# Time overview and access levels

> Time has five tabs: My time, Team, Approvals, Reports and Settings. What each one is for, and who on your team sees it.

Source: https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/time-overview-and-access-levels

![Time area on the My time tab, with tabs for Team, Approvals, Reports and Settings, time insight cards for the current week, and the weekly calendar below.](https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/time-tracking--time-overview-and-access-levels-1600.webp)
Same screen with numbered callouts: https://docs.moodiri.com/shots/time-tracking--time-overview-and-access-levels-annotated.webp
Callout 1: My time
Callout 2: Settings


Time is where your studio records the hours behind every project: what you plan,
what you actually worked, and what gets approved and billed. Everyone logs their own
week in **My time**. The owner and admins see the whole team, approve timesheets,
run reports and turn approved billable hours into invoices.

## What each tab is for

- **My time.** Your own week: log time, run a timer, accept suggested calendar events and submit the week. See [My time](https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/my-time).
- **Team.** Everyone's logged hours for a week, day by day, with each person's submission status. See [Team time](https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/team-time).
- **Approvals.** Submitted weeks waiting for a decision. A badge on the tab shows how many are waiting. See [Timesheet approvals](https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/timesheet-approvals).
- **Reports.** Confirmed hours, billable value and utilization for a period, plus the time that is ready to invoice. See [Reports](https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/time-reports).
- **Settings.** Weekly capacity, rates and approvers for each person, project phases and tasks, and firm holidays. See [Time settings](https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/time-settings).

## Who sees what

| Tab | Who sees it |
| --- | --- |
| **My time** | Everyone on the team |
| **Team** | The owner and admins |
| **Approvals** | The owner, admins with the **Time tracking** permission, and anyone set as a teammate's approver |
| **Reports** | The owner and admins. Exports and **Unbilled time** need the **Time tracking** permission |
| **Settings** | The owner and admins with the **Time tracking** permission. Anyone else who opens it is sent back to **My time** |

The **Time tracking** permission is set per admin in [roles and admin permissions](https://docs.moodiri.com/settings/set-roles-and-admin-permissions).

## How a week moves

Each person's week has one status, shown next to the week dates:

- **Not submitted.** The week is open. Add, change or delete time freely.
- **Submitted.** Waiting for the approver. You can recall it while it waits.
- **Returned.** The approver sent it back with comments. Fix it and resubmit.
- **Approved.** Locked. Billable time from approved weeks is ready to invoice.

## Projects you can log to

Owners and admins with the **Time tracking** permission can log to any project.
Everyone else sees only the projects they are assigned to in
[Time settings](https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/time-settings). Time can also go to office work with
no project.

## Limits

- Nobody approves their own week from **Approvals**. If you can review time, your own week approves itself when you submit it, and you can reopen a week you approved this way.
- A week that someone else approved can only be reopened by the owner or an admin with the **Time tracking** permission.

## Questions

### Why can't a teammate see the Approvals tab?

Approvals shows only for the owner, admins with the **Time tracking** permission, and people set as someone's approver. Set an approver in [People and approvers](https://docs.moodiri.com/time-tracking/time-settings#people-and-approvers).

### Why does my own week approve itself when I submit it?

If you can review time, your week is approved the moment you submit it, so you never wait on a second approver. You can still reopen it yourself.