======Task Time Preferences ======

([[tools-menu|Menu Bar > Tools]] > Preferences > Tasks)

  * [[#time_tracking|Time Tracking]]
  * [[#time_periods|Time Periods]]

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====Time Tracking====
Time tracking is a simple device that lets you start and stop a 'clock' whenever you are working on a task and then have the elapsed time added to the 'Time Spent' attribute.

**Show the Time-Tracker window whenever a task's time is tracked**\\
- TODO -
 
**Continue time-tracking a task even when**

  * **the task is not selected**\\ Untick this option if you want time tracking to stop when the tracked task loses its selection.
  * **the tasklist containing the task is not active**\\ Untick this option if you want time tracking to stop when you switch away from the tasklist containing the tracked task.
  * **a screensaver is running or the desktop is locked**\\ Untick this option if you want time tracking to stop when you lock your desktop (Windows Key + L) or when a screensaver is running ie You go to a meeting relating to the tracked task.
  * **the computer is hibernated or in stand-by**\\ Untick this option if you want time tracking to stop when you hibernate your computer or put it into stand-by.
 
**Tracking a new task should stop tracking of tasks in all other open tasklists**\\
This option ensures that there is only ever one task being tracked at any one time.
 
**Log tracked time**\\
For each start/stop sequence this option saves information about the sequence to a .csv file, the idea being that at a later date (weekly or monthly) you can load this into Excel (or Open Office) and generate a report from each entry.
 
  * **Log each task to a separate file**\\ By default all start/stop sequences for each tasklist are stored in the same .csv file. This option allows each task to be stored separately.
  * **Display confirmation dialog for each period logged**\\ - TODO -

**Allow time tracking on parent tasks**\\ By default, a parent task's time spent is simply the accumulated time spent of all its subtasks. As a result (by default) the attribute field of a parent task is disabled and time tracking is disabled. This option allows time tracking on parent tasks and also allows manual times to be added to parent tasks.

**When time-tracking remind me every 'n' minutes**\\
- TODO -

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==== Time Periods====
 
**One day equals 'n' hours**\\
This allows you to specify the length of the working day to be used for display and calculation purposes.
 
**One week equals 'n' days**\\
This displays the length of the 'working week' based on which days have been specified in the field beneath.
 
**The following days represent the weekend**\\
Tick each of the days that should not be counted as a weekday.

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See also: [[preferences-dialog|Preferences Dialog]], [[tools-menu|Tools Menu]], [[ui-toolbar|Application Toolbar]]