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Oracle Time Entry at the Speed of Excel. The Interface Your Teams Already Know.

Project success depends on accurate, timely labor data. But for Oracle EBS Projects and OTL users, the reality of time entry is often far from efficient: navigating seven or eight windows and pop-ups for a single timecard row, toggling between screens, and managing complex submission workflows that slow everyone down. The consequences compound: quickly delayed entries lead to stale project data, manual errors inflate budgets, and project managers lose visibility into labor costs when they need it most.

TimeSpeed solves this by putting Oracle Time and Labor into the interface your workforce already knows: Microsoft Excel. All individual and group time-entry functions are consolidated into a single worksheet that is configurable, template-driven, and fully integrated with Oracle EBS. Users enter time faster, with fewer errors, and without the friction that turns a routine task into a daily frustration.

What TimeSpeed Does

TimeSpeed replaces the multi-window complexity of Oracle Time and Labor with a streamlined Excel-based experience that is fast to deploy, easy to adopt, and fully compliant with Oracle's security and business rules.

While Oracle's native interface requires navigating multiple windows and pop-ups for a single time-entry row, TimeSpeed consolidates all functions into a single Excel worksheet. Individual and group time entry, templates, defaults, historical timecards, and submission controls are all available in one place, eliminating the screen-toggling that wastes time and causes errors.

TimeSpeed supports disconnected operation. Users can enter timecard data while on the go (without network access) and sync automatically when connectivity returns. Whether in the office, at a job site, or in transit, time capture is never blocked by infrastructure limitations.

Charge rules ensure that time is only entered against allowed projects, tasks, and expenditure types as defined in Oracle Time and Labor. Errors are caught before submission, not after, preventing the costly corrections and budget distortions that result from improper time allocation.

Core Capabilities

TimeSpeed delivers a comprehensive feature set that transforms Oracle time entry from a complex, multi-step process into a fast, familiar, and reliable workflow.

All time entry functions in a single worksheet. No more navigating seven or eight windows for one row of data. Individual and group entries, submissions, and approvals are managed from one screen.

Tailor each worksheet to fit internal practices. Formatting options, custom fields, custom columns, and descriptive flexfields enable organizations to adapt TimeSpeed to their specific time-entry requirements without custom development.

Use previously submitted timecards as templates and set default or favorite project, task, and expenditure type options. Crew time entry managers can configure recurring setups once and reuse them, eliminating repetitive data entry every period.

Automatically generate detailed timecard data directly from project plans by utilizing assignments specified in Oracle Project Resource Management. Planning data flows into time entry without manual re-keying.

Save in-process entries, submit completed timecards, and retrieve time entries with a single click. Whether switching between project tasks or wrapping up for the day, the workflow stays fast and uninterrupted.

Each worksheet displays historical timecards, enabling users to track approval status of submitted timesheets and support post-approval corrections in Oracle Time and Labor. Full audit visibility without leaving the Excel interface.

Enter timecard data in disconnected mode and sync automatically when back in network. Field teams, traveling resources, and remote workers are never prevented from capturing time.

Project managers can submit and manage individual and group timecard entries using preferences, workflows, and time entry rules defined in OTL. Crew-based time management becomes as straightforward as individual entry.

Only charge to allowed projects, tasks, and expenditures as defined in Oracle Time and Labor. Spent project time flows directly to Oracle Payroll and Projects, enforcing transaction controls at the point of entry.

All time entry tasks are managed in Microsoft Excel, a tool every user already knows. Deployment is fast, training requirements are minimal, and end-user adoption is immediate. No new interface to learn, no behavioral change to manage.

TimeSpeed leverages standard Microsoft Excel features alongside the latest functionality offered by Oracle EBS Applications, OTL (including Timekeeper), and standard Oracle APIs. It extends Oracle's capabilities without replacing or bypassing them.

Enforces Oracle security and business rules based on project and project transaction controls, supporting Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) compliance requirements for organizations operating under federal contracts.

Proven at Scale

56k

global users rely on TimeSpeed for daily project time entry across industries and geographies.

224k

timecards are processed per month, each validated against Oracle Time and Labor rules and submitted with full data integrity.

2.24 million

lines processed per month, reflecting the volume and detail of enterprise-scale project time tracking.

9.3k

hours saved per week across the TimeSpeed user base, recovered from manual navigation, data entry, and administrative overhead.

Why TimeSpeed?

The cost of inefficient time entry is rarely calculated, but it is always paid. Every delayed timecard distorts project financials. Every manual error requires correction. Every unnecessary click multiplies across thousands of users and hundreds of thousands of entries per month. At scale, these inefficiencies represent significant lost productivity and financial risk.

TimeSpeed eliminates this friction by meeting users where they already are: in Excel. It doesn't ask them to learn a new system or change how they work. It takes the full power of Oracle Time and Labor, charge rules, approval flows, security, compliance, and delivers it through an interface that requires no training and no adoption curve.

For organizations running Oracle EBS Projects, TimeSpeed is the fastest path from time worked to time recorded. Accurate, compliant, and at the speed your projects demand.

Seven windows for one timecard row? Your team deserves better.

Request a demo and discover how TimeSpeed brings Oracle Time and Labor into the one tool nobody needs training for — Excel.