In this article I'll bring you up to speed with the various analytics available on the Insights tab. The analytics in Timeular help you to:
Discover where your time goes and get insights on what you spend it on
Spot trends in how you spend your time and compare key metrics to time frames in the past
Explore how what you spend your time on changes over time and detect patterns
Apply filters to only look at specific folders, activities, tags/mentions, and days
Have a detailed look at every time and leave entry
Export your data to process further or send to others
Curious? Let's dive right in! This view consists of several different analytics which help you to understand how you spend your time.
General
The filter bar:
The filter bar lets you specify the exact data you want displayed on the Insights tab.
The first thing you might want to specify is the time frame. This can be done with the calendar picker in the top left of the Insights tab.
To narrow down the data even further, you can make use of the drop down menus (filters). These are to the right of the calendar picker.
To filter for specific Folders, People, Activities, and/or Tags simply select the ones you would like to filter from the drop down menus to the right of the calendar picker
After you've applied one or multiple filters, you can save them for quick access later by clicking the "+ Save Filter" button below the drop down menus, naming your saved filter, and clicking the check mark icon.
The Summary:
The summary gives you an overview of how you've spent your time in the selected time frame. If you have a Personal Pro or Team subscription you can also see your billable time here.
Hovering over a segment of the pie chart will highlight it and show you some additional information.
Clicking on a segment, or an activity in the list on the right hand side, will set a filter for this activity.
The trends chart:
The "trends chart" helps you compare certain metrics from the time frame you've selected in the filter bar to a comparison time frame which can be set using the Timespan filter dropdown in the trends chart (1).
The time chart:
The time chart lets you compare how you've spent your time between multiple days (or weeks/months, depending on which time frame you've selected).
The perspective switcher in the right upper corner lets you switch between hours and percentages %.
Clicking on an activity sets a filter for the given activity.
The tags chart:
The tags chart shows you the tags/mentions used most often over the course of the selected time frame.
The perspective switcher in the right upper corner lets you switch between hours and percentages %.
Clicking on a tag/mention sets a filter for the given tag/mention.
The people chart:
If you are the Supervisor of a Folder you'll be able to view the data of other Timeular users you or another Supervisor invited to a Folder. Please note that there is a 24 hour delay between when a Folder member tracks or creates a time entry and when that time entry becomes visible to Folder Supervisors. You must be on a Team plan in order to invite other Timeular users to a Folder.
The perspective switcher in the right upper corner lets you switch between hours and percentages %.
The time entries list:
The time entries list shows you every single time entry for the selected time frame.
Time entries can be sorted by ascending or descending order, based on their creation time (1).
Clicking on a time entry opens the time entry editor so you can make any required changes to your time entries. Only time entries that were created by you can be edited here.
Leave
The list view:
The leave tab shows all the applicable leave entries for the period defined by the Timespan filter (1). You can also filter for leave types (2) as well as people (3).
The calendar view:
Click on the calendar icon (1) to switch to the calendar view. Here you can see a calendar view showing at-a-glance information about what date(s) people have booked leave during. Hover over a leave entry (2) to see a summary of the leave information.
The chart view:
Click on the bar graph icon (1) to switch to the chart view. Here you will see the leave information broken down per person with a bar chart indicating the leave types. You can hover over the chart to display leave information (2).
Work hours
The Timesheet:
You can get a quick overview of the amount of time or leave that you or your team has recorded in a daily/weekly/monthly summary (1).
Set the desired Timespan using the Timespan filter drop down near the top left corner (2) and use the People filter drop down (3) to specify whose data you want to see.
Columns highlighted in blue indicate that there may be additional data that will be available at a later time for your team members as there is a 24 hour delay built into Folders. Hours shown in red indicate that the working hours were exceeded. You can hover over any given day to get a breakdown of time and leave entries recorded (4).
