ApproveThis manages your Timeular approvals.

Why Your Team Needs This Integration Like Coffee on Monday Morning

Let's get real: time tracking and approvals are the broccoli of office work – everyone knows they're good for you, but nobody wants to deal with the taste. Timeular makes eating the broccoli less painful by automating time logs. ApproveThis? It's the hot sauce that makes approvals actually tolerable. Together through Zapier? Now we're talking about a productivity smoothie that even your most "I-don't-do-processes" exec might drink.

Here's the ugly truth most companies ignore until it's too late:

• Unapproved hours = Budget Chernobyl: Those "we'll fix it next cycle" time entries? They're why your project margins look like a horror movie.
• Manual approval chasing = Productivity black hole: How many Slack pings does it take to approve a timesheet? Enough to make your team miss actual deadlines.

Timeular Does the Tracking, ApproveThis Does the Adulting

Timeular's great at telling you where time went. ApproveThis handles the "who said this was okay" part. Connect them via Zapier, and you've got a system that:

Kills Two Birds With One Stone (RIP Birds)

For project managers: Client wants to audit why design took 80 hours? Now every minute in Timeular has an approval paper trail in ApproveThis. No more scrambling through ancient Slack threads.

For finance teams: That contractor invoice matching approved Timeular entries? Yeah, that's called "not getting sued." You're welcome.

Bonus flex: Approvers only need ApproveThis access – no Timeular licenses required. External clients can approve without seeing your internal time codes. Handy when you bill Client A for "UX Magic" instead of "3hrs fixing their bad ideas."

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Suck

1. The "Why Is This Taking So Long?" Preventer

Zap: New Timeular entry → ApproveThis request

Who cares: Marketing agencies tracking client hours. Law firms billing in 6-minute increments. Any team where "I forgot to get approval" isn't an excuse.

Example: Your dev logs 8hrs on "API optimization" in Timeular. ApproveThis pings the CTO via email (they live in Outlook anyway). Approval happens before the client questions the line item. Drama avoided.

2. The "Stop Guessing How Long Approvals Take" Machine

Zap: New ApproveThis request → Timeular activity

Who cares: HR teams processing PTO requests. Procurement teams buying software. Anyone who's ever said "approvals take too long" without data to prove it.

Example: Employee submits a $5k software purchase. ApproveThis kicks off the workflow, Timeular starts tracking how long it takes finance to approve. Three months later, you have cold hard stats to justify hiring another approver.

3. The "Did We Even Do That?" Auditor

Zap: Timeular tracking stops → ApproveThis request

Who cares: Consultants, freelancers, anyone billing hourly who needs to prove work happened before invoicing.

Example: Freelancer stops tracking a client project in Timeular. ApproveThis automatically generates a sign-off request. Client approves via email (no login needed). Now the invoice has teeth if there's a dispute.

Setup That Won't Make You Want to Quit

If you can make toast, you can set this up:

1. Grab your ApproveThis and Timeular accounts
2. Hit up Zapier, pick your trigger (Timeular event)
3. Choose the action (ApproveThis request creation)
4. Map Timeular fields to ApproveThis (takes 2 mins)

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' approval thresholds to auto-approve small time entries. Because nobody needs a VP sign-off on 15 minutes of "team sync."

Teams That Get Sh*t Done Faster

Project Managers:

Stop being the approval nag. Set up sequential approvals in ApproveThis so time entries get team lead → client sign-off automatically. Vacation mode means approvals don't die when someone's off-grid.

Finance Teams:

Use calculated fields to flag time entries that exceed budget. Auto-route $500+ entries to CFO, others to department heads. Audit trail built-in.

HR Teams:

Overtime approvals tied to actual tracked hours. No more "John says he worked 60hrs" vs "John's Timeular shows 42hrs." Awkward conversations solved.

This Isn't Just About Saving Time (But Yeah, That Too)

The real win? Killing the "he said/she said" of time tracking. When every entry has:

• Approval chain documentation
• Real-time tracking data
• Automatic reminders

...suddenly those monthly finance reviews become actual conversations instead of blame games.

Ready to Stop Being the Approval Janitor?

ApproveThis isn't another tool – it's the bouncer that keeps your Timeular data honest. No more manual follow-ups, no more rogue hours, just clean audits and fewer "urgent" Slack messages.

Book a 15-minute demo and we'll show you how to set up your first Timeular approval flow. Or grab a free trial and connect the Zap yourself. Your choice – but either way, your future self will thank you.