Locking and unlocking timesheets

Sandtime.io supports both manual control and automatic locking for timesheets.

Auto-locking

Open Settings > Time tracking > Locking timesheets and enable Auto-locking timesheets if you want past weeks to lock automatically.

When auto-locking is enabled:

• past timesheets are locked,
• the current timesheet locks after each week,
• editing past periods is prevented until they are unlocked.

Manual unlocks

If a locked period still needs correction, an administrator can unlock it. This is useful for payroll corrections, late submissions, or approval adjustments.

Good practice

Turn on locking only after the team understands when reporting should be complete each week. Otherwise, the admin workload grows quickly from repeated unlock requests.