Tracking Time = More Money
If you live by the hour, then you need to be visible by the minute
First, you log into Taskhopper. You will see in your Task menu a thing called My Timelogs
The next step is just a simple as this one
To check on what you did today, you leave the date fields as-is
(Or change the dates to whatever start and end you need)
The answers are all right there... they even add em up for you
That's pretty simple, yes?
What if others put time against my tasks?
That's not really a problem. It's how Taskhopper was designed.Anyone with rights to a task can bill time against it. These other people are called Resources.
You can also think of them as helpers.
In the above example, Kase was added as a helper
If the helper does something on the task, they log their own time
Here a total of 24 minutes has been spent
If Kase wants to view all of his timelogs for the day...
He sees only his timers, not others in the same task
You can see all timelogs in any task you have rights to
But you can only edit your own entries
If you make a mistake, it's ok! That happens.
Sometimes you can't always use timers when you're doing something.e.g., If you're asked to go dig a ditch, you may not bring your laptop with you.
In this case, you add or edit the timelog after your done digging.
Adding after the fact or making corrections...
In Summation
The concept of Taskhopper is simple: Put a task/request out in front of one, two or 10,000 task doers.Give them all rights to see the task, then sit back and wait for someone to click it and do what needs doing. You can have many people working on the same task, so long as each knows what the other is doing.
And of course, that's easily fixed by just leaving a comment when you start and end some effort.
One more thing
If you start a timer, then go to have lunch, the Joomla session will timeout. This means you will need to go login again. Because these timers are stored the database, your timer will run even if you're at lunch, taking a nap or off on vacation. For this reason, it's a good idea to put sticky notes on your door reminding you to close timers before you walk away.Taskhopper will never pester you about having an open timer -- no matter how long it's open.