Patent Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer program products manage timesheet data associated with multiple billing types. Embodiments of the present invention are unique in that each billing type is visually displayed as a separate database record when in actuality it is simply a pivoted representation of attributes on a single record. A method involves retrieving timesheet data associated with a specific timesheet. Each instance of the timesheet data associated with a date and multiple billing types are stored on a server as a single record. The method also involves pivoting the timesheet data to display as separate records the timesheet data associated with a date and multiple billing types. Each billing type associated with actual time entry is displayed and associated with one of the records as displayed. This combination of data storage and data display represents distinct improvements in levels of efficiency for both a timesheet user and a timesheet manager.

Full Description:
COPYRIGHT NOTICE 
       [0001]    A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material, which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or patent disclosure as it appears in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    With the advent of the computer age, computer and software users who work as employees, professionals, and/or business managers have grown accustomed to software applications that help them plan, enter, and account for their time worked with elaborate graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Consequently, time entry users of modern electronic timesheets expect efficient user interface design, whereas business managers expect overt display of all data. Often times a business manager&#39;s needs versus the employee timesheet user&#39;s needs are at odds when it comes to timesheet application features. Modern electronic timesheet applications allow users to report time worked back to the business. However total time worked can be accounted for and broken down into billable, non-billable, straight time, and/or overtime. Thus, one time worked number assigned to a user can be reported back in as many as four billing types. 
         [0003]    This creates interface complications when attempting to provide an efficient interface for time entry users and a comprehensive interface for business managers. Conventional timesheet applications track time on a day-by-day basis and every task can have a separate line. Thus, in a fixed time period, for example a week, a user could expect even a minimum number of tasks over five to seven days to either explode the user interface horizontally and/or vertically beyond a computer screen or require hidden and/or tagged data. Both of these display methods render the interface virtually unusable. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0004]    This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. 
         [0005]    Embodiments of the present invention solve the above and other problems by providing for dynamically managing timesheet data associated with multiple billing types. Embodiments of the present invention are unique in that each billing type is visually displayed as a separate database record when in actuality it is simply a pivoted representation of attributes on a single record. In one embodiment, a method involves retrieving timesheet data associated with a specific timesheet. Each instance of the timesheet data associated with a date and multiple billing types are stored on a server as a single record. The method also involves pivoting the timesheet data to display as separate records the timesheet data associated with a date and multiple billing types. Each billing type associated with actual time entry is displayed and associated with one of the records as displayed. This combination of data storage and data display represents distinct improvements in levels of efficiency for both a timesheet user and a timesheet manager. 
         [0006]    The multiple billing types are represented as subordinate records in a user interface that timesheet users can choose to display or not depending upon the need of each individual task and/or assignment. This feature streamlines the user experience. In contrast, a business manager is presented with each timesheet for review in a manner that can display all data entered by the user without the need to display extra columns where the data fill is not present. The billing types include straight or regular billable, overtime billable, straight non-billable, and overtime non-billable. 
         [0007]    These and other features and advantages will be apparent from a reading of the following detailed description and a review of the associated drawings. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention as claimed. 
     
