Logged time isn't the same as trusted time. Timesheet Approvals in Clockwork Pro closes that gap.
What's new
Timesheet Approvals is available now in Clockwork Pro, turning approvals into a five-minute Friday habit instead of a month-end marathon. Plus, it scales cleanly from a 10-person agency to a global enterprise PMO.
Here's what you can do:
- Turn approvals on in minutes. A Jira admin enables Approvals globally - no permission schemes, no custom issue types, no multi-month rollout. Just one setting (Clockwork Timesheets Access) and you're live.
- Choose how approvals are routed. Pick a Selected User as the approver, or let approvals flow to each team member's Team Manager. Two models, both audit-friendly, both ready out of the box.
- Generate approval periods in bulk. Set up weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly periods across teams in a single action. No spreadsheet gymnastics.
- Submit per user, per period. Each team member submits their own week from Apps → Clockwork → My Work → Approvals. No single approver bottleneck. No future-dated submissions slipping through.
- Approve or request an update - with context. Reviewers can confirm a period in one click, or send it back with a written explanation. Collaborative review, not surveillance.
- Lock approved time inside Clockwork. Once approved, worklogs are locked in the Clockwork UI.
If you only need to lock past time without a review step, Billing Periods is still the right tool. Timesheet Approvals is for teams that want an explicit yes/no on the week.
Why this matters
Most approval workflows fail within six weeks. The pattern is familiar: approver burnout, multi-month setup projects, timesheets stuck in 'pending' for a fortnight, and the dreaded surveillance vibe that turns the team against the tool.
Clockwork Pro Approvals is built to avoid all four.
It's fast for admins. Setup is a switch, not a project. Bulk period generation means you configure once and scale across the org.
It's fast for approvers. Because Clockwork captures time automatically, with timers that follow Jira issue status changes against each assignee's working hours, the timesheet hitting the approver is already mostly right. Reviews become confirmations, not forensic exercises. Five minutes on a Friday, not three hours at month-end.
It's fast for the team. Submission is per-user, per-period. No waiting on a colleague. Requests for updates come with a written explanation, so people know exactly what to fix and why.
From small teams to global enterprises
For agencies and professional services, Timesheet Approvals means you can close billing cycles on time, with client-ready data that doesn't need a side spreadsheet to defend.
For finance, PMO, and delivery leadership in larger organisations, it means standardised approver roles, an audit trail with explanations, and governance that scales — without the bottlenecks that come with enterprise-grade compliance tooling.
For Jira admins, it means one global permission, one configuration, and a feature your team will actually keep using past week six.
This is the piece teams have been waiting for to consolidate onto a single Jira time tracker — without buying a multi-product suite just to get approvals.
Try it today
Timesheet Approvals is available now in Clockwork Pro.
Read the documentation for setup steps, approver models, and best practices.
