---
key: log-a-mileage-trip
title: Log a mileage trip
audience: staff
section: projects-tasks
routes: ["/work/mileage"]
permissions: ["work.mileage.create"]
features: ["work.mileage"]
since: 0.0.1
updated: 0.0.1
status: published
summary: Start a live trip when you pull out or log a finished one from your records on the Mileage page, stop it with the distance, and discard or void a trip that was a mistake.
keywords: [kilometres, miles, driving, travel, vehicle log, odometer, reimbursement, trip log, business travel]
related: [log-time, see-your-work-for-today, submit-and-approve-a-timesheet]
---

In the sidebar, open **Projects & Tasks**, then **Time & Mileage**, then **Mileage**. The page address is `/work/mileage`. A trip is one drive for the business: when it started, when it ended, how far, and why. Nova keeps them for expense claims and reporting.

## Before you start

Your admin has to give your role the **Create mileage trips** permission. Without it, **Start or log trip** does not appear.

## Steps

1. Press **Start or log trip**. The **Start or log mileage** panel opens.
2. Decide how you are recording it:
   - Leave **Log a completed trip** unticked to start a live trip now. Nova stamps the current time as the start.
   - Tick **Log a completed trip** to enter a drive you already made. Fill in **Started**, **Ended** and **Distance**.
3. Choose the **Unit** (**Kilometres** or **Miles**) and the **Purpose** (**Business**, **Commute** or **Personal**).
4. Type where you went in **Notes**, and tick **Billable travel** if a customer will be charged for it.
   If your organization has more than one branch, the **Branch** field shows which branch the trip belongs to. It follows your current branch; press **Change** to pick another.
5. Press **Start trip now** or **Log completed trip**. Nova shows **Mileage trip started.** or **Mileage trip logged.** and opens the trip.

To finish a live trip:

1. Open the trip from the list; its status reads **In progress**.
2. Type the distance for the drive in the distance field; it is labelled with the unit you chose.
3. Press **Stop and complete**. Nova shows **Mileage trip stopped and completed.**

## What you see

- The list shows each trip's **Started** time, **Purpose**, **Distance** and **Status**. Select the start time or choose **Open details** in the row menu to open it.
- The list filter starts on **Active records**; switch it to **In progress**, **Completed**, **Discarded** or **Voided**, and use **Search purpose or notes** to find a trip.
- The **Mileage trip** panel shows **Started**, **Ended**, **Distance**, **Purpose**, **Status** and **Billable**, plus your notes.
- **Previous** and **Next** page through a long list.

## If something looks different

- **Stop and complete** refuses with **Enter a distance greater than zero.**: type the distance first.
- You started a trip by mistake: press **Discard draft** on an in-progress trip. **Discard mileage draft** opens, asks for a reason if your organization requires one, and finishes with **Discard draft**. Discarding needs the **Discard draft mileage trips** permission.
- A completed trip is wrong: it cannot be edited or deleted. Press **Void trip** on it, give a reason in **Void mileage trip** if it asks for one (at least eight characters), and confirm with **Void trip**. Voided trips are kept but left out of reporting. Voiding needs the **Void mileage trips** permission.
- **No mileage trips match this view.**: change the status filter; a finished trip is under **Completed**, not **In progress**.