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    = What is KTimeTracker =
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    '''KTimeTracker is the todo management and time tracking component of [[Special:myLanguage/Kontact|Kontact]], the integrated Personal Information Manager from KDE.</translate>'''
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    {{note|KTimeTracker seems to be unmaintained at least since 2013.<ref>https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=215&t=109937&p=261083&hilit=ktimetracker#p261083</ref>}}
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    This is the one-and-only KTimeTracker manual. And everyone can edit it.


    KTimeTracker tracks time spent on various tasks. It is useful for tracking billable hours and can report the hours logged by task and day.
    == Overview == <!--T:3-->
    This time history can be exported to a comma-delimited text file for import into other billing and/or project management tools.
    KTimeTracker detects when your keyboard and mouse are idle and can associate different tasks with different desktops, two tools that can help keep the timer running on the correct task.


    [[Image:ktimetracker.png|500px|center]]
    <!--T:4-->
    '''KTimeTracker''' tracks time spent on various tasks.


    = Features =
    <!--T:5-->
    The current stable version of KTimeTracker (4.1) can:
    ;Challenge: You are a software consultant with several customers and many project assignments. When billing your customers, you are required to report how much time you spend on what task.


    * organize and stopwatch tasks, subtasks
    <!--T:6-->
    KTimeTracker allows you to organize and stopwatch your work. You can put your daily todo-list into that tool. You can group your work by tasks, subtask and n-th level tasks, meaning that every subtask can still have a subtask below it, up to some 1000 levels.
    ;Solution: Use '''KTimeTracker''' to hold a list of projects and tasks. Whenever you switch your activity, double-click on the respective task and see how its time gets tracked. At the end of the day (or month) you can obtain a journal how much time you spent on what task.


    == Get it == <!--T:34-->
    <!--T:35-->
    There is no download link for ktimetracker here. You should install it by means of your distribution. To find out your distribution, type{{Input|1=cat /etc/*ele*}} To install ktimetracker for SUSE distributions, use{{Input|1=yast -i kdepim}}
    == Features == <!--T:7-->
    <!--T:8-->
    The current stable version of '''KTimeTracker''' (4.4) can:
    <!--T:9-->
    * organize tasks into subtasks
    '''KTimeTracker''' allows you to organize your work like a todo-list. You can group your work by tasks and subtask. Every subtask can still have a subtask below it, up to some 1000 levels.
    <!--T:10-->
    * track your time
    Whenever you start working on a new task, just double-click the corresponding task in your todo-list. You will see a clock appearing next to this task indicating its time is now recorded.
    <!--T:11-->
    * edit task history and comments
    * edit task history and comments
    KTimeTracker allows you to edit your task's history and to put a comment for every event that you have stopped:
    '''KTimeTracker''' allows you to edit your task's history and to put a comment for every work-event:
     


    <!--T:12-->
    [[Image:ktimetracker-history.png|500px|center]]
    [[Image:ktimetracker-history.png|500px|center]]


    == Options ==
    KTimeTracker 4 has the following behavior options:


    [[Image:Snapshot-ktimetracker-options.png|center]]
    <!--T:13-->
    * pause detection
    When going for lunch, it may happen that you forget to stop timetracking before. No problem: the idle time detector in '''KTimeTracker''' will pop up after a configurable amount of time giving you the possibility to revert (as if you said, "I was '''not''' working during this time.") or continue timing (as if you said "I was working during this time.").
     
    == Options == <!--T:14-->
     
    <!--T:15-->
    '''KTimeTracker 4''' has not more and not less than the following options:
     
     
    <!--T:16-->
    [[Image:Snapshot-ktimetracker-options-behavior.png|center]]
     
     
    <!--T:17-->
    [[Image:Snapshot-ktimetracker-options-appearance.png|center]]
     
     
    <!--T:18-->
    ''Configuration for PDA'': Removes the search-bar to gain screen real estate. Assumes a touch-screen and pops up a context menu on every mouse click, even with the left button.
     
     
    <!--T:19-->
    [[Image:Snapshot-ktimetracker-options-storage.png|center]]
     
     
    == Compatibility == <!--T:20-->
     
    <!--T:21-->
    There have been 3 file format changes in the over 10-year-history of KTimeTracker:
    {| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
    ! KDE SC version !! KTimeTracker file
    |-
    | -3.1        || flat files
    |-
    | 3.2-3.5    || iCal files with X-KDE-karm fields, import possibility for flat files
    |-
    | 4.0-        || iCal files with X-KDE-KTimeTracker fields, automated import for iCal files with X-KDE-karm fields
    |-
    |}
     
    <!--T:22-->
    Because of the iCal file format, KTimeTracker is compatible with korganizer. You can even work synchroneously on one file with korganizer and KTimeTracker. If one program changes the file, the updates will be propagated to the other application automatically.
     
    == ChangeLog == <!--T:23-->
     
    <!--T:24-->
    {| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
    !  !! pre-3.2 !! 3.2 !! 3.3 !! future
    |-
    | tracking time ||
    * idle detection
    * flexible task tree
    ||
    * desktop tracking
    ||
    ||
    * Comment tags for history
          (bug #64879)
    * Task budget
    * Edit history
          (bug #84499)
    |-
    | reporting    ||
    * totals report
    * log history
    * sessions
    ||
    * history report
    * roll up totals
    ||
    * Chart history
    * Statistics?
    |-
    | integration ||
    * iCalendar for storage
    ||
    * CSV export
    * Basic locking
    ||
    * Advanced locking (bug #71292)
    |-
    | teaching
    ||
    * handbook
    * whatsthis help
    ||
    ||
    |-
    |}
     
    == Does it scale? == <!--T:25-->
     
    <!--T:26-->
    '''KTimeTracker''' scales well and it regularly tested with a 1.2 MB file ([https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=14413&action=view download it]) available from ([https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110523 KDE Bug report 110523]). A '''KTimeTracker''' benchmark is available from [http://websvn.kde.org:80/trunk/KDE/kdepim/ktimetracker/test/ktimetrackerbenchmark?view=markup here].
     
