7pace Timetracker for Azure DevOps Web App
Understand Web App activity check messages, track with non-DevOp items, track time from a work item, and what you'll see if tracking stops and why.
7pace Timetracker for Azure DevOps web app overview
The 7pace Timetracker for web app is built right into every single page of the web interface of Timetracker. It is available from within the web access of DevOps server/services and allows you to start tracking right from any work item, without any additional action required.
The web app works in conjunction with or separately from the 7pace Timetracker for Windows app. If you choose to download, install, and pair the Windows app, both work together as a team. If you close out of your web browser while tracking time with the web app, and you have the Windows app installed and paired, it will take over the job and continue tracking your time. Similarly, if you have both the web app and the Windows app running, clicking Start Tracking on one also starts tracking on the other (as well as on the Details tab's Start Tracking button functionality on the work item form). If you are only using the web app and do not have the Windows app, if you close out of 7pace Timetracker and then open it again on another browser or computer, tracking will still resume where you left off.
If you open any page in the 7pace Timetracker main web server extension, the web app displays at the top of each page (this screenshot shows the Monthly page):
If you have previously tracked an item, the last item tracked is displayed. The prediction feature remembers the last ten items on which you last worked. Once you click anywhere on the gray tracker bar, the fields expand and display the following:
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1 | Work Item The Work Item field allows you to enter a work item ID from the DevOps server/services or the task name. An administrator can set this to Always require a work item under Settings > Rules. The ability to track time without associating it with specific work items is set to ON by default, which conveniently allows users to track time on non-work-related or impromptu items. You can change this on the Settings page of 7pace Timetracker > Rules > Tracking Details. When you click in this field, Timetracker displays the list of DevOps work items that you have been assigned, have tracked in the past, or the work items that are in progress. If the ID is a valid work item, the tracker displays the following information in the highlighted section:
If it is not recognized in DevOps Server/Services, the list will be empty. For a non-DevOps server/services work item, your administrator must ensure that under Settings > Rules > Tracking Details, the Always require a work item box is unchecked. Then, simply leave the Work Item field blank (the Project and Parent fields likewise, also blank). Click the X icon at the end of the Work Item field (see following screenshot) and write the title or description in the Comment field. You can then click Start Tracking on that non-DevOps server/services item.
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2 | Comment Additional information can be added to the Comment field. This field is optional, depending on if your administrator has set it as such under Settings > Rules. If you want to track a non-DevOps server/services work item, ensure that your administrator unchecks the Always require a work item box, then type in the item description in this field, leave the Work Item field blank, and then. click Start Tracking. As soon as you select another work item, the Comment field is reset to empty. |
3 | Activity Type (Optional) An Activity Type can be selected from the configured dropdown list. As soon as you select another work item, the Activity Type dropdown is reset to the default activity type set in Configuration. |
4 | Billable Hours Mark the worklog or track of time as billable or non-billable. |
5 | Total Shows the total time you spent on this work item, including days other than today. |
6 | Current Track Time Shows the current total time spent on the work item since you last clicked the Start Tracking button. |
7 | Start Time Shows the start time of the current work item since you last clicked the Start Tracking button. |
8 | Close Clicking this button minimizes the main tracker fields so that only the following is displayed on each 7pace Timetracker page: |
9 | Start Tracking/Stop Tracking Clicking this button starts tracking the selected work item. Once you click Start Tracking and tracking commences, the button changes to Stop Tracking. |
10 | Start Tracking/Time Tracked on Work Item Since Start Tracking This button displays even when the expanded tracker fields are closed/minimized and serves as a reminder of how much time has been logged on the current work item since you clicked Start Tracking. When you click Stop Tracking once the fields are expanded, this button is then shown as Start Tracking. |
11 | Today This field shows how much time you have tracked on the work item in the current day. |
12 | This field displays the Activity Type you have selected for the current time track. |
13 | These fields remain/display on every page of Timetracker when you click Close and minimize the expanded tracker fields. You can click anywhere within this gray section to expand or minimize the tracker fields. |
14 | Tracking This field displays the work item on which you are currently tracking time. |
7pace Timetracker for Azure DevOps web app activity check settings
Under the Settings page of Timetracker, the Time Tracking section allows an administrator to configure settings within the web app to prompt users, after a defined period of time, to respond as to whether or not they are still working.