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AutoTrack

AutoTrack automatically records the activity on your computer during your work day to help you improve your time tracking.

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Written by Carla
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AutoTrack is a feature in the TrackingTime desktop application that records user activity on the computer. It's like an assistant that tracks time, so you don't have to! This information is only visible to the user, and it will not be shared with anyone else. It will not leave your computer, as it's saved locally to guarantee 100% privacy.

The information registered here serves to remind the user what they have been working on. It will help them load their hours in a more precise way, and without the need to load them instantly or to track time in real time.

Overview

The AutoTrack section contains:

  1. Header: select a day using the Date picker. Use the Refresh button to update the information displayed. You can also choose between display sizes.

  2. Sidebar: shows a list of the time entries created for the selected day.

  3. Main pane: visualize all your computer activity for the selected day.

Enable AutoTrack in your computer

Roles: All roles | Free Feature

How to enable AutoTrack:

  1. Click on the AutoTrack icon in the top right corner of your TrackingTime app.

  2. Click on the "Record Activity" toggle to enable it.

  3. Set up when you want AutoTrack to register your activity. Options are On working hours and Always.

📝 When choosing "On working hours", AutoTrack will identify as work hours the ones you set up in your Work Schedules.

Snooze AutoTrack

In the enabling section, you'll be able to choose a snoozing option. Select a snooze period, in which AutoTrack will stop registering your computer activity. The options are 1 minute, 30 minutes, 1 hour and Until tomorrow.

Customize your AutoTrack display

Roles: All roles | Free Feature

Configure your AutoTrack display according to your preferences.

These are the settings available:

Size

  • Compact: displays the time entries' details in 1 hour blocks.

  • Medium: displays browser or app name.

  • Large: more detailed information for your time entries: browser or app name and name of the page or document you were working on.

  • Columns: select the amount of columns in which the information will be displayed.

  • Hidden apps: If you do not want AutoTrack to register your activity in certain websites, simply type their URL in this section. You can also hide an app, directly, by clicking on the app icon and then on the Hide app button.

⚠️ To delete a hidden app, simply remove the URL from the list.

View your computer activity

Roles: All roles | Free Feature

In the main pane, you can view all the activity logs that AutoTrack has automatically recorded on your computer. Click on the activity to view its details. The browser or app title will be shown along with the name of the task or event worked on. The total amount of time, and start and end times, will also be displayed.

Review and log your hours in one click with AI-powered suggestions. AutoTrack recommends time entries based on your actual activity, helping you reduce errors, eliminate guesswork, and fill in your timesheet faster.

Easily add time entries, directly from the main pane, based on the activities registered by AutoTrack! Click on an activity to add a time entry for a task or project you worked on.

Edit your time entries directly from AutoTrack as well! From the side panel, click on a time entry to open it. Review its details and edit as needed!

View your activity in Hours

Roles: All roles | Free Feature

When using the web version of TrackingTime, look for the AutoTrack icon in your time entries, in the Hours section of your account! If you have activity registered in AutoTrack, then you'll be able to easily access that activity, directly from Hours.

How to view your AutoTrack information:

  1. Hover over the AutoTrack icon to visualize the shortcut.

  2. Click on the View Activity button to go to TrackingTime's desktop app.

⚠️ Autotrack is not intended to register time entries on its own. It registers your activity while working with your computer with Autotrack enabled, recording the applications' usage.

Having said so, this information can only be accessed by the user who enabled it, and it will not be listed on reports. Other users (not even the workspace admins) will not be able to access your Autotrack activity unless you manually add them as time entries.

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