Glossary of terms

This section explains recurring terms used across the app. When a user is not sure what a field, section, or action actually means, this is the right place to start.

Work profile

A work profile defines the expected working regime. It affects planned hours, workdays, overtime evaluation, and how worked time is interpreted in reports.

Employee profile

An employee profile is the concrete setup of one person. It includes identity, role, permissions, calendar, company relationship, and other operating data.

Activity

An activity says what type of work was done. It helps separate administration, development, service, meetings, or other work inside the same day or project.

Project

A project represents a concrete client job, internal initiative, or work unit where time is recorded. Projects show where work was directed and where costs were created.

Customer

A customer is the business party for whom work is being done. Not every company needs it, but where external reporting or billing exists, it helps separate projects by client.

Cost center

A cost center is an internal split of costs and responsibility. It is used when the company needs work and time broken down by department, branch, or accounting unit.

Request

A request is an item that enters an approval flow. Typical examples are vacation, absence, sick day, attendance exception, or another state that should not be recorded only one-sided by the employee.

Report

A report is an output built on collected data. It is used for review, evaluation, and export for management, payroll, audit, or client overviews.

Statistics

Statistics is more of an overview and analytics layer than a detailed list. It is useful for trends, comparisons, and quick management reading.

Terminal

A terminal is a shared device or access point for clock-in and clock-out. It is used where attendance is not tracked only through each user’s individual account.

Working Timer connection

The connection means that the employee and their company setup in Working People are linked to their Working Timer account, where daily time tracking happens.

Industrial time

Industrial time is decimal time notation instead of the HH:mm format. It is mainly used where companies or payroll processes work with decimal hour values.