked as <strong>uninvoiced<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure invoices manually<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">If you\u2019d like to manually configure invoices, you can mark an expense as invoiced or uninvoiced in the <strong>Detailed expense report<\/strong> by selecting them through bulk edit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.16.44-1024x509.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.16.44-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.16.44-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.16.44-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.16.44-1536x764.png 1536w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.16.44-2048x1018.png 2048w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-26-at-11.16.44-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important considerations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only uninvoiced and billable time entries and expenses can be imported<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can import time and expense into an invoice multiple times, provided it is for the same client<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If entry is approved, after import:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Invoice items are automatically populated<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relevant entries are automatically marked as invoiced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deleting the entire invoice marks all entries as uninvoiced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expenses with a unit:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The unit column in the invoice takes the unit information from the expense<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The price column in the invoice takes the price information from the category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expenses without a unit are displayed as a single unit in the invoice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Item type in invoice:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Imported time categorized as <strong>Service<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Imported expense categorized as <strong>Product<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Imported-invoice-1200px-1024x592.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30267\" style=\"width:799px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Imported-invoice-1200px-1024x592.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Imported-invoice-1200px-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Imported-invoice-1200px-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Imported-invoice-1200px-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Imported-invoice-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can customize the names of Service and Product item types in the invoice settings. Additionally, you have the option to hide the item type column from the PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"tip translation-block\"><strong>Item type<\/strong> section appears only if the <strong>tracking expenses<\/strong> option is <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/track-time-and-expenses\/expenses#add-expenses\">enabled<\/a> in the <strong>Workspace settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can always mark an expense as invoiced or uninvoiced manually in the Detailed Expense Report by selecting them via bulk edit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group related-articles\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list related-articles-list\">\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/projects\/invoicing\">Create &amp; manage invoices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/projects\/sending-invoice-emails\">Send invoice emails<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/projects\/export-invoices\">Export invoices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Invoice tracked time and associated expenses to your clients, allowing them to c&#8230;","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_helpful_status":1,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invoices"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"tamara radijevac","author_link":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/author\/tamara-radijevac"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16433"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30268,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16433\/revisions\/30268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}