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The live clock

Clock in and out from the office or the field — track breaks, switch jobs mid-shift, and capture a GPS pin, all in real time.

The live clock tracks labor in real time — start it when work begins, stop it when it ends, and Foreman records the hours for you. It runs from the same spot whether you're tracking your own time or someone is tracking theirs in the field.

Clock in

  1. From the sidebar, click Time.
  2. In the toolbar, click Clock in.
  3. Pick a Project, or choose No project — overhead / admin for office and overhead time.
  4. (Optional) Pick a Budget Item — the budget line this time counts against. Leave it as Uncategorized to attribute it later.
  5. (Optional) Add a Note for what's being worked on.
  6. Click Clock In.

Note

Open the Time tab inside a project and the clock pre-fills that project for you — you only pick the item.

Don’t see this?

If you don't see Time or the Clock in button, your role may not include time tracking. Ask your organization owner to grant it.

Watch the running shift

Once you're clocked in, the button becomes a live pill reading Current shift with the elapsed time counting up. Click it any time to open the time clock panel.

Note

The sidebar Time icon ticks while you're on the clock — your "you're working" signal anywhere in the app.

Take a break

  1. Click the Current shift pill to open the panel.
  2. Click Break. If your organization has set break lengths, pick one from the list.
  3. The pill turns amber and counts down your break.
  4. When you're back, open the panel and click End break.

Note

Breaks are subtracted from your worked time and survive closing the app — reopen Foreman and your break is still running.

Switch projects mid-shift

  1. Click the Current shift pill.
  2. Change the Project or Budget Item to where you're moving.
  3. Click Save changes.

Foreman closes the current segment and opens the new one — your total worked time carries across both, it never resets.

Clock out

  1. Click the Current shift pill.
  2. Click Stop.
  3. Confirm with Clock Out.

The shift saves as a time entry, Pending approval.

The GPS pin

If you allow location access when clocking in, Foreman records how far you were from the project and shows a pin on the entry — blue within a mile of the project, orange beyond it. It's advisory only: a denied location or a project without an address simply shows no pin, and it never blocks you from clocking in.

Note

Left clocked in overnight? The entry shows a blue asterisk on its start time as a forgot-to-clock-out reminder. A manager can fix it from the entry.
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