Manually generate timesheets

Last update: August 19, 2022

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To enable changes that you made to the timesheet profiles to reflect in current timesheets, you have to first delete the existing timesheets and then manually generate new ones. You can manually generate timesheets from the Timesheets area or the Diagnostics area in Setup, as explained in this article.

For instructions on deleting timesheets, see Delete timesheets in Adobe Workfront.

Access requirements

You must have the following to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront planAny
Adobe Workfront licensePlan
Access level configurations*

You must be a Workfront administrator or, if you are working on timesheet profiles for a group, you must be a group administrator (or Workfront administrator). For more information, see Group administrators.

If you still don't have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can modify your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels.

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

Considerations about manually generated timesheets

When you manually generate timesheets:

  • They are generated according to the timesheet profiles that are associated with your users. Users who do not have timesheet profiles associated with them do not receive timesheets.
  • Only the current timesheet and the one to follow are generated. Workfront does not generate two timesheets for the same period. If you already have a timesheet for a specific time frame, another one will not generate when you are using the manual process to generate timesheets.

Manually generate timesheets from the Timesheets & Hours area

You can manually generate system-level or group-level timesheets from the Timesheets & Hours area in Setup.

  1. Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, then click Setup .

  2. If you are generating timesheets in use throughout the system, click Timesheets & Hours.

    Or

    If you are generating timesheets used by a specific group, click Groups, then click the group’s name.

  3. Click Timesheet Profiles.

  4. Click More, then Generate Timesheets.

    New timesheets are created for up to two periods of time for users associated with timesheet profiles.

Manually generate system-level timesheets from the Diagnostics area

You can manually generate system-level timesheets from the Diagnostics area in Setup.

  1. Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, then click Setup .

  2. Expand System, then click Diagnostics.

  3. Click Conduct Diagnostics.

  4. Click Generate Timesheets.

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