--- sourceDocument: Australia Governance, Risk, and Compliance sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/governance-risk-compliance Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - Australia Governance, Risk, and Compliance ft:clusterId : - grc bundleId : - grc workflow : - Technology --- # Integrating Audit Management with Time Card # Integrating Audit Management with Time Card management {#ariaid-title1} * Release version: Australia * * Updated March 12, 2026 * * ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Integrating Audit Management with Time Card Management With the integration of Audit Management and Time Card Management, audit users and managers can efficiently log and track hours for various tasks associated with engagements. This feature allows for streamlined submission and approval of time cards and time sheets, enhancing the overall management of audit tasks. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features * **Time Card Submission:** Users can record their worked hours via time cards and time sheets, which are then submitted for approval based on defined policies. * **Approval Workflow:** Time cards are routed for approval according to the Non-project time approver field within the user time sheet policy. Managers with the time card approver role can also log time for their resources. * **Reporting:** Integration allows reporting on various aspects such as engagement audits, tasks, issues, and milestones. * **Plugin Activation:** To utilize this integration effectively, the Project Portfolio Management and GRC: Advanced Audit plugins must be activated, along with enabling advanced planning for engagements. * **Time Card Creation and Submission:** Users can create and submit time cards directly through the time sheet portal, facilitating ease of access without needing to navigate back to the engagement page. * **Expense Rollup:** In version 12.0.1, once a time card is approved and expenses are processed, both Actual resources and Actual expenses are rolled up on the engagement, provided a project is associated with it. ## Key Outcomes Integrating Audit Management with Time Card Management allows for efficient time tracking and reporting, ensuring that all hours logged are accurately captured and approved. This leads to improved resource management and financial reporting, ultimately supporting better decision-making for audit engagements. Users are encouraged to create time cards post-project creation for optimal accuracy in reporting resources and expenses. Audit users and audit managers can now use the Time Card Management feature to log and capture hours for engagements and other tasks on an engagement. The Time Card management feature enables users to submit and track their time for the assigned tasks. With the Time Card Management feature: * The time card users can record the time worked on a task using time cards and time sheets. They can then submit their time cards and time sheets for approval. * Time cards and time sheets are routed for approval based on the Non-project time approver field in the user time sheet policy. Managers with the time card approver role can also log time and submit the time sheet of their resources. {#timecard-audit-integration__ul_wq5_dmt_p4b}When you integrate Audit Management with Time Card management, you can report a time card for: * an engagement * audit tasks * issues * milestones {#timecard-audit-integration__ul_csr_h1n_p4b}To use the Time Card management feature integration with GRC Advanced Audit, you must activate the following plugins: * Project Portfolio Management * GRC: Advanced Audit {#timecard-audit-integration__ul_pbt_52h_n4b} Note: You must enable advanced planning for the engagement. When an audit user logs time using time cards, the time cards are sent for approval based on the approvers defined in the time sheets policy. To learn more about time sheets policy, see [Time sheet policy](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=time-sheet-policies&version=australia&pubname=australia-it-business-management&ft:locale=en-US) Note: If there's no approver identified or None is selected in the Non-project time approver field on the time sheet policy assigned to the user, then the users in the Time card approver field are able to approve the time cards associated to that engagement. If User Manager or Auto is selected in the Non-project time approver field, then the approvers are not overridden and remain as is. For details on the roles required to approve time cards, see [Roles required for Advanced planning capability](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/OxvPZLbUUm0sS8lYMNqCfQ "The advanced planning capability enables integration of Advanced Audit with the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) product. The capability creates an equivalent project for the engagement, and provides planning features that could be used for resource planning, cost planning, and so on, from the engagement.") To create a time card, see [Create a time card](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_CreateATimeCard&version=australia&pubname=australia-it-business-management&ft:locale=en-US). A user can submit the time cards through the time sheet portal directly without coming to the engagement. To submit a time card, see [Submit a time card](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=submit-time-card&version=australia&pubname=australia-it-business-management&ft:locale=en-US). To submit a time card from the time sheet portal, see [Submit time card from the time sheet portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-timecards-through-worker-portal&version=australia&pubname=australia-it-business-management&ft:locale=en-US) ## Time cards and rollup of expenses and resources {#timecard-audit-integration__section_zpw_q1n_p4b} In the version 12.0.1, release of Audit Management, when an engagement has a project associated with it, after a time card is approved and expense lines are processed, both the Actual resources and the Actual expenses values roll up on the engagement. Although you can create a time card and log hours before you create a project for an engagement, it is recommended to create a time card after a project is created. This task ensures accurate reporting of the expenses and resources. The Time Cards related list appears on an engagement only after a project is created. **Related reference** * [Roles required for Advanced planning capability](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/OxvPZLbUUm0sS8lYMNqCfQ "The advanced planning capability enables integration of Advanced Audit with the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) product. The capability creates an equivalent project for the engagement, and provides planning features that could be used for resource planning, cost planning, and so on, from the engagement.")