With AccountLinx, you can export your employees' time data from ExakTime Connect into a compatible file for COBRA Contractors Software. As COBRA may be customized to fit your company's needs, the default AccountLinx export for COBRA may not match your COBRA setup exactly. Please read through this article before setting up AccountLinx to understand what is needed.

If you have any questions or concerns during setup and/or use, you can contact us with the "Request Support" link at the top of the page and we will try to assist as best as possible. Keep in mind, however, that we are not COBRA support. We will try to help you as much as we can, but there are aspects of COBRA that are out of our area of expertise and your questions may be better answered by COBRA support or your trusted contact to answer/assist.

Selecting COBRA as your Exporter

1. Go to Tools and click Exporter Settings.... 
2. The Exporter Settings window should open. Click Select Exporter.... 
3. A window with a list of available exporters should open. Select "COBRA Contractors Software" and click OK.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to COBRA

The COBRA export for AccountLinx offers a variety of settings when exporting your time data to help tailor the time data to your company's needs. These settings are unique to AccountLinx and will not affect ExakTime Connect or Mobile. If any of the settings offered do not sound familiar, you may not be using the setting in COBRA and can leave it as <None>. 

1. Go to Tools and click Exporter Settings....
2. The Exporter Settings window should open. Click Configure... to open the 'Settings' window.
   • Optional Settings
     • Export Equipment time records - Enable to include equipment usage in your export. 
   • Comments/Notes
     • Specify if the comments associated with an employee, location, cost code, or time record should be exported along with the time record. 
3. Click OK on the Configuration window and click OK on the Exporter Settings window to return to the main page of AccountLinx.

Data Mapping

Mapping allows you to data map your ExakTime entities and complete additional fields so the AccountLinx time data export matches the corresponding COBRA entities. Your data mappings will be saved once done allowing you to focus on data mapping any entities added to ExakTime since the last export. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with mapping your data in AccountLinx.

Exporting Time

After mapping your entities, you can export your time data into a compatible file to import into COBRA. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with exporting time data from AccountLinx.

Example of AccountLinx Export

An example of an AccountLinx export has been provided below. The data have been preformatted based on the COBRA template. The presented values can differ depending on your settings.

While you can manipulate the exported data after it has been exported, it is highly discouraged as it can result in data discrepancies when double-checking any data.

How to Import Time Data into COBRA

It is recommended to consult with COBRA for further assistance with importing and using the time data as they are more knowledgeable of utilizing their system.