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0008]      FIG. 1  illustrates an exemplary computing system; 
           [0009]      FIG. 2  illustrates a timesheet user interface (UI) rendering a display of a billing type if an actual time entry is present; 
           [0010]      FIG. 3  illustrates a common control UI for selection whether to turn a billing type on or off; 
           [0011]      FIG. 4  illustrates another timesheet user interface (UI) rendering a display of a billing type according to the user selected common controls of  FIG. 3 ; and 
           [0012]      FIG. 5  is an illustrative routine performed in dynamically managing timesheet data associated with multiple billing types. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0013]    As briefly described above, embodiments of the present invention are directed to dynamically managing timesheet data associated with multiple billing types. In the following detailed description, references are made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustrations specific embodiments or examples. These embodiments may be combined, other embodiments may be utilized, and structural changes may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The following detailed description is therefore not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. 
         [0014]    Referring now to the drawings, in which like numerals refer to like elements through the several figures, aspects of the present invention and an exemplary computing operating environment will be described.  FIG. 1  and the following discussion are intended to provide a brief, general description of a suitable computing environment in which the invention may be implemented. While the invention will be described in the general context of program modules that execute in conjunction with an application program that runs on an operating system on a personal computer, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention may also be implemented in combination with other program modules. 
         [0015]    Generally, program modules include routines, programs, components, data structures, and other types of structures that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including hand-held devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices. 
         [0016]    Embodiments of the invention may be implemented as a computer process (method), a computing system, or as an article of manufacture, such as a computer program product or computer readable media. The computer program product may be a computer storage media readable by a computer system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process. The computer program product may also be a propagated signal on a carrier readable by a computing system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process. 
         [0017]    With reference to  FIG. 1 , one exemplary system for implementing the invention includes a computing device, such as computing device  100 . In a basic configuration, the computing device  100  typically includes at least one processing unit  110 , system memory  102 , and a mass storage device (MSD)  114 . Depending on the exact configuration and type of computing device, the system memory  102  may be volatile (such as RAM  105 ), non-volatile (such as ROM  107 , flash memory, etc.) or some combination of the two. The MSD  114  typically includes an operating system  115  suitable for controlling the operation of a networked server computer. The MSD  114  may also include one or more software applications, such as a timesheet application  130  and a web server application  129  working in conjunction with a project server application  120  and timesheet(s)  128 . The project server application  120  may include a SQL® server, such as from Microsoft Corporation. The project server application  120  includes a timesheet table database including individual records  122   a - 122   n.    
         [0018]    According to embodiments of the invention, the individual records  122   a - 122   n  may comprise a variety of field or data types associated with timesheet data reporting, such as a project name (PN), a task name (TN), a regular billable billing type (RB), an overtime billable billing type (OTB), a regular non-billable (RNB), an overtime non-billable (OTNB), planned time (PT), and a date associated with the timesheet data. According to embodiments of the present invention, the individual records  122   a - 122   n  is illustrative of multiple billing types being efficiently stored in association with a date and task within a single record. 
         [0019]    The timesheet table database works in conjunction with the timesheet application  130 , a dataset  132  derived from the timesheet data records  122 , and web services  135  to store timesheet data as a single record yet render the timesheet data in the form of separate records in a timesheet grid on a client computer  121  via a screen display  123 . 
         [0020]    The MSD  114  is connected to the CPU  110  through a mass storage controller (not shown) connected to the system bus  112 . The MSD  114  and its associated computer-readable media, provide non-volatile storage for the computing device  100 . Although the description of computer-readable media contained herein refers to a MSD, such as a hard disk or RAID array, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by the CPU  110 . 
         [0021]    The CPU  110  may store data to and access data from the MSD  114 . Data is transferred to and received from the MSD  114  through the system bus  112 . The CPU  110  may be a general-purpose computer processor. Furthermore, as mentioned below, the CPU  110 , in addition to being a general-purpose programmable processor, may be firmware, hard-wired logic, analog circuitry, other special purpose circuitry, or any combination thereof. 
         [0022]    According to various embodiments of the invention, the computing device  100  can operate in a networked environment, as shown in  FIG. 1 , using logical connections to remote computing devices via network communication, such as an Intranet, or a local area network (LAN). The computing device  100  may connect to the network  117  via a network interface unit  119 . It should be appreciated that the network interface unit  119  may also be utilized to connect to other types of networks and remote computer systems. A computing device, such as the computing device  100 , typically includes at least some form of computer-readable media. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by the computing device  100 . By way of example, are not limitation, computer-readable media might comprise computer storage media and communication media. 
