Time Tracker Starter Kit

Welcome to your new Time Tracker sample application. The key features are:

• Projects. Define project information like due dates, hours to complete, project resources, and more.
• Track Time. Track time spent each day by category and project.
• Reports. Generate progress and team resource reports across multiple projects.

The Time Tracker site is ready to run! No changes are needed.

Site Members and Roles

Your Time Tracker Web site allows visitors to register as members and then log in. Members have specific privileges defined by roles such as administrator or guest. Each Time Tracker Web site defines site-specific roles. The following table describes what features are available to visitors in different roles.

Be sure to create a user name for yourself and assign yourself to a role (such as administrator) that can manage the site.

Visitors can register by clicking the Create new user link on the home page. New members are activated automatically, and are assigned to a role as specified in the application.xml file. You can manage users (for example, assign them to a role) when login as administrator. For details, see Appendix A.

Projects and Time Entries

To add a project and categories

1. Log in to the site as a member in the role Project Manager or Project Administrator.
2. Click the Projects tab and then click Create New Project.
3. Specify a project name, project manager, estimated complete date, estimated duration, and description.
4. Under Specify Project Members, select a resource. You must select at least one resource.
5. Click Save. A category pane is displayed on the right.
6. Specify a category name, category abbreviation, and duration.
7. Click Add. The new category is displayed in the categories list.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to create additional categories.

Log a Time Entry

1. Log in to the site as a consultant (member in the role Consultant).
2. Click the Log tab.
3. Under Log your hours, choose a project and a category and fill in the day, hours, and description.
4. Make sure the correct consultant is selected in the Time Sheet For list.
5. Click Add Entry.

Reports

To create a project report

1. Log in to the site as a member in the role Project Manager or Project Administrator.
2. Click the Reports tab and then click Project Reports.
3. Under Select a project, choose one or more projects.
4. Click Generate Report.

To create a resource report

1. Log in to the site as a member in the role Project Manager or Project Administrator.
2. Click the Reports tab and then click Resources Report.
3. Select one or more projects, select one or more resources, and then specify a date range.
4. Click Generate Report.