Timer view

With the click of a mouse, this innovative tool eliminates the labor and takes the guesswork out of time keeping. Use this view to track time as you work (like a stopwatch).

To start time tracking using the timer:

1.    Select View, Timer (or click the Timer button on the side shortcut bar) if you’re not already there.

2.    Select the task name from the list.

3.    Enter a Description if needed.

4.    Click the Start or Start from Last buttons.

Ü    The Start from Last button will start tracking according to the end time of the previous timesheet entry.

Ü    Double clicking on a task will Start the timer.

Ü    When selecting a project from the tracking list, the first task within that project is selected by default.

Ü    If the previous timesheet entry was recorded prior to today, the Start from Last will use the default time entered in Tools, Options (see "My day starts at").

Ü    If Auto-shrink is ON, when you click on Start or Start from last, the view will then shrink and remain on top of any open application. Go to Tools, Options, Automatic Options, to turn Auto-shrink ON or OFF.

Ü    To maximize the view, click the Detail/Shrink button . The software will keep tracking either way.

Ü    If you want to enter time against a project that you’ve removed from the list, select Actions, Display All Items from the menu.

5.    Select the Billable option if the time transaction is billable. The default setting displayed for the Billable checkbox will change depending on the project selected. The default setting for each project is configured at the project structure level and can only be modified by the project manager using Track-IT pro or Track-IT pro web.

6.    If required, select the appropriate Overtime Rates.

7.    Enter Custom field information if required.

To end time tracking using the timer:

1.    Click the Stop button.

Ü    If the view is shrunk, it will be automatically restored. The recorded time will move to the timesheet (select Timesheet in the View menu to edit) and the start and end times in the main view will reset, ready to start tracking again.

2.    Select another task and click Start or Start from last to start tracking for your new selection.

Ü    If Auto stop/start is ON, you do not need to click stop. While tracking is ON, simply select another task. The software will stop tracking, store the recorded transaction and start tracking for the new selection.

Ü    If Auto stop/start is ON and you want to allocate the current time worked to a different item, press the shift key while making your selection.

Ü    If Auto stop/start is OFF, press the shift key while making your selection when you’re tracking time and it will automatically start tracking for the new selection.

Task Progress Statistics

In the Timer view, Task Progress information is displayed in the right pane. This information displays a task’s progress against budgeted time and the timesheet entry tool user’s estimate.

Click on a task to display its Task Progress information. If a task is a global task then "No Estimate information available for this Task" appears.

Task Progress description

Ü    The task’s scheduled Start and Finish dates. The Task start and finish dates can be changed in the Project Budgets and Gantt views in Track-IT pro.

Ü    Budget – Actual. Displays the Budgeted hours required to complete a task, the Actual hours worked against that task and the difference. Note that Budgeted hours are entered in the Estimated Hours column of the Project Budgets view in Track-IT pro web or Track-IT pro.

Ü    Displays the employees Estimate to Complete entered in the Estimates view of Track-IT light or Track-IT web edition. Changes made to the Estimate to Complete are sent to Track-IT pro and Track-IT pro web and are displayed in the Project Budgets view.