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Taylor Gordon

Is it possible to expose the Approvals API publicly, such that I could automate a user approving their own time for a given week?  I am exporting time with reporting API into our billing system.  I would like a way to mark and close exported time from our middleware that handles the integration.

Seems like the cleanest way is to leverage the existing Approvals functionality, since it takes care of locking records from editing.

An alternative would be a way of marking time as "exported", so I didn't read the same records twice into an external system.  The issue is that time is still editable (without having Closed that period via approvals).  And I am not sure there is a unique key that could be used?

Thank you!

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    7pace tech support

    We are thinking on REST API features right now and we definitely consider your requirement here.

    I am not sure that we will implement Approval API endpoint in the first version, but I think about another endpoint: provide all data created and changed within some period of time. You can then ask API only for this small set of rows. Will that work for you?

     

    Maxim

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    Taylor Gordon

    It would be very helpful!  I assume the API you are describing would allow update of the records in question?  Also, flexibility on what fields are used to select records would be helpful.  E.g. selecting one person's records for a certain timeframe.

    Thanks!

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    7pace tech support

    >I assume the API you are describing would allow update of the records in question?
    Yes, CRUD operations will be implemented

    Filtering might not be in the first version, but for sure comes later.

     

    Maxim

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    Martin Clement

    I also need to automate approval/closure of weeks.

    Is the Approvals API still on the roadmap? And if so, when can it be expected?

     

    Best regards!

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    dev

    Hi Martin,

    This API already released, this request somehow was not updated.

     

    Please check updated API reference here: https://timehub.7pace.com/apireference/?urls.primaryName=7pace%20Timetracker%20API%20documentation%20v3.0-preview#/REST%20CRUD/post_api_rest_timeApproval_week

    There are sending, revoking and reading endpoints for Approval.

     

    Best regards,
    Maxim Lutsan

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    Martin Clement

    Hi Maxim

    I re-read the original feature request, and I now see, that my need is not exactly the same as originally requested.

    As a Time manager, I would like to be able to approve a week (not submit for approval) through the time approval api. Closing a week through the api is also fine.

    Would you like me to create a new feature request?

     

    Best regards,

    Martin

     

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    dev

    Hi Martin,

    I checked it with the team and it is not yet implemented. Let's log another feature request to track it separately.

     

    Maxim Lutsan

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