         [0023]    Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, disk drives, a collection of disk drives, flash memory, other memory technology or any other medium that can be used to store the desired information and that can be accessed by the computing device  100 . 
         [0024]    Communication media typically embodies computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared, and other wireless media. Combinations of any of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. Computer-readable media may also be referred to as computer program product. 
         [0025]      FIG. 2  illustrates a timesheet UI  200  rendering a billing type when an actual time entry is present. The UI  200  includes a record type row display of planned time  202  and regular or standard time billing type  204  because both data types include an actual time entry  207 . The UI  200  may be most useful to a business manager who needs to see all entries. 
         [0026]      FIG. 3  illustrates a common control UI  300  for selection whether to turn a billing type on or off. The UI  300  includes a checkbox selection  305  for planned work time and a check box selection  307 ,  310 , and  312  for each billing type. A user may access this common control UI  300  via the UI  200  or a UI  400  ( FIG. 4 ). Once the user has made selection while highlighting a task, any timesheet display to that user for that task will include each billing type selected by the user and may also include each billing type containing actual time entry regardless if it is selected or not. 
         [0027]      FIG. 4  illustrates another timesheet UI  400  rendering a display of a billing type according to the user selected common controls of  FIG. 3 . As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , every billing type  402  and planned work time are accounted for in the UI  400  regardless if an actual time entry is present. As described in detail below, the data entries  404  appearing as separate records, are really all a part of a single record  122  stored on the server  100  associated with the same task  407  and date  410 . 
         [0028]      FIG. 5  is an illustrative routine  500  performed in dynamically managing timesheet data associated with multiple billing types. When reading the discussion of the routines presented herein, it should be appreciated that the logical operations of various embodiments of the present invention are implemented (1) as a sequence of computer implemented acts or program modules running on a computing system and/or (2) as interconnected machine logic circuits or circuit modules within the computing system. The implementation is a matter of choice dependent on the performance requirements of the computing system implementing the invention. Accordingly, the logical operations illustrated in  FIG. 5 , and making up the embodiments of the present invention described herein are referred to variously as operations, structural devices, acts or modules. It will be recognized by one skilled in the art that these operations, structural devices, acts and modules may be implemented in software, in firmware, in special purpose digital logic, and any combination thereof without deviating from the spirit and scope of the present invention as recited within the claims set forth herein. 
         [0029]    Referring now to  FIGS. 1-5 , the logical flow  500  begins at operation  502 , where the computing device  100  receives timesheet data entered at a client computer, for instance the computer  121 . This data may be received into the client computer via a timesheet grid. A user may enter regular hours and overtime. Once the user saves the data, the server  100  receives the timesheet data as a dataset but in a non-pivoted format. The project server  120  creates the dataset. That dataset is passed through web services back to the server  100 . 
         [0030]    Next at operation  504 , the server interprets the dataset to confirm what time entries are actually present in preparation for pivoting. In some embodiments, there is no need to pivot where there is no data present. For example, if there is no data entered for Wednesday, Wednesday is not be pivoted. Then at operation  505 , the server  100  pivots the timesheet data that is present. Next at operation  507  the pivoted data is passed through the project server infrastructure to sequel server database  120  where it is stored as individual records associated with a date and one or more billing types. 
         [0031]    At operation  510 , when a user requests to view the timesheet data for a specific timesheet, the server  100  receives the request. Then at operation  512  in response to receiving the request, the server  100  retrieves and interprets the timesheet data for actual time entry presence. Next at operation  515 , the server  100  pivots the dataset to prepare it for display. It should be appreciated that the client computer  121  may gather HTML such that the dataset will not get to the client. The dataset is simply HTML tagged such as by operation  517  where the server  100  analyzes the dataset to detect data types for HTML tags. The data is analyzed to see what types of data exist on every task to identify what types of rows to display for the user so the user experience can be intelligently compressed. 
         [0032]    The data from the dataset is applied to an HTML style the enables the data with those tags to be rendered. The HTML is applied via SOAP protocol as illustrated below with respect to APIs. Thus, the data may remain on the middle tier, the project server  120 . Next, at operation  519 , the timesheet grid is expanded to account for the data types detected during operation  517  and displayed. The logical flow  500  the returns control to other routines at return operation  520 . 
         [0033]    APIs illustrating the operations described above with respect to  FIG. 5  are described and outlined below: 
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                 CreateTimesheet 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 Description 
               
