---
title: timesheets.decide | Doing Work API
description: Owner or office: approve or reject stopped time entries (up to 200 at once, one shop). Office staff cannot decide their own time; only the owner can. Appro
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/timesheets-decide/
---

# timesheets.decide

Owner or office: approve or reject stopped time entries (up to 200 at once, one shop). Office staff cannot decide their own time; only the owner can. Approved time is locked and counts for payroll and job costing; rejected time goes back to the worker to fix (any fix puts it back to waiting). A note is kept with the decision.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `POST /v1/timesheets/decide` |
| MCP tool | `timesheets_decide` |
| Writes | yes, send an Idempotency-Key |
| Area | [Field work (checklists, forms, time, notes, change orders, subcontractors)](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#field-work-checklists-forms-time-notes-change-orders-subcontractors) |

## When to use it

Keep the crew's time: timesheets.clockIn starts a clock on a job (category work) or for drive, shop or break time, and timesheets.clockOut stops it; one clock runs per person per shop (pass stop_running to switch). Forgotten time goes in with timesheets.add (start and end, at most 24 hours per entry); time never overlaps the same person's other time.

## What to tell the owner

Say what you did in plain words and what happens next.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `time_entry_ids` | array | yes |
| `decision` | string (one of approve, reject) | yes |
| `note` | string | no |

## Example

```http
POST https://doingwork.work/v1/timesheets/decide
content-type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c...

{
  "time_entry_ids": [
    "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
  ],
  "decision": "approve"
}
```

## Output

JSON. The response shape isn't published yet; read the fields you need and ignore the rest. Errors are `{code, message, status}`.

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |