View Actual Hours
The hours you log on your work items in Adobe Workfront are considered Actual Hours.
Actual Hours represent the actual time that it took you to complete a task, issue, or a project.
We recommend that hours should be logged on work items, which are tasks and issues.
However, as a Workfront administrator, you can allow users to log time on projects, as well, depending on what the workflows are in your organization.
For more information about how to set up your system to allow users to log time on projects, see Configure timesheet and hour preferences.
Access requirements
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.
Actual Hours on tasks and issues vs. Actual Hours on projects
The Actual Hours on tasks and issues represent the number of hours logged directly on the tasks and issues.
Parent Task Actual Hours = All Tasks Actual Hours + Parent Task Actual Hours
Actual Hours for Projects represent a total of Actual Hours from all the tasks on the project (including hours logged directly on parent tasks), all the issues on the project as well as the Actual Hours logged on the project itself.
The following formula applies for the Actual Hours on a project:
Project Actual Hours = All Tasks Actual Hours + All Issues Actual Hours + All Project Actual Hours
Find Actual Hours
Finding the value for Actual Hours for an item is identical for tasks, projects, and issues.
You can find the Actual Hours information on tasks in the following locations:
Actual Hours in the Details section actual-hours-in-the-details-section
Finding Actual Hours in the Details section is identical for projects, tasks, and issues.
To locate Actual Hours in Task Details:
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Go to a task for which you want to review the Actual Hours.
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Click Task Details in the left panel.
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Click Overview and notice the Actual Hours value.
This is the total of hours logged on this task.
Actual Hours in the Hours section actual-hours-in-the-hours-section
Finding Actual Hours in the Hours section is identical for projects, tasks, and issues.
To locate Actual Hours in Hours section :
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Go to a task for which you want to review the Actual Hours.
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Click Hours in the left panel.
Depending on your configuration, the Hours section might be listed under Show More.
This displays a list of hour entries logged on the task.
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Ensure that the Standard view and the Project grouping are applied to this list.
The number shown in the grouping line for the Hours column is the total number of Actual Hours on the task.
Actual Hours in reports actual-hours-in-reports
When building tasks, issues, or projects reports, you can show the Actual Hours value for each task, issue, or project in the report.
Adding the Actual Hours column to a task view is similar to building a view in a report.
To show Actual Hours in a task report:
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Click New Report, then choose Task as your object.
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Click Add Column, and start typing Actual Hours when the Show in this column drop-down field is displayed. Select the field when it appears in the list.
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Click Save + Close to save the report.
The Actual Hours column shows the number of hours logged on each task.
Actual Hours in Resource Management tools actual-hours-in-resource-management-tools
If you want to see the progress of the work your users are doing on their assigned tasks and issues, you can view them in the following Resource Management tools:
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Utilization Report.
For information about the utilization report, see Overview of the Resource Utilization report. -
Resource Planner.
For information about viewing Actual Hours in the Resource Planner, see View Available, Planned, and Actual Hours or FTE in the Resource Planner when using the User view.
Log time
You can log time on tasks, issues, and projects in multiple ways.
For more information about logging time in Workfront, see Log time.