Replicon Timesheets
A timesheet people can read before they save.
Recording time had become work of its own.
People needed to understand what they had recorded and make changes without repeatedly opening each entry.
The mobile timesheet put important details several taps away.
Metadata was hidden inside entries, delete was two levels down, and people struggled to understand when their work needed saving. These issues were cataloged by support.
The record was hard to read where people were working.
An entry’s hours and their meaning were separated. Save state was unclear, and repeating or correcting work involved too much movement through the interface.
Bring the entry and its actions into the day.
I explored day cards with visible metadata, a weekly summary, copy and delete at the card, multi-day entry, custom fields and partial-day time off. Product, support and iOS engineering worked with me through the proposed flows.
Connect an entry to the day and the week.
The model keeps client, project, task and activity beside the hours they describe. Daily totals and the weekly summary give each entry a visible place in the period.
- Day in the period
- Work + time off
- Entry metadata
- 01Read the day card
- 02Copy or add an entry
- 03Review the week
- Visible daily totals
- Timesheet status
- Submission
Review → reopen the day → correct the entry.
Add, review and submit in one readable sequence.
These reconstructed wireframes explain the original design. The example entries are illustrative, and the submission example shows a pre-submission state.
Read the entry in context
Carry the useful details forward
See the day within the period
Reconstructed from the documented design; sample content is illustrative.
Show the details and keep useful actions beside them.
Day cards expose the entry metadata; copy and delete sit at the card level. The repeat-entry flow and original interface below show how related work and time off fit into the same daily context.
Give the empty day a next step.
An empty state explains how to add the first time entry.
Carry the useful details forward.
Copy an existing card when most of its metadata remains the same. The original design also exposes a delete gesture at the card level.
Add time across several days.
The multi-day entry flow lets people apply related work across the timesheet period without starting again for every day.
Bring time off into the same picture.
Book leave from the day screen, including partial-day time off, then return to the timesheet summary.
A reading of the original interaction design. Example entries are illustrative.
Support’s issue catalog grounded the redesign.
Support stayed involved alongside product and iOS engineering. A further evaluation should check save-state understanding, discovery of repeat-entry controls and recovery from mistakes; the source does not provide those measured results.
A released redesign with a clearer entry model.
The presentation records release and influence on the wider mobile widget style. It supports the visible changes to the interface, but does not measure a reduction in errors or entry time.