Time tracking in Todomator: timers, manual entries and the minimum log time

Todomator records working time in the table tbl_ticket_time and keeps the sum in the field worked (minutes) of the ticket. The actions are in schemas/tickets.js.

The timer

• Start (logwork_start): opens a timer on a ticket for the current user. If the ticket was pending, its status changes to open automatically.
• Stop (logwork_stop): closes the timer and adds the elapsed minutes (rounded up) to the ticket. A single timer counts at most 8 hours, and never less than the setting minlogtime.
• Open timers (logwork_open): lists the timers that the user has running.

Manual entries

logwork_create adds an entry with the ticket, the minutes, a date and an optional note; logwork_update and logwork_remove change or delete it, and after an update the total of the ticket is recalculated from all its entries. Entries are never smaller than minlogtime. You can also pass worked when you create a ticket (also through the API): Todomator then records an entry of that many minutes.

The setting

minlogtime (minutes, 1 by default) is in the settings. It is the shortest entry that Todomator records, which avoids rows of zero minutes.

Notifications and billing

Every logged time notifies the other people of the ticket and refreshes it live for those who can see it. The flag isbillable of the ticket (inherited from the folder) marks the time that you bill, and the premium plugins of reports and user workload build on these records.