Update work item status to active (if not already) when time tracking is started

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dev

January 19, 2017 09:43

When i start working on a work item, i simply start the timetracker. But most of the times i forget to move the work item from new to active. It would be a helpful feature, if timetracker updated work item status to active if it is not in active state already.

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dev

January 19, 2017 12:44
setting the task and user story to active would be very usefull for project management and the Kanban board
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dev

January 19, 2017 12:44
And it would be good if Stop button could block the W.I as well
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Franck GUERIN

May 23, 2019 08:18
+1

It will be amazzzzinggg!!!

Thank you to think about this...
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7pace tech support

May 23, 2019 08:23
Hi Franck!

Could you please Vote for the feature (not just in the comments section).

As we do our prioritization based on these Votes.

Regards,

Andarth
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7pace tech support

May 24, 2019 13:01
Would like to give an update:

I've created your feature request in our backlog (id 30806).

Let check user votes - based on this we are sorting it in your backlog.

Regards,

Andarth
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Igor Abade

August 02, 2022 15:48
Moving my comments from my original post to here, and replying to @Roman Fianta's questions:

Does your company use multiple 'In Progress' states or only one? If we develop the automation, we should also have the 'next state' configurable, would you agree?

Yes, we do have multiple "In Progress" states. And yes, *ideally* we should have "Next State" as a configurable option. But given that it would bring another set of concerns to the table (different processes, different projects, different work items and different states all adding a lot of complexity), I'd be more than happy with a simple "move to the In Progress category" (which is global, regardless of process or work item) in a first iteration of this feature. As the time goes, I'd be glad to get more configuration options.

Are there certain roles or activity types in your company for which you do not want to move the work item to In Progress? E.g. product owner moving the item to the backlog, developers providing effort estimates...

Not it our case. But I can see us willing to differentiate between billable / non-billable hours - i.e. non-billable activities wouldn't change the state.
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Roman Fianta

August 05, 2022 18:15
Hello Igor,

thank you for your answers!

Regarding the state, I understand and agree that we should keep it simple for the beginning. But as we have to deal with multiple possible states, I was thinking that Timetracker could detect that a user is about to log work to an item in 'To Do' category, and prompt the user to also change the work item state within the Add Time dialogue. The user would have a chance to select one of the states in 'In Progress' category within the dialogue. Would such enhancement fulfill your use case?

All the best,
R.
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Igor Abade

August 05, 2022 18:23

Edited
I like your proposal - simple and elegant. That would certainly fit my needs.

Any ETA? :-D
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Roman Fianta

August 09, 2022 16:32
Hello Igor,

currently no ETA I am afraid, but looking at the backlog, this request is currently placed among top 10 customer requirements, so I hope it will not take next six years to have this implemented. :-)

We will update this post once we have some news. Sorry I cannot be more specific at the moment.

All the best,
R.
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Boris

March 08, 2023 16:18
I would also be interested in a solution here that ensures that no times are entered on tasks that are still in New/Todo status.

As an alternative to automatically setting the status, the Timetracker could also simply prohibit the entry of times on tasks in todo status.
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