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Overview
By default, time is tracked in hours in the Time Tracking app. When time is logged using the Stopwatch, and when time is entered in Batch Entry and Easy Calendar, it is stored in the Hours (As Number) field on the Time Tracking Summary record.
Instead of tracking time in hours, you can choose to track time in minutes. This document outlines the steps to enable and configure the Time Tracking app to track time in minutes instead of hours.
Walkthrough
The ability to Track Time in Minutes is not available at this time. This feature will be included in the upcoming release of our app, version 5.20. We expect the new release to be available by the end of Q2 or the beginning of Q3 2024.
Follow the below steps to track time in minutes instead of hours in the Time Tracking App.
Enable Tracking in Minutes
Navigate to the Time Tracking How To & Set Up page.
In the Time Tracking Settings section, select the Track Time in Minutes checkbox, and then click Save.
Configure Batch Entry
If you use Batch Entry, follow the steps in Customize Columns in Batch Entry to do the following:
Remove the Hours (As Number) column.
Add the Minutes field as a column.
Considerations
Keep the below information in mind regarding tracking time in minutes or hours.
In General
Automation exists on the Time Tracking Summary object that runs when records are created or updated:
If tracking time in minutes, the Minutes field value is converted to hours and copied to the Hours (As Number) field.
Otherwise, if tracking time in hours, the Hours (As Number) field value is converted to minutes and copied to the Minutes field.
Easy Calendar
When tracking time in minutes, the following are true about Easy Calendar:
When the page is loaded, existing time values are loaded from the Minutes field on Time Tracking Summary records.
When the page is saved, time values are saved to the Minutes field on Time Tracking Summary records.
Decimal places aren’t shown for time values or in the Totals row, except for existing Minutes field values on Time Tracking Summary records that have decimal values.
Stopwatch
When tracking time in hours, the Hours (As String) field on Time Tracking Summary records is populated with a formatted value based on the Hours (As Number) field value. However, when tracking time in minutes, the Hours (As String) field isn’t populated.