               
                   Purpose: To create a timesheet object and populate it with 
               
               
                   timesheet line objects. 
               
               
                   Parameters: 
               
               
                     dsDelta: a typed dataset containing necessary information to 
               
               
                     create a typed dataset. Acutally, only Headers table in the 
               
               
                     dataset is used. You just need to fill out TS_UID, TS_NAME, 
               
               
                     TS_COMMENTS, TS_UID, TS_CREATOR_RES_UID, RES_UID and WPRD_UID 
               
               
                     in the Headers. 
               
               
                     preloadType: An enum to indicate if we want to preload 
               
               
                     projects, assignments, adminTime or a cominbation of them. 
               
               
                   Return value: New timesheet UID if successful. Guid.Empty if 
               
               
                   failed. 
               
               
                   Events: 
               
               
                     Creating/Created. 
               
               
                 Test 
               
               
                 The test form is only available for requests from the local machine. 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.1 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be 
               
               
                 replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 SOAPAction: “http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer/CreateTimesheet” 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;CreateTimesheet xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;preloadType&gt;Default or None or AdminTimes or Projects or 
               
               
                 Assignments or AdminTimesAndProjects or AdminTimesAndAssignments or 
               
               
                 ProjectsAndAssignments or All&lt;/preloadType&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/CreateTimesheet&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;CreateTimesheetResponse xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer” /&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.2 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be 
               
               
                 replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;CreateTimesheet xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;preloadType&gt;Default or None or AdminTimes or Projects or 
               
               
                 Assignments or AdminTimesAndProjects or AdminTimesAndAssignments or 
               
               
                 ProjectsAndAssignments or All&lt;/preloadType&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/CreateTimesheet&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;CreateTimesheetResponse xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer” /&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 Sample code to create a timesheet 
               
               
                     TimesheetDataSet dsNew = new TimesheetDataSet( ); 
               
               
                     TimesheetDataSet.HeadersRow header = 
               
               
                 dsNew.Headers.NewHeadersRow( ); 
               
               
                     header.TS_UID = Guid.NewGuid( ); //A new guid 
               
               
                     header.TS_NAME = “My timesheet”; 
               
               
                     header.TS_COMMENTS = “My comments”; 
               
               
                     header.TS_ENTRY_MODE_ENUM = 
               
               
                 (byte) PJUtility.GetWebAdminSettings(_webAdminSettingsDS, 
               
               
                 PSDBField.WADMIN_TS_DEF_ENTRY_MODE_ENUM); 
               
               
                     header.WPRD_UID = periodUID; //A valid period Guid 
               
               
                     header.RES_UID = ResourceUID;//A valid resource Guid 
               
               
                     header.TS_CREATOR_RES_UID = ResourceUID;//A valid resource 
               
               
                 Guid 
               
               
                     dsNew.Headers.AddHeadersRow(header); 
               
               
                     PjContext.PSI.TimeSheetWebService.CreateTimesheet(dsNew, 
               
               
                 TimesheetEnum.PreloadType.Default); 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 PrepareTimesheetLine 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 Description 
               
               
                 Purpose: When a user add a new line to his typed dataset, he only knows 
               
               
                 part of the information, like proj_uid,assn_uid. He needs to call this 
               
               
                 PSI to do extra jobs. One thing this API does is to validate his 
               
               
                 timesheet line information.Then it put extra information which the user 
               
               
                 may not know but want to know into the dataset, for example, project 
               
               
                 names and assignment name. Finally, it loads actuals into the dataset. 
               
               
                   Parameters: 
               
               
                     tsUID: timesheet UID 
               
               
                     dsDelta: the typed dataset need to be processed. 
               
               
                     tlNeedFill: An array of timesheet line UIDs which need to 
               
               
                     fill actuals with. 
               
               
                 Test 
               
               
                 The test form is only available for requests from the local machine. 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.1 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. 
               
               
                 The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 SOAPAction: “http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer/PrepareTimesheetLine” 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;PrepareTimesheetLine xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tsUID&gt;guid&lt;/tsUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tlsNeedFill&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;guid&gt;guid&lt;/guid&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;guid&gt;guid&lt;/guid&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/tlsNeedFill&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/PrepareTimesheetLine&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;PrepareTimesheetLineResponse 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/PrepareTimesheetLineResponse&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.2 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. 
               
               
                 The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;PrepareTimesheetLine xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tsUID&gt;guid&lt;/tsUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tlsNeedFill&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;guid&gt;guid&lt;/guid&gt; 
               
               
                    &lt;guid&gt;guid&lt;/guid&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/tlsNeedFill&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/PrepareTimesheetLine&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;PrepareTimesheetLineResponse 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/PrepareTimesheetLineResponse&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 ReadTimesheet 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 Description 
               
               
                 Purpose: When a user has created a timesheet and at a later time whishes 
               
               
                 to revisit the timesheet, this method will return all data that is the 
               
               
                 timesheet to the user. 
               
               
                 Parameters: 
               
               
                   TSUID: The GUID of the timesheet which will be read. 
               
               
                 Test 
               
               
                 The test form is only available for requests from the local machine. 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.1 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. 
               
