Costlocker guide
  • GETTING STARTED
    • What is Costlocker and who is it for
    • Registration and Company setup
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    • Managing a Project
      • Creating a Project
      • Creating a Project by Duplication
      • Auto ID
      • Tags
      • Responsible People
      • Discount on the project
      • Project Billing
      • Finishing a Project
      • Exporting the Budget
      • Locking a Project
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      • Cost Estimate
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      • Notes
    • Project Expenses
      • Project Expenses Report
    • Billable vs. Non-Billable Hours
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    • Adding people
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    • Salary
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    • Calculating an Employee's Hourly Rate
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    • Creating Activities
    • Activating / Deactivating an Activity
  • CLIENTS
    • Creating a Client
    • Activating / Deactivating a Client
    • Setting Default Client Rates
  • Time Tracking
    • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet
    • Daily Time Entry
    • Weekly Time Entry
    • Timesheet Views
      • Summary
      • Day by Day
      • Weekly
      • Live
  • Reports
    • Company Performance
    • Report of Finished Project
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    • Project Expenses
    • Billing
  • Profitability
  • Your Company
    • Basic Overviews
    • Alerts
    • Overhead Costs
    • Fixed and Monthly Rate
    • Calculation of Overhead Cost per Worked Hour
    • Analysis Cost Allocation in projects
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    • Desktop Application
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    • MacOS Application
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    • iOS Mobile Application
  • Integrations
    • Integration with Make
    • API
  • Subscription
    • Trial period
    • Switching to a Paid Account
    • Subscription Settings
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Finishing a Project

You should always finish a project in Costlocker after it's completed.

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What Happens When I Finish a Project?

  • The project will no longer be searchable in time tracking

  • Users can no longer log time or edit previous time entries on it

  • The project will be fully billed

  • The project will have complete reporting, and you can always revisit it through the Finished Projects section

After finishing a project, you can reopen it at any time and make any changes you need.

How to Finish a Project

You can easily finish a project by clicking the Finish Project button in the project detail.

After clicking Finish Project, a confirmation dialog will appear.

This dialog informs us that we haven't fully billed the project yet. As seen in the Project Overview, we've only billed $ 2,000 so far. Costlocker wants us to confirm the remaining amount.

A project must always be fully billed before it can be finished.

We have two options:

1. Keep the Project Open

In this case, nothing happens; we manually adjust the Project Billing to ensure the total project revenue is billed, and then we finish the project.

2. Let Costlocker Bill the Project for Us

In this case, by clicking the OK, Agree button, the following changes will occur:

  • All bills in this project will be marked as Billed

  • The remaining amount that wasn't billed will be billed with today's date

  • The project will be marked as finished

If you use the automatic project billing option, we recommend checking the project's Billing afterward to ensure everything was billed as you intended. If not, you can Reopen the Project and adjust the billing as needed.

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