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Fill out the weekly timesheet or use the timer.

Miha Stanovnik avatar
Written by Miha Stanovnik
Updated over 5 months ago

To start tracking, navigate to the Track page. You can start tracking immediately, even if you haven't created your projects yet.

There are two different ways to enter your hours:

  1. Weekly view: manually fill out a weekly timesheet

  2. Daily view: track real-time with a timer or manually add logs in the daily view

Both views will allow you to:

  • add notes of what you are working on

  • add your expenses

  • attach files (allowed file extensions: .pdf, .csv, .xls, .xlsx, .doc, .docx, .txt, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif)

  • use tags

You can switch from the weekly timesheet to a daily timer view here:

*** If this option is not available for you, a manual timesheet submission is turned on for your account. It will need to be switched off for the daily view to become available.

1. Weekly view: fill out a weekly timesheet

When you are in the daily timer view, you can switch to the weekly timesheet here:

The Weekly view enables you to quickly fill out a weekly timesheet. You will want to use it, if you are not tracking your activities in real-time, and are used to manually entering your hours in a timesheet at the end of the day or a week. Here you will be able to quickly see how much of your time was spent on each task in a week.

If you need to add more details to each entry (such as a description, start and end time, or expenses), this is also possible, like this:

If you add a new row with the same Project and Task that were already entered, a sub-row will appear under the row with such Project and Task. This way you can enter multiple time slots for a Project/Task.

*** Please note that if you click on the 'Delete' icon next to the row totals, all entries for the Project/Task will be deleted. To remove individual logs, edit only the specific field.

If you are mostly working on the same projects and tasks every week, you can simply copy the list of Projects and Tasks from the previous week:

The administrators can also check and edit the weekly timesheets of other users by switching to a different user here:

Working on weekends?

If you need to add weekend days to your timesheet, please go to your Profile and select the 'Working on weekends' option.

2. Daily view: track real-time

You can switch from the weekly timesheet to the daily view here:

*** If this option is not available for you, a manual timesheet submission is turned on for your account. It will need to be switched off for the daily view to become available.

You will want to use this view if you need to track how much time exactly you spend on each task. This view also allows you to:

  • use ‘Favourite logs’ for recurring activities

  • switch between activities

  • copy a time log with all the details

Start the timer

By clicking ‘New timer’, the timer will start running right away and you can add log details later.

The timer will also start running when you enter all details except duration/start and end time in the 'Add a time log' form and click 'Start timer':

How to add manual entries?

By clicking ‘Add time log’ you will be able to manually enter the start and end time or duration. This way you can enter time for the past as well.

When you enter the duration (or start and end times) the former 'Start timer' button will transform into the 'Add time log' button and the timer will not start running when adding a time log:

Here's how to stop the running time log:

You can then resume a time log, like this:

Or you can simply switch between activities. This action will stop tracking your current activity and start a log with the new activity.

Here's how to copy an existing time log with all details:

The recorded time logs can be grouped or shown individually. If you select 'Timeline', the time logs will be displayed individually and ordered chronologically. You will also get a visual representation of your logs on a timeline. If you unselect 'Timeline' all time logs that are exactly the same will be grouped together.

There is one more feature this view has to offer, the Favorite time logs. If you work on tasks that recur frequently, you can add them to your favorites, so you will be able to start them in no time.

Keyboard shortcuts

You can use these keyboard shortcuts to perform actions without using the mouse:

  • A - opens "Add new time log" form

  • Shift + 1,2,3,4... - to start/add a Favorite log

  • < > (left/right keys) - to move between dates

  • Ctrl + Enter - start the timer. ** Pressing Ctrl + Enter while the timer is running will stop the current time log and start a new time log.

Required Project and Task input on every time log

Time logs can generally be added without assigning them a project and a task. However, administrators can set Project and Task fields as required to be entered for every recorded log.

Go to Settings > Time log fields and select 'Require project and task on every log':

3. Mobile app

If you are tracking time on the go, you can download the My Hours mobile app:

4. Browser extension

You can also install a browser extension to add logs without visiting the web app every time.

4. Tracking reminders

The tracking reminders can be set on a daily and weekly basis, in case users forget to enter their time or to remind them of their target hours.

The reminders can be set to be sent via email, or as mobile push notifications. Read more about reminders here >>>

5. Switch duration input format to decimal

If you would prefer to input your time in decimal format (1,5 hours) instead of hh:mm:ss format (1:30:00), go to your Profile and select the option to 'Enter duration in decimal format'.

6. Add custom fields or hide unnecessary fields

If you would like to track some additional parameters on your time logs (such as mileage) you can set up custom fields. Learn more here >>>

You can also hide the unnecessary fields from the time log form so it is cleaner:

The time log fields setting will apply to the Track view of all users in the account.

7. Assigned tasks (optional)

If you assign tasks to a user, they will find them in the 'My tasks' dropdown.

Weekly view:

Daily view:

This is however not necessary for them to be able to track time on these tasks, they just need to be assigned to a project.


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