Getting Started

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Welcome to Ataru Cesium

Add a client and a project, then track your first hour. Everything else in Cesium builds on those.

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How It Fits Together

You log time to a project, and every project belongs to a client. Tasks are optional.

Client

Who pays the bill

Project

The scope of work

Task

Optional

Entry

Time you worked

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Setting Up

Step 1

Create Client

The entity you are billing.

Clients → "New Client"
Step 2

Add Project

Link it to the client.

Projects → "New Project"
Step 3

Add Tasks

Optional. Split a project to see hours by task.

Projects → open a project → "Add Task"

Not everything is billed by the hour. A project can also bill per unit (pages, photos, screens), by a fixed fee with milestones, or on a retainer - a recurring amount with an optional hours allowance. Set it in the client's Billing Settings; a fixed fee is set on the project.

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Ways to Track Time

Live Timer

For work you are doing now. The timer sits at the top of every page.

  • Automatically saves start time
  • Starts on the project and task you used last

Manual Entry

For catching up at the end of the day or week. Use Log Time on Track.

  • Log Time for any day, or Add on an empty one
  • Forgiving time entry: type 9, 930, or 9:30a
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Mobile Navigation

Tabs on a Phone

On a phone, a page's tabs fold into one button.

Tap to Switch

The button shows the current tab plus a small "more" hint. Tap it to open a bottom sheet listing every tab, then tap your destination.

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Counts

The button shows the open tab's count, or another tab's when the open tab has none.

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Swipe Between Tabs

A quick sideways swipe on the page moves to the next or previous tab.

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Getting Help

Once you have an account, the support form is in Help and attaches the details below. Until then, write to us through the contact form.

What We Attach

The form lists the details it sends with your message: the app version, the page you were on, your browser and its system, the window size, your time zone, your connection, your plan and the last few errors Cesium noticed, with personal details removed. Switch "Attach these details" off to send your message alone.

Screenshots

Add one picture. It is shrunk, and its hidden details, such as location, are removed before it leaves your computer. Only our support team sees it, and it is deleted 30 days after we close the conversation.

Replies and References

We aim to reply to every message within one business day. Each gets a reference, like S-7K2QXM, shown when it is sent and in our emails; quote it when you write back.

Report This

When something fails - a page that will not load, a change that will not save, a crash - Report This sits beside Try Again, and Report beside a failed save's Retry. It opens the support form over the page with the failure attached, and what you were doing stays where it was.