               
                 The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 SOAPAction: “http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer/ReadTimesheet” 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;ReadTimesheet xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tsUID&gt;guid&lt;/tsUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/ReadTimesheet&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;ReadTimesheetResponse xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;ReadTimesheetResult&gt;dataset&lt;/ReadTimesheetResult&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/ReadTimesheetResponse&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.2 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. 
               
               
                 The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;ReadTimesheet xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tsUID&gt;guid&lt;/tsUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/ReadTimesheet&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;ReadTimesheetResponse xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;ReadTimesheetResult&gt;dataset&lt;/ReadTimesheetResult&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/ReadTimesheetResponse&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 QueueUpdateTimesheet 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 Description 
               
               
                 Purpose: To update a timesheet&#39;s header, line or actuals. Deleting/Adding 
               
               
                 a timesheet line is also done through this API. Basically, you make all 
               
               
                 the modification to the typed dataset, then call this method to update 
               
               
                 the timesheet. 
               
               
                   Parameters: 
               
             
          
           
               
                     resUID: 
                 resource who saves the timesheet. It could be 
               
             
          
           
               
                     owner, surrogator, approver or adjuster. 
               
             
          
           
               
                     tsUID: 
                 timesheet UID 
               
               
                     dsDelta: 
                 Dataset delta. 
               
               
                 Test 
               
             
          
           
               
                 The test form is only available for requests from the local machine. 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.1 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. 
               
               
                 The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 SOAPAction: “http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer/QueueUpdateTimesheet” 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;QueueUpdateTimesheet xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;jobUID&gt;guid&lt;/jobUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tsUID&gt;guid&lt;/tsUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/QueueUpdateTimesheet&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;QueueUpdateTimesheetResponse 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer” /&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.2 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. 
               
               
                 The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /SharedServices1/PSI/timesheet.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: pserv04 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;QueueUpdateTimesheet xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;jobUID&gt;guid&lt;/jobUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;tsUID&gt;guid&lt;/tsUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;dsDelta&gt;dataset&lt;/dsDelta&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/QueueUpdateTimesheet&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;QueueUpdateTimesheetResponse 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://microsoft.com/ProjectServer” /&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOff 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 SOAP 1.1 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be 
               
               
                 replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /DefaultSSP_DevInstall/PSI/pwa.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: xfu5150 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 SOAPAction: 
               
               
                 “http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/PWA/TimeSheet 
               
               
                 ReadTimesheetDaysOff” 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOff 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/PWA /”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;resUID&gt;guid&lt;/resUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;start&gt;dateTime&lt;/start&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;finish&gt;dateTime&lt;/finish&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOff&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap=“http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOffResponse 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/PWA /”&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOffResult&gt;dataset&lt;/TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOff 
               
               
                 Result&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOffResponse&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 SOAP 1.2 
               
               
                 The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be 
               
               
                 replaced with actual values. 
               
               
                 POST /DefaultSSP_DevInstall/PSI/pwa.asmx HTTP/1.1 
               
               
                 Host: xfu5150 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOff 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/PWA /”&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;resUID&gt;guid&lt;/resUID&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;start&gt;dateTime&lt;/start&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;finish&gt;dateTime&lt;/finish&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOff&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                 HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
               
               
                 Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
               
               
                 Content-Length: length 
               
               
                 &lt;?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” 
               
               
                 xmlns:xsd=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” 
               
               
                 xmlns:soap12=“http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope”&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOffResponse 
               
               
                 xmlns=“http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/project/server/webservices/PWA /”&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOffResult&gt;dataset&lt;/TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOff 
               
               
                 Result&gt; 
               
               
                   &lt;/TimeSheetReadTimesheetDaysOffResponse&gt; 
               
               
                  &lt;/soap12:Body&gt; 
               
               
                 &lt;/soap12:Envelope&gt; 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0034]    POST /DefaultSSP_DevInstall/PSI/pwa.asmx HTTP/1.1 
         [0035]    Host: xfu5150 
         [0036]    Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 
         [0037]    Thus, the present invention is presently embodied as methods, systems, computer program products or computer readable mediums encoding computer programs for dynamically managing timesheet data associated with multiple billing types. 
         [0038]    It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or variations may be made in the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. Other embodiments of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein.

Technology Classification (CPC): 6