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Sync Your Google Calendar with Time Tracker

Carla Rose — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:55:03 +0000

Turn your Google calendar events into time entries with Time Tracker’s Chrome extension and save even more time! Once synced you can track client meetings and events in Time Tracker with just one click.

Getting started is simple:

Step 1

Go to the Google Chrome store and click “Add to Chrome”.

Step 2

Go to your Google Calendar and click on the entry you want to sync with Time Tracker.

Step 3

At the top of the window click on the “Time Entry” icon to add/edit details.

Step 4

Once you have finished entering details click on ‘Save Time Entry’. Your calendar event is now a time entry within Time Tracker!

If you have any questions or need help to setup the extension contact us. Our support is always free!

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Voice-Activated Time Tracking with Alexa

ebillity — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Enjoy hands-free time tracking when you use Time Tracker with Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant.

You may already know about how Time Tracker by eBillity simplifies how you track and bill for your time, but did you know that, by connecting your Time Tracker account to your Amazon smart device, Alexa can make time tracking even easier?

With the Time Tracker Alexa skill, you can start and stop timers, run multiple timers at once, and create time entries with a simple voice command. You can even ask for the status of your timer — all without having to log in to Time Tracker. The Time Tracker skill is compatible with all Amazon Alexa devices: the Echo, the Dot, the Tap, and the Show.

How to use Alexa with Time Tracker

To use this skill, you must be connected to a Time Tracker account.

Start by downloading and opening the Amazon Alexa app.
Click on the menu icon in the top left corner, select the ‘Skills’ option, and search for “Time Tracker by eBillity”.
Once you enable the Time Tracker skill, you will be prompted to log in to your Time Tracker account and to allow Alexa access.
Once you see the approval window, you’re ready to track time!

To start, simply say, “Alexa, open Time Tracker”, then the command you wish to complete. Or, use a shortcut command, like “Alexa, tell Time Tracker to start a new timer”. It’s that simple!

Want to know what you can accomplish with Alexa’s help? Here is a list of basic commands that you can use to interact with timers:

“Start a new timer”
“Pause all my timers”
“Stop all my timers”
“Resume all my timers”
“Delete all my timers”
“Get the status of my timers”

In addition to timers, you can also use Alexa to create time entries. For example, you can say “Create a new time entry for 8 hours and 30 minutes”

You can also interact with specific customers that exist in your Time Tracker account. If you had a customer named John Doe, you can say “Start a new timer for John Doe” or “Create a new time entry for 6 hours for John Doe.”

All time entries are saved as “non-billable”, but can always be revised in the Time Tracker app.

Your wish is your command

You can have Alexa start a timer for a call, check the status of a timer to see how long you’ve been working or log a time entry when your hands are full and you can’t get to your device. Using Time Tracker is even easier with Alexa. You only need to ask!

Ready to get started? Get the Amazon Alexa Time Tracker skill.

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Introducing Multiple Timers and IFTTT Integrations.

ebillity — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 06:00:33 +0000

Multiple Timers and IFTTT integrations are now ready to help you save time!

For a full walk-through of using Multiple Timers and setting up IFTTT with Time Tracker, please watch this video.

Skip ahead to learn more about IFTTT integrations.

Skip ahead to learn more about about Multiple Timers.

Say hello to Multiple Timers!

Keeping track of time can be a juggle—especially when you’re multitasking—so we’ve come up with a solution called Multiple Timers which is now live in your account!

With Multiple Timers you can run concurrent timers. Each timer is displayed on the right side of your screen—regardless of where you use Time Tracker.

Timers keep running even if you close your browser. Does your company pay for travel time? Start a timer at the office and stop it when you get home!

Don’t want to have more than one timer running at the same time? Just disable the “concurrent timers” feature in Admin > Settings > Time.

How it works

To start a timer, click “New Timer” from the create menu. Or, click the “Start New Timer” link from the Multiple Timer sidebar.

To launch the time entry form from a timer, click the pop-out icon shown in the example below.

Taking a lunch break? No problem. Just hit the Pause button and resume the timer when you return.

Once you stop a timer, you’ll see a Details button. Click this button if you would like to add more information to your timer, such as a client or a description.

To minimize the Multiple Timer sidebar, click the arrow at the top of the sidebar.

Not interested in concurrent timers? You can turn off concurrent timers on the Admin > Settings > Time screen.

If you disable concurrent timers, you can still use the Multi Timer sidebar—you’ll just be restricted from running more than one timer at any given time.

No more guesstimating, approximating, ‘imaginating’…or forgetting.

With Multiple Timers, you’ll be able to work on several projects simultaneously, while keeping an accurate handle on your time. (It’s finally possible—we’re excited too!)

Take it for a spin!

Multiple Timers is a default function in Time Tracker so there’s no need to enable it or turn it on. It’s already there…check it out now! As always, you can then convert timers into logged time entries to submit for approval.

Have any questions about Multiple Timers? Get in touch. We’d love to hear your feedback too!

Happy Multitasking!

Forgot to start the clock? IFTTT remembers for you.

You’re heading out the door from work for a well-deserved lunch break. You pull out your phone to pause your work timer when you realize something—you never started it that morning! You start mentally retracing your steps. When did I get in again? How long have I been working?

Sound familiar? I know it does for me.

Our eBillity team understands, and we’ve been preparing something just for you. Time Tracker now integrates with If This Then That (IFTTT) to automate your time tracking. Never worry about starting your timer again.

What is IFTTT?

IFTTT is an app that automatically completes repetitive tasks in response to specific events. For example, you can set up IFTTT to send you a notification if the weather channel says it will rain that day. Did you know the IFTTT app is free? 100%!

Or maybe you want your garage to open automatically when you pull into your driveway—set up IFTTT.

Even better things happen when Time Tracker and IFTTT are together. Start and stop timers automatically based on location or Wi-Fi signals, and send emails based on time entries.

Here are some more examples that you can use with Time Tracker.

Start a timer when you connect to your office’s Wi-Fi.
Start a timer for a customer when they call you.
Email your admin when you start a timer.
Use your imagination and create your own!

How does it work?

IFTTT connects to other smart devices or apps, such as Time Tracker. You can choose what tasks become automated by using ‘Applets’.

Applets are the brains of the operation. They are the set of If This, Then That instructions. They silence your phone when you’re in meetings instead of blaring ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.

Visit our page at IFTTT for even more Applets that we have created for you to use with your Time Tracker account. You can always be creative and make your own. Have fun with it!

How do I connect IFTTT with Time Tracker?

Set up your personalized Time Tracker Applets in IFTTT by following these simple steps.

Download the IFTTT app to your phone or tablet.
Create an IFTTT account.
Search for Time Tracker or click here.
Connect and log in.

Try connecting your smartphone or any of your fun gadgets with Time Tracker’s Applets through IFTTT and let us know how it goes!

Need a hand?

Visit our online help center and we’ll answer any questions about IFTTT and Time Tracker via phone, email, or chat. We’re helpful, we promise. After all, we’re in the business of saving time, not wasting it.

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