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Overview

Making time entries using the Timer feature is very easy and intuitive. The main advantage of the Timer is that you can track your time automatically. You just need to turn on/off the timer at the beginning/end of each shift. The timer will automatically calculate the total working hours for you.

Timer Pre-requisites

In order to start Timer, a user needs to be assigned a role with permission that allows using the Timer feature. You can set this up in Timer configuration.

Starting a new timer

Please note that you can only start a new Timer for the current day.

There are 3 possible ways hot how to start a new timer:

1. Quick Entry menu
   This option works regardless of which section of MyPay the user is in.
   a. Invoke the Quick Entry context menu by clicking the button '+' placed in the header
   b. Click the 'Clock in' option
   You can identify a running timer by the presence of a blue 'Timer' button displayed in the header that shows the running time.
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2. Dashboard
   a. Go to the Dashboard
   b. Click the Timer, which is the grey rectangle located in the Running Timer portlet
   You can identify a running timer by the presence of a blue 'Timer' button displayed in the header that shows the running time.
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3. Time & Allowance Entry
   a. On the main menu bar, choose: Time & Allowance → Time & Entry
   b. Switch to List View mode
   c. Click the 'Clock In' button located at the bottom of the page
   You can identify a running timer by the presence of a clock icon next to the current day. In addition, there is a blue 'Timer' button displayed in the header that shows the running time.
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Starting timer based on the previous timer

Starting a new Timer using values that were used for a previous time entry made with the Timer can save users a lot of time. It is not necessary to fill in the same values into the same fields such as memo, pay item, etc., twice.

Please note that you can only start a new Timer for the current day.

To start the Timer, please follow these steps:

1. On the main menu bar, choose: Time & Allowance → Time & Entry
2. Switch to List View mode
3. Chose a previous time entry that you want to use as a basis for starting a new Timer.
4. Click the 'play' button
   You can identify a running timer by the presence of a clock icon next to the current day. In addition, there is a blue 'Timer' button displayed in the header that shows the running time.

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How to stop Timer

- in the header

- in the dashboard

How to modify recorded time

- List View mode
- Timesheet mode

Auto termination

Notifications

- Long-running timer

- Auto-terminated time