openproject/help/user-guide/time-and-costs/README.md

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# Time tracking and cost reporting

Time and costs functionality in OpenProject allows keeping track of the resources,  both in terms of labor and budgets. With OpenProject you can always keep control of the time and costs planned for and spent on the projects.

Create budgets, log time and costs on specific work packages and  create time and cost reports based on your needs. Browse through the following sections of this user guide to learn how to do this.

## Overview

| Popular Topics                        | Description                                 |
| ------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------ |
| [Time tracking](time-tracking)       | How to log time to work packages?           |
| [Cost tracking](cost-tracking)       | How to track unit costs spent in a project? |
| [Time and cost reporting](reporting) | How to create time and cost reports?        |

## Time tracking, budgets and cost report video tutorial

Watch this short video to get a first overview about time and cost reporting and budgets in OpenProject.

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