Overview

The fastest way to start tracking your work time is by simply clicking on the Play button.

If you just want to start tracking your work time, and not have this time assigned to any task or project, simply click on the Play Button at the top right corner of your screen, and then press Start.

A time entry will be created, and you can later assign a task and a project to it.

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Features

Start tracking from the main timer

Roles: all roles | Free Feature

You have several options to start tracking.

If you’re going to start working on an existing task or project, you can use the two-step selector.

At the top, you will see your recent activity, and at the bottom, all of your projects.

To start tracking a recent project/task, click on a recent activity item.
To start tracking another existing project or task, look for them using the search field.

You could also create a Project and a Task right from the Timer:

To start tracking a new project, type the name and then click on "+New Project".
After creating the new project, you will be able to add tasks to it.
Just click on "+New Task" to add one.

Track a task

Roles: all roles | Free Feature

To track a task from your tasks' list, just hover the task and the Play Button will appear.

⚠️ Important: You can only track tasks that have been assigned to you.

Track a project

Roles: all roles | Free Feature

Click on the Play button next to a project's name to track time against it. You can only track time for projects that have been assigned to you.

If you track time for a project, an empty task will be created inside that project.

⚠️ Important: You will not be able to visualize tasks names, in your Timesheets reports, if you only track projects.

Continue tracking a recent activity

Roles: all roles | Free Feature

If you've already tracked time for a task, and you want to keep adding time to it, instead of looking for it in your projects' list you can press the Play button on the time entry, directly from the Hours tab.

Just hover the time entry and the Play Button will appear.

Can I track multiple tasks at the same time?

Unfortunately, no. When using the live timer you can only track one task at a time.

However, you can manually add several time entries for the same period of time.

Set notifications to help you track

Roles: all roles | Free Feature

How to set up time tracking notifications:

Go to the menu on the upper right corner of your screen.
Select Settings.
From the menu on the left, choose Notifications.

Under Notify Me, you will see the following time notification options:

When I’m not tracking: A desktop/browser notification will appear every 30 minutes to remind you that you’re currently not tracking any tasks.
About what I’m tracking: A desktop/browser notification will appear every 30 minutes while you’re actively tracking a task to make sure you’re tracking the correct task.
With updates about projects, tasks and comments: Get notified every time one of your projects or tasks gets updated.
A task time is exceeded: Get notified if you ever exceed the estimated time assigned to your tasks.
A project time is exceeded: Get notified if you ever exceed the estimated time assigned to your projects.

Set policies to help you track

Roles: admins | Paid Feature

You can set your own rules to make sure that your time tracking is always consistent.

For example, you could automatically stop a team member's forgotten running timer, using Policies.

Learn how to set up time tracking Policies here.