---
title: Time & Billing
description: Example prompts for logging time entries and viewing financial data.
---
## Creating Time Entries
### Log time against a ticket
**Prompt:**
> "Log 1.5 hours on ticket 48231 with summary 'Troubleshot email server connectivity, restarted services'"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_create_time_entry` with `ticketID: 48231`, `hoursWorked: 1.5`, and `summaryNotes: "Troubleshot email server connectivity, restarted services"`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"message": "Created time entry with ID: 92001",
"data": 92001
}
```
### Log time with a specific date
**Prompt:**
> "Create a time entry for ticket 48231: 2 hours on 2024-01-15, summary 'Initial diagnostics and vendor escalation'"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_create_time_entry` with `ticketID: 48231`, `hoursWorked: 2`, `dateWorked: "2024-01-15"`, and `summaryNotes: "Initial diagnostics and vendor escalation"`.
### Log time with resource and role
**Prompt:**
> "Log 0.5 hours on ticket 48231 for resource 12345 with role ID 3"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_create_time_entry` with `ticketID: 48231`, `hoursWorked: 0.5`, `resourceID: 12345`, and `roleID: 3`.
---
## Expense Reports
### Search expense reports
**Prompt:**
> "Show me recent expense reports"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_expense_reports`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"summary": "Found 3 expense reports (showing 1-3)",
"items": [
{
"id": 1001,
"name": "January Travel Expenses",
"submitterID": 12345,
"status": 2,
"total": 450.00,
"_enhanced": {
"submitterName": "John Smith"
}
}
],
"total": 3
}
```
### Create an expense report
**Prompt:**
> "Create an expense report called 'Q1 Training Expenses' for resource 12345"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_create_expense_report` with `name: "Q1 Training Expenses"` and `submitterID: 12345`.
---
## Contracts
### Search contracts
**Prompt:**
> "Show contracts for company 29683451"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_contracts` with `companyID: 29683451`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"summary": "Found 2 contracts (showing 1-2)",
"items": [
{
"id": 6001,
"contractName": "Managed Services Agreement",
"contractType": 3,
"status": 1,
"startDate": "2024-01-01",
"endDate": "2024-12-31",
"companyID": 29683451,
"_enhanced": {
"companyName": "Northwind Traders"
}
}
],
"total": 2
}
```
---
## Invoices
### Search invoices
**Prompt:**
> "Find invoices for company 29683451"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_invoices` with `companyID: 29683451`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"summary": "Found 4 invoices (showing 1-4)",
"items": [
{
"id": 8001,
"invoiceNumber": "INV-2024-0042",
"invoiceDate": "2024-01-31",
"totalAmount": 2500.00,
"companyID": 29683451,
"_enhanced": {
"companyName": "Northwind Traders"
}
}
],
"total": 4
}
```
---
## Quotes
### Search quotes
**Prompt:**
> "Show me quotes for company 29683451"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_search_quotes` with `companyID: 29683451`.
### Create a quote
**Prompt:**
> "Create a quote named 'Firewall Hardware' for company 29683451"
**What happens:** The server calls `autotask_create_quote` with `name: "Firewall Hardware"` and `companyID: 29683451`.
**Expected output:**
```json
{
"message": "Created quote with ID: 9010",
"data": 9010
}
```
