Service items or services on short can help you record time for a project.

Although you can create as many services as you want, you shouldn't create one for each task that you do. Instead, create services only for the major activities of the project. Then add one or more time entries to each service to keep track when you've done that kind of work.

Let's say that you need to keep track of how much time you spend on the phone with the client for a certain project. Instead of creating a service item each time you talk to him or her, you should create a single service item and then add time to that item for each call. By doing this, your project will contain several manageable items that have complete time logs.

Time can be added to a service item using the timer or manually. Please note that you can only add time to service items and not to expense items. Here's how you can add time to a service manually: