Getting started

Timeora is a time tracking and project management app for Microsoft Teams. It records what people work on, turns that into project and client reporting, and gives managers the numbers they need without a separate spreadsheet.

What you need

Before you start

• A Microsoft 365 account in an organisation that uses Timeora.
• The Timeora app installed in Microsoft Teams, or access through your organisation’s app link.
• A role that allows the actions you want to take. Most people start with the User role, which can track their own time.

Open Timeora

Timeora runs as a Teams tab and in the Microsoft 365 app host. Your organisation may also publish a direct link such as app.timeora.io.

1. Open Microsoft Teams and select Timeora in the app bar or the Apps menu.
2. If you do not see it, open the app store for your organisation and install Timeora.
3. Sign in with your Microsoft 365 account when prompted.

The first visit creates your user record in your organisation’s Timeora tenant and takes you to Home. Your tenant is the workspace your organisation’s data lives in — everybody signs in to the same tenant, and data is never shared between tenants.

Open Timeora Home

Core concepts

Concept	What it is
Time entry	A recorded block of work with a start time, duration, project and activity.
Project	The customer-facing container that work is billed to.
Activity	The kind of work inside a project, such as development, design or a meeting.
Client	The organisation a project belongs to; used in reporting and invoicing.
Work time account	Your balance of worked time against the expected schedule.
Role	A named set of permissions that decides which actions you can take.

Track your first hour

1. Open Time tracker in the navigation.
2. Select a project and an activity for the work you are about to do.
3. Start the timer, or add the time entry manually with a start time and duration.
4. Add a short note so the entry still makes sense when the report is read weeks later.
5. Stop the timer when you are done.

The timer view shows the current week by default. Use the date range selection to look at a different period, and open Reports from the same module when you need the numbers rather than the entries.

What Timeora covers

• Time tracking — timer, punch clock, work time accounts and absences.
• Work management — projects, activities, clients and tasks.
• Reporting & export — per-project, per-client, per-user and per-team reports.
• Accounting — invoices built from tracked work.
• CRM — accounts, contacts, deals and sales reporting.
• Administration — users, teams, roles and settings.

Which of these you can see depends on two things: the licence tier your organisation has, and the role you hold. Roles and permissions explains the difference.