Custom Hourly Rates

activeCollab lets you specify custom hourly rates on client and on project level. For the purpose of this test, we have one client, one client project and one job type (with hourly rate). Lets see the data:

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

GET /job-types

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[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "class": "JobType",
        "url_path": "\/job-types\/1",
        "name": "General",
        "is_archived": false,
        "updated_on": null,
        "is_default": true,
        "default_hourly_rate": 100
    }
]

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

GET /companies/2

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 2,
        "class": "Company",
        "url_path": "\/companies\/2",
        "name": "Client Company",
        "members": [],
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "is_archived": false,
        "created_on": 1430164561,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164561,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "address": null,
        "phone": null,
        "homepage_url": null,
        "tax_id": null,
        "currency_id": null,
        "is_owner": false,
        "has_note": false
    },
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 100
    },
    "active_projects_count": 1
}

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

GET /projects/1

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 1,
        "class": "Project",
        "url_path": "\/projects\/1",
        "name": "Client Project",
        "completed_on": null,
        "completed_by_id": null,
        "is_completed": false,
        "members": [
            1
        ],
        "category_id": 0,
        "label_id": 0,
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "created_on": 1430164562,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164562,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "body": null,
        "body_formatted": "",
        "company_id": 2,
        "leader_id": 1,
        "currency_id": 2,
        "template_id": 0,
        "based_on_type": null,
        "based_on_id": null,
        "email": "notifications+m2p-mZXTG9V@mail.manageprojects.com",
        "is_tracking_enabled": true,
        "is_client_reporting_enabled": false,
        "budget": null,
        "count_tasks": 0,
        "count_discussions": 0,
        "count_files": 0,
        "count_notes": 0
    },
    "category": null,
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 100
    },
    "label_ids": [],
    "task_lists": null
}

Lets set a custom company hourly rate and check if it propagates to the project:

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

PUT /companies/2

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{
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 150
    }
}

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 2,
        "class": "Company",
        "url_path": "\/companies\/2",
        "name": "Client Company",
        "members": [],
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "is_archived": false,
        "created_on": 1430164561,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164562,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "address": null,
        "phone": null,
        "homepage_url": null,
        "tax_id": null,
        "currency_id": null,
        "is_owner": false,
        "has_note": false
    },
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 150
    },
    "active_projects_count": 1
}

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

GET /projects/1

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 1,
        "class": "Project",
        "url_path": "\/projects\/1",
        "name": "Client Project",
        "completed_on": null,
        "completed_by_id": null,
        "is_completed": false,
        "members": [
            1
        ],
        "category_id": 0,
        "label_id": 0,
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "created_on": 1430164562,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164562,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "body": null,
        "body_formatted": "",
        "company_id": 2,
        "leader_id": 1,
        "currency_id": 2,
        "template_id": 0,
        "based_on_type": null,
        "based_on_id": null,
        "email": "notifications+m2p-mZXTG9V@mail.manageprojects.com",
        "is_tracking_enabled": true,
        "is_client_reporting_enabled": false,
        "budget": null,
        "count_tasks": 0,
        "count_discussions": 0,
        "count_files": 0,
        "count_notes": 0
    },
    "category": null,
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 150
    },
    "label_ids": [],
    "task_lists": null
}

Now, lets set it on a project level and confirm that it did not affect the client company rate:

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

PUT /projects/1

Payload:

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{
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 250
    }
}

Response:

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 1,
        "class": "Project",
        "url_path": "\/projects\/1",
        "name": "Client Project",
        "completed_on": null,
        "completed_by_id": null,
        "is_completed": false,
        "members": [
            1
        ],
        "category_id": 0,
        "label_id": 0,
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "created_on": 1430164562,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164563,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "body": null,
        "body_formatted": "",
        "company_id": 2,
        "leader_id": 1,
        "currency_id": 2,
        "template_id": 0,
        "based_on_type": null,
        "based_on_id": null,
        "email": "notifications+m2p-mZXTG9V@mail.manageprojects.com",
        "is_tracking_enabled": true,
        "is_client_reporting_enabled": false,
        "budget": null,
        "count_tasks": 0,
        "count_discussions": 0,
        "count_files": 0,
        "count_notes": 0
    },
    "category": null,
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 250
    },
    "label_ids": [],
    "task_lists": null
}

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

GET /companies/2

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 2,
        "class": "Company",
        "url_path": "\/companies\/2",
        "name": "Client Company",
        "members": [],
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "is_archived": false,
        "created_on": 1430164561,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164562,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "address": null,
        "phone": null,
        "homepage_url": null,
        "tax_id": null,
        "currency_id": null,
        "is_owner": false,
        "has_note": false
    },
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 150
    },
    "active_projects_count": 1
}

Just to confirm that custom rate on project level remains custom even when we remove custom rate from company level:

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

PUT /companies/2

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{
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 0
    }
}

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 2,
        "class": "Company",
        "url_path": "\/companies\/2",
        "name": "Client Company",
        "members": [],
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "is_archived": false,
        "created_on": 1430164561,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164563,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "address": null,
        "phone": null,
        "homepage_url": null,
        "tax_id": null,
        "currency_id": null,
        "is_owner": false,
        "has_note": false
    },
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 100
    },
    "active_projects_count": 1
}

Response: HTTP 200, application/json (Hide)

GET /projects/1

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{
    "single": {
        "id": 1,
        "class": "Project",
        "url_path": "\/projects\/1",
        "name": "Client Project",
        "completed_on": null,
        "completed_by_id": null,
        "is_completed": false,
        "members": [
            1
        ],
        "category_id": 0,
        "label_id": 0,
        "is_trashed": false,
        "trashed_on": null,
        "trashed_by_id": 0,
        "created_on": 1430164562,
        "created_by_id": 1,
        "updated_on": 1430164563,
        "updated_by_id": 1,
        "body": null,
        "body_formatted": "",
        "company_id": 2,
        "leader_id": 1,
        "currency_id": 2,
        "template_id": 0,
        "based_on_type": null,
        "based_on_id": null,
        "email": "notifications+m2p-mZXTG9V@mail.manageprojects.com",
        "is_tracking_enabled": true,
        "is_client_reporting_enabled": false,
        "budget": null,
        "count_tasks": 0,
        "count_discussions": 0,
        "count_files": 0,
        "count_notes": 0
    },
    "category": null,
    "hourly_rates": {
        "1": 250
    },
    "label_ids": [],
    "task_lists": null
}

Setting Hourly Rates When Creating Companies and Projects

Additionally, custom hourly rates can be specified when you create a new company or a project: