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.
| Visitor |
Privileges |
Default Login |
|
Not logged in |
No privileges. |
|
| Logged in |
No privileges. All members must be associated at least with the role Consultant. |
N/A |
Logged in as
Consultant |
May log time entries only. |
username: consultant
password: consultant |
Logged in as
Project Manager |
May additionally edit all projects and view reports. |
username: manager
password: manager |
Logged in as
Project Administrator |
May additionally view the list of all users. |
username: admin
password: admin |
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.
Projects and Time Entries
To add a project and categories
- Log in to the site as a member in the role Project Manager or Project Administrator.
- Click the Projects tab and then click Create New Project.
- Specify a project name, project manager, estimated complete date, estimated duration, and description.
- Under Specify Project Members, select a resource. You must select at least one resource.
- Click Save. A category pane is displayed on the right.
- Specify a category name, category abbreviation, and duration.
- Click Add. The new category is displayed in the categories list.
- Repeat steps 6 and 7 to create additional categories.
Log a Time Entry
- Log in to the site as a consultant (member in the role Consultant).
- Click the Log tab.
- Under Log your hours, choose a project and a category and fill in the day, hours, and description.
- Make sure the correct consultant is selected in the Time Sheet For list.
- Click Add Entry.
Reports
To create a project report
- Log in to the site as a member in the role Project Manager or Project Administrator.
- Click the Reports tab and then click Project Reports.
- Under Select a project, choose one or more projects.
- Click Generate Report.
To create a resource report
- Log in to the site as a member in the role Project Manager or Project Administrator.
- Click the Reports tab and then click Resources Report.
- Select one or more projects, select one or more resources, and then specify a date range.
- Click Generate Report.