Using WorkTime you can track at your own choice
applications and documents usage, how work on projects is performed, how
workstations are used and more. WorkTime Tracking Levels feature allows
you to choose depending on your needs what data should be tracked.
To select levels of tracking, open WorkTime Options window and go to Settings|Tracking|Advanced
Tracking options group (See Options
- Tracking).
Tracking Levels
Level 1: projects, activities, users, workstations
usage including start/finish times
Level 2: Level 1 and applications, documents usage
Level 3: Level 2 and applications, documents start/finish
times
Usage means the total time spent in
projects, activities, documents etc.
E.g. yesterday Bob was working with Excel for 2 hours.
Start/Finish times means times when
work is started and when - finished
E.g. Bob was working with Excel 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM and then 4:00 PM -
4:30 PM
Level 1
Level 1 tracks projects, activities, users, workstations usage including
start/finish times.
Level 1 does not track applications and documents.
Example:
| User name |
Project name |
Start time |
Finish time |
Total usage time |
| Bob S. |
Development |
11:00 AM |
12:30 PM |
1 hour 30 minutes |
| Linda J. |
Documentation |
13:30 PM |
15:05 PM |
1 hour 35 minutes |
| James H. |
Support |
15:25 PM |
18:17 PM |
2 hours 52 minutes |
Level 2
Level 2 tracks projects, activities, users, workstations usage including
start/finish times and applications, documents usage.
Level 2 tracks the same data as Level 1 and also applications, documents
usage.
Level 2 does not track applications, documents/start finish times.
Example:
| User name |
Project name |
Application |
Document |
Start time |
Finish time |
Total usage time |
| Bob S. |
Development |
|
|
11:00 AM |
12:30 PM |
1 hour 30 minutes |
| |
|
Notepad |
log.txt |
| |
20 minutes |
| |
|
Notepad |
cmd.bat |
|
|
40 minutes |
| |
|
Excel |
chart.xls |
|
|
5 minutes |
| |
|
Excel |
db_report.xls |
|
|
25 minutes |
Level 3
Level 3 tracks projects, activities, users, workstations, applications,
documents usage including start/finish times.
Level 3 tracks the same data as Level 2 and also applications, documents
start/finish times.
Example:
| User name |
Project name |
Application |
Document |
Start time |
Finish time |
Total usage time |
| Bob S. |
Development |
|
|
11:00 AM |
12:30 PM |
1 hour 30 minutes |
| |
|
Notepad |
log.txt |
11:00 AM |
11:20 AM |
20 minutes |
| |
|
Notepad |
cmd.bat |
11:20 AM |
12:00 PM |
40 minutes |
| |
|
Excel |
chart.xls |
12:00 PM |
12:15 PM |
5 minutes |
| |
|
Excel |
db_report.xls |
12:15 PM |
12:30 PM |
25 minutes |
See also Options - Tracking, Main
Window, Main Menu, WorkTime
Terminology - Tracking |
