EasyTime tells you how you spend your time using your computer. It helps you determine if you are being productive, identifying how much time you dedicate to your projects and other activities. Currently, EasyTime provides two different reports:
The Journal report is a detailed log of the activity on your computer for a given time period. It allows you to know what exactly you were doing at any point in time. This report includes the program name, the window title, when the activity occurred, and how long it took.
The Totals by Program report shows the total time each program was active during a given time period. With this report you can get a sense of what programs are used the most, as well as how your time in front of the computer is spent (work vs. entertainment, etc.). The report includes the program name and the time the program was active.
You can run EasyTime by double-clicking the EasyTime shortcut on your desktop or clicking on the EasyTime entry on your programs list.
Once EasyTime starts, you can open its main window by double-clicking on its tray icon menu.
You can also open the main window by right-clicking on the tray icon and clicking the Open menu.
EasyTime’s main window consists of the following elements:
• A report selection area with a reports list and a button to run/refresh the selected report
• Buttons to start/stop recording the activity on your computer
• Buttons to show or hide the filters pane, and save your reports in different formats
• An area that allows you to set filters for the reports’ output
• A grid-like area for showing the output of the different reports
To start capturing the activity on your computer, right-click on EasyTime’s tray icon and click the Start recording menu.
If EasyTime’s main window is open, you can start capturing the activity on your computer by clicking the Start Recording button.
To run a report, select a report from the reports list and press the Run/Refresh button.
To filter your report’s results, first press the Filters button. The filters panel should display.
Besides filtering by time periods, the filters panel allows you to restrict the report’s results by how long the programs were active or by specific programs.
Once you have set the filter values, press the Run/Refresh button in order to refresh the results of the report.
You can tag seletcted records and/or sum their time with the Journal report's context menu.
Clicking the Sum Time menu will display the sum of the time of the selected records in the Journal report.
Clicking the Tag Selected Records menu will display the Assign Tag window. This window allows you to tag the selected records. You can create a new tag or use saved existing tags.
The tags Maintenance window allows you to create or delete tags.
EasyTime allows you to save your reports to CSV files (compatible with Microsoft Excel) or to HTML files.
To save a report, click the Save button on the toolbar, and then click the Save As CSV File or Save As HTML File buttons.
You can also use the Save menu located under the File menu.
To open the Options window, from the Tools menu, click on the Options item. Through this window you can control the records retention settings of EasyTime.