    === Support === <!--T:27-->
     
    <!--T:28-->
    As you explore '''KTimeTracker''' you'll find questions that need answering. Chat with us, the KDE users, on [irc://chat.freenode.net#kde IRC, the KDE users' channel].
     
    === Videos === <!--T:29-->


    = Compatibility =
    <!--T:30-->
    Up to KDE 3.1 (incl.), flat files were used to store the data. From KDE 3.2 on, the iCal format is used, but flat files can still be imported until KDE 4. With KDE 4, the custom fields
    Video demos are here:
    X-KDE-karm-duration, X-KDE-karm-totalTaskTime, X-KDE-karm-totalSessionTime and X-KDE-karm-desktopList were renamed to X-KDE-KTimeTracker-duration and the respective other names. KTimeTracker 4 can still read karm iCal files, but not the other way round.
    * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdlEkJAMj_A The "track active applications" demo]


    = Does it scale =
    === See also === <!--T:31-->
    KTimeTracker scales well and it regularly tested with a 1.2 MB file (https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=14413&action=view) available from (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110523). A ktimetracker benchmark is available from [http://websvn.kde.org:80/trunk/KDE/kdepim/ktimetracker/test/ktimetrackerbenchmark?view=markup here].


    = Support =
    <!--T:32-->
    * needing support ? Ask and answer in the chat at irc.kde.org, channel #kde
    * [http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KTimeTracker become a KTimeTracker developer]


    If you are interested in helping to develop KTimeTracker, see '''[[KTimeTracker/Developing|the Developing section]]'''
    <!--T:33-->
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    Revision as of 19:41, 13 June 2018

    KTimeTracker
    KTimeTracker is the todo management and time tracking component of Kontact, the integrated Personal Information Manager from KDE.

    Note

    KTimeTracker seems to be unmaintained at least since 2013.[1]

    This is the one-and-only KTimeTracker manual. And everyone can edit it.

    Overview

    KTimeTracker tracks time spent on various tasks.

    Challenge
    You are a software consultant with several customers and many project assignments. When billing your customers, you are required to report how much time you spend on what task.
    Solution
    Use KTimeTracker to hold a list of projects and tasks. Whenever you switch your activity, double-click on the respective task and see how its time gets tracked. At the end of the day (or month) you can obtain a journal how much time you spent on what task.

    Get it

    There is no download link for ktimetracker here. You should install it by means of your distribution. To find out your distribution, type

    cat /etc/*ele*

    To install ktimetracker for SUSE distributions, use

    yast -i kdepim

    Features

    The current stable version of KTimeTracker (4.4) can:

    • organize tasks into subtasks

    KTimeTracker allows you to organize your work like a todo-list. You can group your work by tasks and subtask. Every subtask can still have a subtask below it, up to some 1000 levels.

    • track your time

    Whenever you start working on a new task, just double-click the corresponding task in your todo-list. You will see a clock appearing next to this task indicating its time is now recorded.

    • edit task history and comments

    KTimeTracker allows you to edit your task's history and to put a comment for every work-event:



    • pause detection

    When going for lunch, it may happen that you forget to stop timetracking before. No problem: the idle time detector in KTimeTracker will pop up after a configurable amount of time giving you the possibility to revert (as if you said, "I was not working during this time.") or continue timing (as if you said "I was working during this time.").

    Options

    KTimeTracker 4 has not more and not less than the following options:




    Configuration for PDA: Removes the search-bar to gain screen real estate. Assumes a touch-screen and pops up a context menu on every mouse click, even with the left button.



    Compatibility

    There have been 3 file format changes in the over 10-year-history of KTimeTracker:

    KDE SC version KTimeTracker file
    -3.1 flat files
    3.2-3.5 iCal files with X-KDE-karm fields, import possibility for flat files
    4.0- iCal files with X-KDE-KTimeTracker fields, automated import for iCal files with X-KDE-karm fields

    Because of the iCal file format, KTimeTracker is compatible with korganizer. You can even work synchroneously on one file with korganizer and KTimeTracker. If one program changes the file, the updates will be propagated to the other application automatically.

    ChangeLog

    pre-3.2 3.2 3.3 future
    tracking time
    • idle detection
    • flexible task tree
    • desktop tracking
    • Comment tags for history
         (bug #64879)
    
    • Task budget
    • Edit history
         (bug #84499)
    
    reporting
    • totals report
    • log history
    • sessions
    • history report
    • roll up totals
    • Chart history
    • Statistics?
    integration
    • iCalendar for storage
    • CSV export
    • Basic locking
    • Advanced locking (bug #71292)
    teaching
    • handbook
    • whatsthis help

    Does it scale?

    KTimeTracker scales well and it regularly tested with a 1.2 MB file (download it) available from (KDE Bug report 110523). A KTimeTracker benchmark is available from here.

    Support

    As you explore KTimeTracker you'll find questions that need answering. Chat with us, the KDE users, on IRC, the KDE users' channel.

    Videos

    Video demos are here:

    See also