# Flows Update: Introducing Budget Management and Time Expense Tracking

Thank you for all the valuable feedback you've been sharing over the past few weeks. Your comments have been instrumental in helping us improve Flows, and we're excited to announce two key feature developments that directly address your needs.

## What's New?

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### Budget Management

You can now set an estimated budget (in hours) for any flow. This allows you to:

* Define expected time requirements upfront (e.g., 10 hours for an energy model flow)
* Track actual progress against your budget
* Measure project success from a time perspective

### Time Expense Tracking

We've introduced two ways to capture time spent on your flows:

#### **Manual Time Expenses**

* Add time for activities not automatically tracked by the platform
* Account for document reviews, meetings, and other project-related work
* Get a complete picture of time invested in your project delivery

#### **Automatic Time Tracking**

* When you connect a subflow to your designs, time is automatically tracked
* Data is collected in 6-minute intervals for precision
* Seamlessly integrated as automatic expenses

## Enhanced Visual Dashboard

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All this information comes together in an intuitive front-end visualization that:

* Shows total expenses accumulated over time
* Compares actual time against your budget
* Provides clear insights into project tracking and performance

## Why These Changes Matter?

These features give you comprehensive control over project time management, combining both manual and automatic tracking methods to ensure no effort goes unaccounted for. You'll have better visibility into resource allocation and project efficiency.

## Keep Your Feedback Coming

Your input has been invaluable in shaping these improvements. Please continue sharing your thoughts and suggestions as we work to further enhance your Flows experience.


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