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Time Recording: Daily target time
Terminology and hints
• "Target time": Target time is the worktime goal you want achieve, on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
• "Delta": Delta is the difference between actual work time total and target time.
Sample, with daily target time set to "08:00" (which is hours and minutes)
- if actual work time is 07:30 → 'Delta' will show as '-00:30' (since you're half an hour below target time)
- if actual work time is 09:15 → 'Delta' will show as '+01:15'
• Reporting: use "Worktime overview", or report "E8 Overview".
• Alarm settings can notify on daily or weekly time reached events.
• Note: these three "target time" features are configured and calculated completely independent of each other;
consolidation or merge of "Delta" values across these features is therefore not supported
(that is, things like "take over the daily delta and copy it into the monthly delta" are not possible).
Frequently asked questions
See list below
Daily target time | Sample
• Default is 8 hours
• Friday is short day with 7 hours
• All hours on Saturday and Sunday count as "plus", so the target time is zero
Change target hours for a single day
Some countries or companies allow shorter target times on certain working days, e.g. before major holidays.
The "Specific target time for individual working days" function can reflect this:
• Flextime allows to roll over the plus/minus "Delta" hours (that is, difference of actual worktime and target time) to next day, from 1st of year to end of year.
• Flextime does not show in the regular "Delta" fields shown in the app.
It's diplayed as separate field at the bottom of the main screen and on the "Week" and "Month" screens.
• "Flextime correction" allows to put in plus/minus values on specific dates.
Use this to set initial plus/minus values (e.g. on start of year, or if you start using the app mid-year),
or when paying out overtime hours (note input allows negative values, e.g. "-20" for minus 20 hours)
Caution: correction needs to be put in in decimal format. Sample: 8.75 = 8 hours 45 minutes, 4.50 = 4 hours 30 minutes.
• "Text" input field on the "Flextime correction" screen is for reference only (as in, why did you put in a correction)
• Report "E10 Flextime" can pull the full year view, showing both "daily delta" plus running flextime with optional correction text.
• Hint: tap the "Flextime" field to open "Flextime correction"
Keep historic values when changing the target hours
Updating the target hours changes your historical data.
Avoid this by adding your previous target hours value to the "Historic values" screen with "Valid date from, valid date to".
Worktime overview
Use "Worktime overview" to get a summarised overview with custom date range.
What happens with 'empty' days?
Days that do not have any timestamp entries are ignored; that is, they are skipped for "Delta" calculation.
If you need to include such a day as "minus", then:
• either use "Flextime correction" as per above
• or put in a zero length work unit entry on that day (e.g. "Check-in 08:00, Check-Out 08:00").
This will calculate as "Total = 00:00, Delta = {minus target time}"
What is "Show 'Target reached at'"?
• Based on your entries for the current work day and the given "daily target time", the app can calculate the "time of day when daily target is reached" and show that on the main screen.
• Note you can also have the app alert you at the given time. See the "'Daily target reached' Alarm" setting.
What is "Show 'Delta day (week to date)'" and "Show 'Delta day (month to date)'"?
When enabled, the app will aggregate the "Delta" figure (which is based on daily target time) for the running week or month.
That is, it will show the sum of "daily delta" for the given week or month.
Sample: Daily delta for Mon is -1:45, Tue is +1:30, Wed is -00:15 → "Delta (week to date)" on Wed evening would show as -00:30
How can I carry over my flextime balance to the new year?
"Flextime" is only carried forward within the calendar year.
Each January, users with "Flextime" enabled get an info icon the app's title bar;
the underlying function allows to easily copy the balance as of "December 31 previous year" to "January 1 current year".
Alternatively, the starting balance as of January 1st can be entered manually at any time using the "Flextime / correction" function described above.
