Tracking - collecting data about applications, documents,
web-sites that users run on the workstation.
PC Usage Tracking - collecting data about using the PC that includes
user names (who uses this PC), applications, documents, web-sites usage.
Project Tracking - collecting data about PC usage under projects
(by default all data is assigned to the default project).
Tracked Data
Tracked Data - information about user actions that includes classifiers
names, applications/documents names and time: how long and when actions
were performed.
Data, Collected Data = Tracked Data.
Time = Tracked Data - sometimes Time is used instead of Data
for users convenience.
Track Under, Assign To - all data is tracked under certain classifiers
(is assigned to certain classifiers).
Rollback Data - delete data permanently.
When tracking PC usage, Worktime saves all information about executed applications,
opened documents, visited web-sites under some User, Project, Activity and
Workstation (See WorkTime Terminology
- Classifiers). In other words,
all information is assigned to a User, Project, Activity and Workstation.
If, for example, you don't use activities, then all data is assigned to
a default activity.
Applications, documents, web-sites lists are created by WorkTime automatically
during the tracking process. No need to add applications, documents, web-sites
manually.
Classifier lists are created manually by a user: WorkTime
Terminology - Classifiers.
Tracking States
Tracking Started - WorkTime is running and collecting data
(WorkTime can run without collecting data).
Tracking Stopped - Worktime is running but data is not being
collected.
Tracking Paused - this is a temporary tracking state when data is
being collected with a Paused mark.
Tracking Autopaused = Tracking Paused
Tracking Autostopped - this is a temporary tracking state when data
is not being collected.
How WorkTime switches into different Tracking States:
Tracking Started - Tracking can be started manually by a user or
it can be started automatically on the WorkTime launch (See Main
Window, Main Menu, Options
- Tracking).
Tracking Stopped - Tracking can be stopped manually by a
user (See Main Window, Main
Menu).
Tracking Paused - WorkTime automatically switches to a Paused
mode if tracking is started but there is no keyboard or mouse activity for
a certain period of time (See Options
- Tracking). Depending on the further action all data, collected as
Paused, might be rolled back (deleted) or it might be kept. Paused
data is deleted if a user does not take any action (no keyboard or mouse
activity), after this WorkTime switches to the Autostopped mode and
stops tracking until user starts using PC again (until keyboard or mouse
activity is indicated). Paused data is kept if there is keyboard
or mouse activity indicated, in this case WorkTime switches to a Tracking
Started mode and continues tracking without Paused mark.
Tracking Autopaused = Tracking Paused
Tracking Autostopped - WorkTime automatically switches to an Autostopped
mode if tracking is started (or paused) and there is no keyboard or mouse
activity for a certain period of time (See Options
- Tracking). WorkTime switches back to a Tracking Started mode
if there is keyboard/mouse activity indicated.
Tracking Levels
All data is collected depending on the level of tracking:
Level 1 - WorkTime collects data about projects, activities, users,
workstations usage including start/finish times.
Level 2 - WorkTime collects the same data as under Level 1 and also
applications, documents usage.
Level 3 - WorkTime collects the same data as under Level 2 and also
applications, documents start/finish times.
See also Options - Tracking, Tracking
Levels
General
Tracking Interval - this is period of time that identifies how often
WorkTime tracks data (See Options -
Tracking).
Save to Database - this is period of time that identifies how often
WorkTime saves collected data to the database.
Day Break - by default Day Break value is equal to Midnight. All
tracked data is assigned to a certain date (day). Data tracked between two
closest day breaks belongs to the same date. Day Break can be changed to
a user defined value (See Options -
Tracking).
Hidden Mode - this is a mode when WorkTime runs hidden: no windows,
sounds, messages (See Hidden Mode,
Options - General).
See also WorkTime Terminology Overview,
WorkTime Terminology - Database, WorkTime
Terminology - Classifiers
Options - Tracking, Tracking
Levels, What is WorkTime,
Main Window, Main
Menu, Hidden Mode, Options
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