Set this preference if you want to track billable time in units of 1, 6, 10, 12, 15 or 30 minutes. The unit of time you select here will be the default billing unit when you create hourly activity slips. For example, you can specify six‑minute time billing units, where an hour would be 10 billing units of time. Any activity slips you have already created will be updated to use the special billing unit of time.

If you use the activity slip timer, you can to set a preference for how you want units of time to be rounded.

Choose to round up to next, down to previous or to nearest. For example, if you chose up to next and are using 30‑minute billing units, 10 minutes would be rounded up to 30 minutes on an activity slip. Or, if you chose to nearest and are using 30 minute billing units, 15 minutes would be rounded up to 30 minutes.

If you are not using a special billing unit of time—that is, you are billing in hours—you can specify the rounding increment. For example, if you want to round the actual time you clock using the timer up to the next minute, choose up to next and enter 1 in the Minute Increment field. That way, if you clock 21 minutes and 32 seconds of an activity, 22 minutes will be entered automatically in the Units field.

Note: If you specify a special time billing unit, the Minute Increment field will not be displayed as part of the rounding rule option.

This preference allows you to include items on a time billing invoice and charge your customers for both activities and items on a single invoice. If you set this preference, the selection list that appears when entering a time billing invoice includes both your activities and items.

Note that the I Sell This Item option must be selected in the Item Information window before you can include an item on a time billing invoice.

This preference allows you to include time billing and activity slip information in an employee’s paycheque, and to create activity slips when you record employee hours using a timesheet.