{"id":5612,"date":"2020-07-30T03:58:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/?p=5612"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:17:19","slug":"manager-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/user-roles-and-permissions\/manager-role","title":{"rendered":"Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"translation-block\">In Clockify, there are two types of managers: <strong>Project<\/strong> managers and <strong>Team<\/strong> managers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note translation-block\">Please note that CAKE.com permissions also apply, as CAKE.com operates as the central organization. For more details on CAKE.com permissions and how they affect individual products, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/cake.com\/help\/administration\/roles-and-permissions\/\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-highlight-box custom-box color-green\"><div class=\"box-header\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><mask id=\"mask-green\" style=\"mask-type:alpha\" maskUnits=\"userSpaceOnUse\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><rect width=\"24\" height=\"24\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"><\/rect><\/mask><g mask=\"url(#mask-green)\"><path d=\"M5 21.0001C4.45 21.0001 3.97917 20.8043 3.5875 20.4126C3.19583 20.0209 3 19.5501 3 19.0001V5.0001C3 4.4501 3.19583 3.97926 3.5875 3.5876C3.97917 3.19593 4.45 3.0001 5 3.0001H13.925L11.925 5.0001H5V19.0001H19V12.0501L21 10.0501V19.0001C21 19.5501 20.8042 20.0209 20.4125 20.4126C20.0208 20.8043 19.55 21.0001 19 21.0001H5ZM9 15.0001V10.7501L18.175 1.5751C18.375 1.3751 18.6 1.2251 18.85 1.1251C19.1 1.0251 19.35 0.975098 19.6 0.975098C19.8667 0.975098 20.1208 1.0251 20.3625 1.1251C20.6042 1.2251 20.825 1.3751 21.025 1.5751L22.425 3.0001C22.6083 3.2001 22.75 3.42093 22.85 3.6626C22.95 3.90426 23 4.1501 23 4.4001C23 4.6501 22.9542 4.89593 22.8625 5.1376C22.7708 5.37926 22.625 5.6001 22.425 5.8001L13.25 15.0001H9ZM11 13.0001H12.4L18.2 7.2001L17.5 6.5001L16.775 5.8001L11 11.5751V13.0001Z\" fill=\"#4CAF50\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span class=\"box-label\">Note<\/span><\/div><div class=\"box-content\">\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Project manager is a paid feature available on <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/pricing\">any paid plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Project managers<\/strong> can see all tracked time on their projects and can edit various aspects of their projects, such as:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set estimates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add tasks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manage project access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedule their own projects and assignments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approve submitted timesheets&nbsp;for members assigned to their projects (if enabled)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launch kiosk (if enabled)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Team managers<\/strong> have similar permissions but focus on overseeing their team members and groups. They can:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>See all tracked time for their team members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit time for their team members (if enabled)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approve submitted timesheets&nbsp;for their team members (if enabled)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approve time off for their team members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launch kiosk (if enabled)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">Team manager role is an additional feature available through upgrading your workspace to a Standard, Pro, or Enterprise plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customizing visibility of certain app features, like hiding pages, also applies to managers. Managers have access to Reports, and project managers additionally have access to the Projects page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assign manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Admin\/Owner can assign manager rights to a workspace member from a <strong>Team<\/strong> or <strong>Projects<\/strong> page in the following way:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Navigate to the <strong>Team <\/strong>or <strong>Projects<\/strong> page&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose user or project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure role options&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose the role and save the changes you&#8217;ve made<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/team_page_manager_rights-1-1-1024x56.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is team_page_manager_rights-1-1-1024x56.png\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Team page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/give_manager_rights-1-1024x443.png\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is give_manager_rights-1-1024x443.png\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Project page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Revoke manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">It&#8217;s also possible to revoke someone&#8217;s <strong>Project\/Team manager<\/strong> role for the specific project from the <strong>Projects<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Go to the <strong>Projects<\/strong> page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Choose <strong>Access<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the three dots to configure user role<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Choose the <strong>Revoke manager rights<\/strong> option<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-18x8.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Access and permissions for managers include receiving email notifications for specific members&#8217; activities, editing team members&#8217; time entries if enabled, and assigning groups to team managers for improving administration processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Action<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Permission<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Track time<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">See time for all projects\/users&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (that I manage)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Add\/edit time for others<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (Team managers for members they manage, unless disabled)&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">See and edit* expenses for their team members<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (*Team managers, unless disabled)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">See expenses for members working on their projects<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (*Project managers, unless disabled)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Edit rates on their projects<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (unless disabled)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Create projects and see status<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (unless disabled)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Edit and add tasks on their projects<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Add members to their projects&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Edit workspace settings<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Assign admin role<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Assign (transfer) owner role<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Set up SSO<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Assign user roles<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Manage groups&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Invite users<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Set up user\u2019s status (active\/inactive)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Define billable rates<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">No<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Create\/edit\/delete projects&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Create\/edit\/delete tasks<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Create\/edit assignments<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (* Team managers, unless disabled)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Schedule their projects\/assignments<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes (*Project managers)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Create\/edit\/delete team members&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Create\/edit\/delete billable rates&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Create\/edit\/delete project status<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Yes&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"tip translation-block\">For an overview of all user roles and permissions, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/user-roles-and-permissions\/who-can-do-what\">Understanding user roles &amp; access permissions<\/a>.&nbsp;<br>For more information on access permissions on other user roles in Clockify, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/user-roles-and-permissions\/admins\">Admins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/user-roles-and-permissions\/regular-users\">Regular users<\/a> Help center articles.<\/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\/administration\/user-roles-and-permissions\/who-can-do-what\">Understanding user roles &amp; access permissions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/user-roles-and-permissions\/admins\">Admins &amp; owners<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/administration\/user-roles-and-permissions\/regular-users\">Regular users<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Clockify, there are two types of managers: Project managers and Team managers&#8230;","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-user-roles-and-permissions"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"aleksandar.olic","author_link":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/author\/aleksandar-olic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5612","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5612"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31261,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5612\/revisions\/31261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clockify.me\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}