5 replies to this topic

[Tom Rogers]

Has anyone ever done a comparison of Softplan's timer versus any other timer?  Curious on how accurate it comes out?  I keep forgetting to test both when I start but the time in Softplan always seems to be high.  

[Brian Berzinskis]

Well we sometimes use the SoftPlan timer for billing so higher is not necessarily a bad thing. I always wondered when it was counting the timer, for example currently I have 2 SoftPlan projects open and I am typing on this forum. Are both counting time right now or is the one that is at the top on my other monitor only counting time or are neither of them counting because they are not in focus?

[Tom Rogers]

Good question Brian.  My situation is kind of similar.  If the project is open and I am not working on it (checking email or writing report) or I just forgot to close it,  does it still count?  I recently went to look at a project that I did and it said I had 20 hours in it but I dont think ( I hope) that I had that much time in it

[Sam Morgan]

Both are counting if you have 2 open.  and if they are open and you are typing somewhere else, they are still counting

[Tom Rogers]

That was what I was afraid of.  I tend to move from program to program and leave a project open.  Wish they could put a little more thought into it

[Brent Hyndman]

You may want to try the 'Track Activity for Elapsed Time' option in your System Options.

 

By default, the option is 'Off'.  When enabled, it will detect mouse movement within a project before accumulating time.

 

 

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