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How to Create Activity Categories?

Steps to Create Activity categories.

Devanshi Kackar avatar
Written by Devanshi Kackar
Updated over a week ago

Activity categories are used throughout the company to ensure a consistent description and rate of time entries. You can also share these Activity Categories with your team members so that everyone in your company can use them when entering time.

When you create an Activity Category and use it in a time entry, it will auto-populate the description and rates for you. But you must create them along with the Category name.

Steps to Manage Activity Categories

  1. Click on Activities on the left and further click on Categories. Alternatively, go to Avatar Icon > Settings > Firm Settings > Activity Categories to manage Activity Categories.

  2. Toggle between Legacy categories, Time categories, Expense categories, and Flat fee categories.

  3. You need to update any legacy categories you have.

  4. Use the Filter, Grouping and Sort options to filter out categories as per your unique requirements.

Steps to Create an Activity Category

  1. Click on Activities on the left and further click on Categories. Or, click on any activity and select Activity category and choose + Add new category.

  2. Alternatively, go to Avatar Icon > Settings > Firm Settings > Activity Categories > New Category to manage Activity Categories.

  3. To add new categories, select the Activity Category between Time, Expense, or Flat Fee.

  4. Give your activity category a Name (which is mandatory), Description, and Rate.

  5. In case of Expense Category, you also need to define the expense type; Hard Cost or Soft Cost.

  6. Click on Is Active to allow users to use the Activity Category.

  7. Utilize the tax settings to make sure tax is applied for certain activity categories consistently. This setting allows you to add both Primary and Secondary taxes.

  8. Click on Save to save your category. Click on Save & Add New if you wish to create multiple categories.

To update an existing category, click on the Edit Button next to the category or, the Update option under Action Required, and update the details before clicking on Save to save the changes.

To remove categories, click on the Delete Button next to the category and confirm the removal by clicking on Delete button.


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