Which reports are there and what do they show?
Three areas: the project reports with effort, revenue and budget, the analytics module of the time tracking with figures, a trend and four reporting axes, and the metric tiles on the dashboard. On top of that comes the export of the audit log. What someone sees depends on their role and on the projects they are responsible for.
As at:September 2026
Which report answers which question
The reports sit in three different places, and the place reveals the question. Anyone wanting to know whether a project holds up goes to the project reports. Anyone wanting to know where the working time goes goes to the analytics module of the time tracking. Anyone wanting an overview at a glance sees it on the dashboard.
Four reporting areas and the question they are built for.
| Analytics | Answers | Who can reach it |
|---|---|---|
| Project reports | How much effort has gone into a project, what revenue stands against it on paper, and how it stands against the budget. | Management, HR, accounting and the people responsible for the project in question. |
| Time tracking analytics | Where the recorded time goes, with figures, a trend and four reporting axes. | All four roles, with the scope of data depending on the role. |
| Figures on the dashboard | What the system delivers, as a tile with a trend and a derived note. | Management. |
| Audit log | Who changed what on a time entry and when. | Management, HR and accounting, on the Professional plan. |
Project reports
- Answers
- How much effort has gone into a project, what revenue stands against it on paper, and how it stands against the budget.
- Who can reach it
- Management, HR, accounting and the people responsible for the project in question.
Time tracking analytics
- Answers
- Where the recorded time goes, with figures, a trend and four reporting axes.
- Who can reach it
- All four roles, with the scope of data depending on the role.
Figures on the dashboard
- Answers
- What the system delivers, as a tile with a trend and a derived note.
- Who can reach it
- Management.
Audit log
- Answers
- Who changed what on a time entry and when.
- Who can reach it
- Management, HR and accounting, on the Professional plan.
The time account per person and the absence report are not in this table. They belong to the month end and are described there.
The project progress report
The report brings together, per project, the effort spent, the calculated revenue and the position against the plan. What is interesting about it is less that it calculates than what it calculates with.
It calculates with effective minutes, not booked ones. For each day the working time is assessed against the break and occupational safety rules, and the ratio of effective to raw time is then applied proportionally to every entry of the same day. Days with a breach are counted, along with the minutes deducted in the process. The report therefore shows where the assessment differs from the booking, instead of hiding the difference.
Only billable entries feed into the revenue. The rate comes first from the entry itself, otherwise from the service, and where both are missing it is zero. Before the revenue calculation, rounding is applied to the billing interval, optionally by quarter hour, half hour, hour or exact; the interval of the client-service assignment takes precedence over that of the service.
What comes out of that is a calculation and not an invoice. There is no document, no number and no posting. The application records what was billed; it issues nothing.
The four rules by which the project report calculates.
| Rule | What it does |
|---|---|
| Effective instead of booked minutes | The daily assessment against break and occupational safety rules is apportioned to every entry of that day. |
| Breach days are counted | The report states the number of days affected and the minutes deducted. |
| Revenue only from billable entries | The rate comes from the entry, otherwise from the service, otherwise it is zero. |
| Rounding before the revenue calculation | By quarter hour, half hour, hour or exact. The interval of the client-service assignment takes precedence. |
Effective instead of booked minutes
- What it does
- The daily assessment against break and occupational safety rules is apportioned to every entry of that day.
Breach days are counted
- What it does
- The report states the number of days affected and the minutes deducted.
Revenue only from billable entries
- What it does
- The rate comes from the entry, otherwise from the service, otherwise it is zero.
Rounding before the revenue calculation
- What it does
- By quarter hour, half hour, hour or exact. The interval of the client-service assignment takes precedence.
Detail report, budget and service breakdown
Alongside the overview there is a detail page per project with the individual bookings, the people involved and the breakdown across services. That is the level at which a follow-up question gets answered without going into the time entries themselves.
The budget section shows the budget position, usage and remaining budget. It belongs to the Professional plan and is the only part of the project report with a plan restriction.
The service overview answers a question of its own: which services tie up how much effort, in absolute and relative terms. It also appears on the client page, there from the service's point of view; here it appears as a report.
- Open the project reports and choose the period.
- Filter by client, project, service or person. The selection lists only show what you are allowed to see anyway.
- Open a project to get to the individual bookings, the people involved and the service breakdown.
- On the Professional plan additionally read the budget position with usage and remaining budget.
The steps here describe a running system. Anyone who does not have one yet sets it up during the trial and keeps everything created along the way.
Time tracking analytics
The time tracking has a reporting page of its own with figures, a trend, four reporting axes, exports and saved filters. It is open to all four roles, with the scope of data depending on the role: anyone who may only see their own times reports on their own times.
The billing status is a dimension of its own there. Bookings already billed are identifiable as such and can be separated out in a report, so that the same effort is not counted twice.
Anything beyond that dimension, that is marking a selection as a work step, appears in the feature catalogue so far only as an open question from a comparison of interface texts. This page therefore does not describe it, and that is a deliberate gap rather than an oversight.
Figures on the dashboard
For management there are three connected tiles. The first shows figures on the benefit of the system, such as time saved and utilisation. The second presents the same figures as a time series, so that a development becomes visible and not just a snapshot.
The third derives from that a note on which next step is worth taking. It is a recommendation from the figures available, not a forecast and not an assessment of the people behind them.
Exporting the audit log
The time tracking audit report can be exported as a file. It belongs to the Professional plan and is accessible to management, HR and accounting.
Expired entries are archived automatically as CSV and removed from the live table. How long they stay there first depends on the plan and is described in the guide on deleting and retaining data.
Follow-up questions
- Why does the effort in the project report differ from the times booked?
- Because the report calculates with effective minutes. For each day the working time is assessed against the break and occupational safety rules, and the result is apportioned to the entries of that day. The report states the number of breach days and the minutes deducted, so the difference can be read off and is not hidden.
- Can I write an invoice from the project report?
- No. The revenue is a calculation, not invoicing: no document, no number, no posting. The application records what was billed; it issues nothing. Invoicing is deliberately not part of the product.
- Where does the rate used for the revenue come from?
- First from the time entry itself. If there is none there, from the service. If there is none there either, it is zero. Rounding to the billing interval happens beforehand, and the interval of the client-service assignment takes precedence over that of the service.
- As a project owner, do I see all projects?
- No, your own. Project ownership opens the reports for exactly the projects you are responsible for. Management, HR and accounting see all projects.
- Are advanced reports tied to the larger plan?
- Only in two places. The budget section of the project report and the audit log belong to the Professional plan. The other reports are available on every plan.
Describes the state of the application onSeptember 2026. What changes in the product is in the product updates.
Published by: AMNAU GmbH
Editorial responsibility: Ugur Aydogan, Product development.
Last reviewed: September 2026
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