# Manually editing an overtime counter

> How to adjust an employee's overtime balance to correct an error or record a one-off agreement.

Source: https://help.shyfter.com/en/reports/manually-editing-an-overtime-counter  
Category: Reports  
Updated: 2026-06-30

## When to edit a counter manually?

It can happen that the automatically calculated balance does not reflect reality: an agreement made with an employee, a correction following a clocking error, or a data carryover when the module is activated. Shyfter lets you adjust the counter week by week, with traceability.

## How to edit a week

1. Go to **Team → Users** and open the employee's profile.
2. Click the **Counters** tab.
3. Locate the week to correct and click the **green pencil icon** at the end of the row.
4. In the window that opens, enter the desired value for that week.
5. Add a **comment** to explain the reason for the change (correction, agreement, etc.).
6. Click **Save**.

> From the following week, calculations automatically resume from the value you just saved. All subsequent balances take this new starting point into account.

## Deleting a manual change

If you want to cancel an adjustment, click the **trash icon** next to the modified week. Shyfter then resumes the automatic calculation from the previous week's data, as if no change had been made.

## Best practice: changing the contract

If you change the number of hours per week in an employee's contractual data, **freeze the counter first** at the week preceding the change. This preserves the history of the overtime already calculated. See the dedicated article on this subject for the complete procedure.