# Rhumbix and Volty > Project managers ask Volty how Rhumbix hours compare with the budget on a cost code, and general contractors get labor hours to date by email. Self-performing contractors on Rhumbix let project managers ask Volty how logged hours compare with the budget on a cost code, and answer GCs about hours and change orders. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## Rough-in against budget Victor asks how the lighting rough-in is tracking. Volty compares Rhumbix timekeeping with the budget. Project managers Volty · Team chat V Victor How are we doing on hours for the lighting rough-in at Eastside Library? Checked Rhumbix · Eastside Library · Lighting rough-in · 412 of 480 budgeted hours VoltyAPP 412 hours are logged against the 480 budgeted for lighting rough-in, so 68 are left. 37 of the logged hours are not approved yet. Rhumbix cost code Lighting rough-in 86% of budget Project Eastside Library Budgeted 480 hours Logged 412 hours to Nov 1 Not yet approved 37 hours Timekeeping entries and budget items by cost code ## What Volty does with Rhumbix Rhumbix is field software for self-performing contractors, covering timekeeping, production tracking and field paperwork. Volty reads timekeeping entries and budgets by cost code, so a project manager asking in team chat hears how logged hours compare with the hours budgeted for a scope. General contractors who ask how much labor went into a scope, or whether a change order is open, get the answer by email. - Hours against budget · Logged hours on a cost code next to the hours budgeted for it. - Hours by cost code · Labor logged against a scope through a given date. - Change orders and caps · Whether a change order is active and its not-to-exceed amount. - Reads only · This connection does not edit time, budgets or change orders. Connects with Rhumbix public API, company and API key Volty reads Projects, timekeeping entries, cost codes, budgets, change orders Volty can change None Setup The Volty team with your Rhumbix admin Category Field service & construction Crews keep working. Their clock-ins answer the GC's question. ### Lighting rough-in hours Laura emails for labor to date. Volty reads hours by cost code. LB Laura Benson Email · General contractor How many hours has your crew logged on the lighting rough-in at Eastside so far? Checked Rhumbix · Eastside Library · Lighting rough-in · 412 hours to Nov 1 Volty Hi Laura, our crew has logged 412 hours on the lighting rough-in at Eastside Library through November 1. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Cost codes near budget - When · Friday mornings · On a schedule - Step 1 · Totals hours by cost code · Against each budget item - Step 2 · Sends PMs the list · Codes past 90 percent - Step 3 · Answers about each · Who logged what, which days Laura asks whether the conduit change order is still open. ## How Volty connects to Rhumbix Rhumbix has a public API with key-based access. An admin generates the token in the Rhumbix dashboard, and the Volty team sets Volty up with it as a custom connection. - 01 · Generate a token · Company Settings, then API Integration, then + Generate New Token. Name it and create it. - 02 · Mind the one-key rule · Rhumbix allows one active API key at a time and 600 requests a minute, so check no other integration needs it. - 03 · Approve in Volty · A workspace admin approves once. - 04 · Set switches · Every Rhumbix tool here reads, and each can be On or Off. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Find project · Reads - Read timekeeping entries · Reads - Read budget by cost code · Reads - Read change order · Reads Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes Rhumbix starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### We already connect Rhumbix to our ERP. Can Volty use the API too? Rhumbix allows only one active API key per account at a time. If your ERP or BI tool already uses it, our team plans with you how Volty shares that access before setup, since generating a new token means deactivating the old one. ### Where is the Rhumbix API token created? A Rhumbix admin opens Company Settings, then API Integration, in the dashboard and clicks + Generate New Token. They name it and create it, which gives a company key and an API key. Our team uses those for Volty's connection. ### Does Volty read T&M tickets in Rhumbix? Not in this setup. Rhumbix's public API documents timekeeping entries, cost codes, budgets and change orders, and Volty reads those. When a GC asks whether a T&M ticket is signed, Volty hands the question to the project manager, who checks it in Rhumbix and replies in the same thread. ### How much does it cost to connect Rhumbix with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. 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