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Create production time entries and link to jobs

Automatically capture new submission payloads from Fillout Forms across time and billing tools. Create and update production time records when employee hours are submitted, start and end times change, or job references are includedβ€”so you can calculate worked hours, link jobs, and update totals without manual reconciliation.

How this automation protects reconciled job hours

When employee hour submissions arrive without linked job data, billing and production can drift and work gets harder to verify. This automation captures submissions, calculates worked hours, finds or creates job-linked time records, and updates job totalsβ€”so your team can reconcile quickly.

  1. 1.Detects new submission payload

    Integrate Fillout Forms and form data mapping tools to capture the submission payload and map identifiers to time record fields.

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  2. 2.Calculates duration and hours

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and duration calculators to parse start and end times and compute total worked hours.

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  3. 3.Finds the job record

    Integrate NetHunt CRM and lookup logic to search for a job record id using the submitted job reference.

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  4. 4.Creates a linked time record

    Integrate NetHunt CRM and record creation tools to create a time-entry record and attach the job record link.

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  5. 5.Updates job hour totals

    Integrate NetHunt CRM and CRM update workflows to add calculated hours to job totals and append the time-entry link.

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
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