drupal for a timesheet application?

I've often thought about this myself. We have a custom time tracking tool which is nice and functional, but as a home grown do-it-yourself tool, it's definitely limited and a takes big motivation to try to extend into other systems we use now (like our drupal-based client/project tool).

I don't have any easy answers - it all depends on the level of functionality you're looking for. The modularity of Drupal, it's inherent understanding of people, permissions and content, however, make it almost universally a good candidate for web-based applications.

The one-offness of your task, on the other hand, sounds less Drupal-ish, especially if you're not already familiar with Drupal functionality and it's module system.

Do you have a list of specific functionality you need to achieve? That might help get you a more educated answer.

Drew Gorton
Gorton Studios
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You may find the timesheet module useful. Two things to be aware of, it is only Drupal 4.7 at this point and requires PHP 5

Hi!
Me too I want to develop a timesheet application (project management) using Drupal, but I thought about doing it using cck, workflow, actions and views.
Using CCK, I have all projects and developers as custom content types. I created another content type 'assignment' which is linked to all of these, and which contains a description of the task , time estimate, priority and deadline. The workflow module keeps track of the status and actions makes sure proper mails are sent when required.
Using views and the views_calc, I can get reports out of this.
Does your solution have some significant benefits compared to mine? If so, please let me know, or send me you code please.

I noticed there hasn't been much movement on this, so I've started a 'generic timesheet' module that might work for what you need.

you find it here: http://www.drupal.org/project/generic_timesheet

You might want to check out the Storm Module. It has full PMS functionality including time tracking.
Then there is the bubble timer module and the time_track modules.

I am working on a similar thing. I have'nt been able to get Storm work for me as it doesn't have functionality I am looking for.
So here's what I am planning on doing:

I have a content type for creating projects.
Another one for Task inside each project and one more for the actual time sheet.

My project node lists a no. of task associated with the project. Each task has a person assigned to it.
When a person (team member) logs in he sees all tasks that have been assigned to him.
Each task then has a provision for adding (and editing) a time sheet node (with fields like date and hours spent, and a node reference to the task).
Am planning on making this in ajax as that greatly increases the usability of the app. The problem we face right now is that the time tracking exercise is itself time consuming, hence not many people regularly use it (we're using an excel sheet :P).

I have successfully been able to create a node using ajax.
Now I need to figure a way to actually represent the time sheet nodes.

Will post as soon as i find a good solution for it.
I am also thinking of hacking the bubble timer to get this done.

you are in a right place. it's good to hear that you choose drupal for timsheet tracking application. i purely agree with this. i have already created one application like this.

need some guidance i am here.