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Some features are not yet available to all customers. To participate in Tempo's Early Access Program and gain access to this feature, visit our TempoLab page.

This section is intended for Jira administrators who are adding Cost Tracker Financial Manager to a Jira instance.

Because Cost Tracker allows Financial Manager allows users to view time logged by individual team members, set or edit rates, and view potentially privileged financial information, only a Jira administrator can grant access to it.

To set up Cost TrackerFinancial Manager, you must:

  1. Install Cost TrackerFinancial Manager.

  2. Grant access to Cost Tracker Financial Manager using Jira groups.

Before You Begin

  • You must be a Jira administrator for your Jira instance.

  • You must have Timesheets by Tempo installed on your Jira instance.

  • Ensure that the individuals added to the group granted access to Cost Tracker Financial Manager meet your organization’s requirements to view financial data and have the correct authorization based on your organization’s privacy policies.

Install

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Financial Manager

  1. Log in to the Jira instance with Timesheets installed.

  2. In the Jira toolbar, click the Apps dropdown and choose Find new apps.

  3. Search for Financial Manager by Tempo and click on the app tile.

  4. Click Try it free to install Cost TrackerFinancial Manager.

Grant Tempo

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Project Managerto a Group

  1. In the Jira toolbar, click the settings icon and navigate to System > Global permissions.

  2. At the bottom of the page, under Grant Permission, select Tempo Cost Tracker AccessProject Manager.

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  3. Select the group you wish to grant access, then click Add.

Members of the group now have full access to Cost TrackerFinancial Manager.

Setup Complete

This completes the steps that a Jira administrator must take to set up Cost TrackerFinancial Manager. Any time a new user needs access to Cost TrackerFinancial Manager, a Jira administrator must add them to a group with the Tempo Cost Tracker AccessProject Manager permission.

Optional Setup Steps

Depending on how your organization wants to use Cost TrackerFinancial Manager, you can optionally:

  1. Grant the Tempo Rate Administrator permission to a Jira group responsible for controlling global cost or billing rates.

  2. Set up Tempo Teams or Accounts, though these frequently are already set up from your Timesheets install.

Grant Tempo Rate Administrator Access to a Group

If your organization wants to manage cost and billing rates from a central location, grant the Tempo Rate Administrator permissions permission to a Jira group. By default, this permission is added to the Jira Administrator group.

  1. In the Jira toolbar, click the settings icon and navigate to System > Global permissions.

  2. At the bottom of the page, under Grant Permission, select Tempo Rate Administrator.

  3. Select the group you wish to grant access, then click Add.

Setup Tempo Teams or Accounts

Tempo Teams are used to ensure that the projects' costs or revenue are accurate. Tempo Team Administrators create a team, add the appropriate roles, and add members to the team. When you’ve installed Cost TrackerFinancial Manager, you can assign cost rates or billing rates to those team members, which is used to track how much money the project is using or can bill.

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Accounts are required to track CAPEX/OPEX accounts. If you want to track billable hours, a Tempo Account Administrator can create accounts that you can then associate with a billing rate

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Learn more about Tempo accounts in the Timesheets documentation.

Next Steps

Almost all other administrative actions for Cost Tracker Financial Manager can be completed by individuals with the Tempo Cost Tracker AccessProject Manager permission. Global cost and billing rates can be managed by individuals with the Tempo Rate Administrator permission.

You can create your first Cost Tracker Financial Manager project or learn about rates applied to your teams.

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