Re: Help on Task/Break/Note

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Help on Task/Break/Note

Anonymous 03-13-2008, 3:07
I am struggling to understand how the timesheet stuff corresponds to the task/break popups.

The specific question I had was how to indicate on the timesheet that I had finished working on one task without having to start another task. I thought it might be the break task (not sure what the proper terminology is here - break notification, perhaps?) but I can't find anything to tell me how it all hangs together.

(The help in this area seems a little leen)

Re: Help on Task/Break/Note

AtliB 03-13-2008, 16:57

Hi, yes - I admit - this isn't very well explained Embarrassed [:$]

Let me explain by an example:

Example:

See the attached screenshot which should mostly explain it

Explanation:

Basically, here is the "algorithm" for how we calculate duration in the timesheet dialog:

A new Task flag ends the previous Task.
A Break flag stops the previous flag also (and basically acts like a flag, except it doesn't provide all the same fields - just comment)
A Note flag doesn't have any effect on duration and doesn't show up in the Timesheet dialog (and just allows comment)
An End of Day flag is useful at the end of the day when you are not going to start another task (like in your case).

Hopefully this explains how it works - if not, let us know!

Thanks
Atli
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