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WorkTime can track the time spent in different
projects.
Simply create your project structure and let WorkTime collect data under
your projects. Projects can be organized in a hierarchical structure (as
a "tree") or in a plain list. Hierarchical structure allows you
to group projects.
WorkTime can automatically change projects depending on the active application/document,
track certain applications only and more. WorkTime informative reports are
perfect to analyze or bill your time. |
Project autochange
WorkTime can automatically change projects depending on the active application/document
(See Options - Tracking).
This feature is very useful when you are working on several projects at
the same time and often switch from one to another. In this case there is
no need to switch between WorkTime projects manually when you open another
document, WorkTime can do it for you automatically.
Example: You are working on several Adobe Photoshop documents (cd_tl.psd,
cd_wt.psd) related to different clients correspondingly (projects: DNP,
Bridge Consulting).
In this case you can setup project autochange with the following rules:
When application/document contains "cd_tl" - switch project to
"DNP";
When application/document contains "cd_wt" - switch project to
"Bridge Consulting".
To setup Project Autochange feature, open WorkTime Options window and select
Settings|Tracking|Advanced Tracking options group (See Options
- Tracking).
See also Options - Tracking, Main
Window, Main Menu, WorkTime
Terminology - Tracking
Correct time manually
WorkTime allows you to move tracked time/data between the projects
(See Options - Edit). This feature is
useful if you forgot to switch from one project to another. To switch between
the projects automatically, use Project Autochange feature.
If you forgot to click Start button or to launch WorkTime, you can add
time manually. You can setup WorkTime to launch and start tracking time
automatically on Windows startup.
To correct tracked time manually, open WorkTime Options window and select
Customize & Edit|Time (See Options -
Edit).
See also Options - Edit,
Main Window, Main
Menu, WorkTime Terminology -
Classifiers
User defined daybreak
By default, WorkTime tracks time on a daily basis when day ends at the midnight.
But if you prefer to work late (past midnight) you might want to count that
time for the previous day (instead of adding it to the next day).
In this case you can define your own daybreak - e.g. 2:00 AM (See Options
- Tracking).
To setup User Defined Daybreak, open WorkTime Options window and select
Settings|Tracking options group (See Options
- Tracking).
See also Options - Tracking, Main
Window, Main Menu, WorkTime
Terminology - Tracking
Track selected applications
With WorkTime it is possible to define the set of applications that should
(or should not) be tracked. This function is very useful for remote employees
(See Options - Tracking).
To define applications that should be tracked, open WorkTime Options window
and select Settings|Tracking|Applications Tracking options group (See Options
- Tracking).
See also Options - Tracking, Main
Window, Main Menu, WorkTime
Terminology - Tracking
Bill clients - Rate per hour
You can assign to each of your projects a Rate per hour value to
track the money earned and to bill your clients (See Options
- Edit).
To define Rate per Hour, open WorkTime Options window and select Customize
& Edit|Projects (See Options - Edit).
See also Options - Edit,
Main Window, Main
Menu, WorkTime Terminology -
Classifiers
Different levels of tracking
You can define the level of tracking depending on your needs: WorkTime can
track how long and when you worked on the projects. It is possible to track
applications or documents usage but if you do not need it, you can turn
it of (See Options - Tracking, Tracking
Levels).
To select levels of tracking, open WorkTime Options window and go to Settings|Tracking|Advanced
Tracking options group (See Options
- Tracking).
See also Options - Tracking, Main
Window, Main Menu, WorkTime
Terminology - Tracking
Notes
You can add notes about your work to keep track of what exactly you were
working on at certain period of time. This is a very helpful feature to
control yourself and also to create reports for your clients/customers/mangers
so they can see what you spend your time on and what you charge them for.
See also Features - Notes, Options
- General, Reports, Main
Window, Main Menu
See also PC Usage Tracking,
Reports |
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