Answers to the most common questions about creating projects, controlling project access, payments, expenses, and more.
The Project Dashboard is an overview that shows tasks and time. At the top there is a quick overview of the tasks by status and links to a report if you wish to see more detail. At the top right there is a time overview pie chart for a quick glance at the usage spread […]
In Intervals, every time you create a project, there is an optional budget amount: This project budget on the profile view is the high level budget for the project and can be whatever you like. If you flat bid it can be that amount. If you do a combination of flat bids and hourly bids it […]
On the Project Dashboard and on the Outstanding Balances Report there are references to uninvoiced. In the screenshot below the uninvoiced line item shows the amount of billable work that has been done, but not yet invoiced. Think of it as a cue that a client may need to get invoiced for work performed. In […]
Projects can only be created by administrator level users by going to Projects >> Create a new project. If your account is not a administrator you can reach out to an administrator on your account to create the project for you. They will also need to give you access to the project. The reason for this […]
Each Intervals project has a feed that is updated whenever a milestone, task, document or other project asset is added or updated. This feed is also available as an authenticated RSS feed. To add the feed to your favorite RSS reader, first make sure the reader supports authentication RSS feeds. The following instructions apply specifically […]
The project activity feed, available to each project, provides a real-time list of recent project updates. Task updates, document uploads, time entries, milestone changes — every addition and update related to the project will be listed. The feed has options for viewing by day, week, or month. Ways to view the Project Activity Feed: From […]
Additional columns appear by clicking the “Show widescreen view” check box at the top of the listing. For example: The additional columns are milestone-related columns: Total milestones Total tasks in progress Total overdue tasks
Any creative agency that has been in business for a short while will notice similarities between projects for different clients. Projects tend to repeat themselves and there is a lot of overlap between projects when designing and developing web sites. This is especially true for agencies that focus on clients in niche industries. Create a […]
Recording payments on each project is a great way to keep track of a project’s outstanding balance. Some projects might receive a payment up front, others may not receive payment until midway through and/or the end. By tracking payments, Intervals is able to show how much work was completed compared to how much money was […]
Each project can be configured to alert the project manager when a percentage of the overall budget has been reached. To set this up, go to the project profile page and edit the project. Enter the percentage of the budget that should be used to trigger the email alert. A good place to start is […]