When you create a time entry via the entry form, you can enter the start time and the end time.
At the start of work, you might want to create a time entry and first record only the start time, then add the end time later. This is not possible: you cannot save a time entry without specifying the end time. There are several reasons for this.
Without an end time, a time entry has no duration. The list of time entries would then contain entries with no working time shown. The view becomes cluttered, and it is unclear why individual time entries are not included in the working time account.
Experience shows that many such time entries slip through the cracks, and the end time is not added later either. Over time, dozens or hundreds of time entries without an end time and without a duration accumulate, for which employees can no longer determine the correct end time in hindsight.
Instead, you have the following alternatives:
Recording via the time clock
Allow recording working time via the time clock. Employees can then conveniently start the time clock with one click at the beginning of work and stop it in the afternoon.
Recording via the time recording terminal
Provide the time recording terminal on a tablet for your team, so employees can conveniently clock in when they arrive at the company.
Enter an estimated end time
Employees can create a time entry in the morning with a start time and an approximate end time. At the end of the day, they edit the time entry and correct the end time.
Allow entering the working time duration instead of the times
In the time tracking settings, an admin can define under the Input type option whether employees enter the start and end time when entering a time entry, or whether they enter only the duration. If you do not need the times, allow only the duration to be recorded.