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# Adding Labor Hours to a Work Order | FlowPath Help Center
### Adding Labor Hours to a Work Order
This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to track labor hours within a Work Order.
July 9, 2025
From within a work order, you can easily track your work hours and labor hours. Multiple users can work on a single work order, and you can track the hours over multiple days.
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### Tracking Labor Hours in a Work Order: Manual Entry and Timer Feature
1. **Accessing the Work Order Module**
- Click on the specific work order you are working on, whether pending or scheduled.
2. **Manually Entering Labor Hours**
- Click on "Hours Worked" in the work order.
- Admins can change the user, while others may only see themselves as the technician.
- Enter the hours worked manually and submit.
- Total cost visible only to admins.
- Ability to delete or adjust hours entered.
3. **Tracking Multiple Users**
- Add multiple users if more than one person is working on the task.
- Total labor hours tracked for all users.
4. **Using the Timer Feature**
- Click on "Hours Worked" in the work order.
- Toggle the timer on and start it.
- Timer tracks time stamp until work order is marked as completed.
- Labor hours tracked based on timer usage.
- Timer feature useful for tracking hours worked over a period.
5. **Completion and Tracking**
- Once work is completed, labor hours tracked using the timer will be visible.
- Timer feature shows hours worked continuously until completion.
- Total hours tracked using the timer displayed in the work order.
**Accessing the Work Order Module**
Click on the specific work order you are working on, whether pending or scheduled.
Click on the specific work order you are working on, whether pending or scheduled.
**Manually Entering Labor Hours**
Click on "Hours Worked" in the work order.
Click on "Hours Worked" in the work order.
Admins can change the user, while others may only see themselves as the technician.
Admins can change the user, while others may only see themselves as the technician.
Enter the hours worked manually and submit.
Enter the hours worked manually and submit.
Total cost visible only to admins.
Total cost visible only to admins.
Ability to delete or adjust hours entered.
Ability to delete or adjust hours entered.
**Tracking Multiple Users**
Add multiple users if more than one person is working on the task.
Add multiple users if more than one person is working on the task.
Total labor hours tracked for all users.
Total labor hours tracked for all users.
**Using the Timer Feature**
Click on "Hours Worked" in the work order.
Click on "Hours Worked" in the work order.
Toggle the timer on and start it.
Toggle the timer on and start it.
Timer tracks time stamp until work order is marked as completed.
Timer tracks time stamp until work order is marked as completed.
Labor hours tracked based on timer usage.
Labor hours tracked based on timer usage.
Timer feature useful for tracking hours worked over a period.
Timer feature useful for tracking hours worked over a period.
**Completion and Tracking**
Once work is completed, labor hours tracked using the timer will be visible.
Once work is completed, labor hours tracked using the timer will be visible.
Timer feature shows hours worked continuously until completion.
Timer feature shows hours worked continuously until completion.
Total hours tracked using the timer displayed in the work order.
Total hours tracked using the timer displayed in the work order.
All labor hours will feed into the FlowPath reporting suite, under the Labor Hours reporting module, to help you quickly and efficiently track labor hours per work order.
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