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You can find the Annual Overview at:
Navigation bar → Clock symbol (in the right section) → Show hours overview → Annual Overview

Figure: Access time tracking

Overview

The Annual Overview displays all hour entries of the logged-in employee for a selected period in a combined graphical and tabular view. It enables you to:

• get a quick overview of hours worked across the selected period
• visualize the distribution of hours over time in a chart
• group the display by Customers, Categories, or Orders
• compare Actual Hours, Working Hours, and the Difference per month
• evaluate totals and averages over the selected period
• switch to any other employee's overview with ease (requires the View All Hours permission)

Settings

Tabs
The tab navigation at the top of the page offers the following views:

• Actual – entries from the last 90 days
• Weekly Overview – detailed weekly breakdown
• Annual Overview – graphical and tabular evaluation over a longer period
• Hours / Day – hour overview per working day

Note: The Vacation Days tab is only displayed if a vacation category is configured.

Filters
The following filters are available above the chart. Confirm your selection with the view button.

• Display Mode: Use the first dropdown to switch between Monthly Overview and further display options (Weekly Overview, Quarterly Overview, Annual Overview).
• Period: Use the second dropdown to select the period to be displayed (e.g. Last 6 Month, 2026, or an individual date range).
• Employee: Use the third dropdown to select a specific employee. This filter is only visible to users with the View All Hours permission.
• Grouping: Use the fourth dropdown to switch the display between Customers, Categories, and Orders.

Graphical Display

The area chart visualizes the development of hour entries over the selected period:

• The Y-axis (Hourly entries) shows the number of hour entries.
• The X-axis shows the breakdown of the selected period.
• If multiple customers, categories or orders are present, each is represented by its own colored area or line.
• The legend below the chart assigns the colors to the respective customers, categories or orders.
• Hours without assignment and Residue are shown separately.

Figure: Quarterly Overview of categories in the area chart

Description of the Tabular Overview

The data is summarized in a table below the chart:

• The rows list the customers, categories or orders to which hours have been assigned. Names highlighted in blue are clickable links to the respective view.
• The columns correspond to the individual sections of the selected period, as well as the columns SUM (total sum) and AVG (average).
• An additional Correction column is displayed if correction bookings are present.
• Entries without assignment are shown in a separate row.

The following summary rows are displayed at the bottom of the table:

• Actual hours – actually recorded hours per month
• Working days – number of working days in the respective month
• Working hours – stored working time specification per month
• Difference – difference between Actual hours and Working hours per month

Related Topics:

Time tracking - Create hours entry
Time tracking - Hours per week
Time tracking - Hours per day