The work item "Start Tracking" button
The Backlog "Start Tracking" button
Introduction
After installing 7pace Timetracker to your DevOps Server account, the "Time" tab will display on your DevOps Server menu bar. Clicking on this "Time" tab will then display the 7pace Timetracker sub-tabs that your administrator set for you, but at the minimum, as a user of 7pace Timetracker, you should have access to the "Monthly", "Timesheet" and "Times Explorer" (My Personal Data Only) sub-tabs. Depending on your permission level (whether or not you are a manager and/or an administrator), the "Approval", "Times Explorer", "Iterations", "Budgets" and "Settings" sub-tabs may also be available.
With 7pace Timetracker 4, we introduced "Server Side Tracking" – where time tracking takes place on the server and synchronizes over all platforms and devices. There is a Web Client built into the DevOps Server and DevOps Services web interface of 7pace Timetracker 4 that allows you to start tracking right from any work item, without any additional action required.
In this "7pace Timetracker Web Access for Team Members" section, we will provide articles on each sub-tab within the "Time" tab that pertain mainly to team members, and in the "7pace Timetracker Web Access for Managers" section, we will run through the sub-tabs that mostly focus on manager functions.
The Work Item "Time" Tab
7pace Timetracker is fully integrated with your DevOps Server account. Any time you click on a work item, the work item details popup window displays. On this window, an additional tab is added when you have 7pace Timetracker - the "Time" tab - which shows the total time spent by you and your team members on that work item and all child items.
The "Time" tab also features an Add Time button that enables you to add time directly to a work item. This "Add Time" button can also be found on the "Monthly" and "Times Explorer" pages and as "New Time" on the "Timesheet" page. When you click on "Add Time" within a work item and on the "Monthly" page or "New Time" on the "Timesheet" page, the resulting "Add/Edit Time Record" dialog box renders certain fields, like the "Person" (name) and "Work Item" fields as read-only. These fields automatically populate with the signed-in user's name in the "Person" field and with the current work item ID. These fields are only editable on the "Times Explorer" page, so a manager can add time for his/her team members. For more information, see "Monthly" Page: Adding, Editing or Deleting a Time Record.
If the "Activity Types" feature is enabled by an admin in your "Configuration" tab, the "Time" tab displays any time tracked to work items that have been assigned an activity category like this:
Here is a breakdown of the "Time" tab within a work item and its main features:
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Field
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Description
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| Total | Total time (in hours) tracked for the work item, including time logged for all child items. |
| Add Time | Displays the "Add/Edit Time Record" dialog box so you can add time directly to the work item. |
| Work Item | In the lower left quadrant of the window, you will see the work item is highlighted with a blue bar and displays total time tracked for the parent and all child items. The first work item in the list shows a full blue bar. For other items, the blue bar is shown based on their tracked time, with reference to the first work item in the list. |
| Hours | The total time tracked for the specific work item. |
| Pace | The pace of the person working on the item is shown only for the PBI type work item. |
| Team | In the lower right quadrant of the work item window, the users who tracked time for the work item display. Each user is highlighted with a blue bar. The first user in the list shows a full blue bar. For other users, the blue bar is shown based on their tracked time, with reference to the first user in the list. |
The Work Item "Start Tracking" Button
Once Timetracker is installed and you click on a work item in DevOps Services, you will notice that a "Start Tracking" button displays on the resulting work item "Details" window. Clicking this button will open the Windows Client (if you have downloaded and paired it) and initiate time tracking on the Web Client for that work item. A developer needs to only opens a work item to which he/she is assigned and with one click of the "Start Tracking" button, time is being tracked on that item.
The screenshots, below, show the work Item "Details" Page: When you open a work item to view or edit its details, you will see the Start Tracking button.
The 7pace Timetracker 4
Important: For the Start Tracking button to work (this is applicable to 7pace Timetracker 3 only), you must install the Windows Client and pair it with your DevOps Server account. This is not a prerequisite in Timetracker 4.
The Backlog "Start Tracking" Button
In 7pace Timetracker 4, the “Start Tracking” button is also available directly from any of the DevOps Server and DevOps Services Backlog pages (Backlog, Queries, Board, etc.) in the work item context menu. Clicking this will kick off time tracking throughout 7pace Timetracker – and you will see the results of this action in the Web Client, work item form, and in the downloadable Windows Client.
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