Tips and tricks showcasing how Intervals can (and does) go beyond the basics when tracking time, managing tasks, running reports, and more.
A long-time customer asked the following question. The IT department at our university is conducting a software assessment and I have been asked to provide the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). Can you please provide that information so I can submit to them? If you are a government and educational customer and need our VPAT […]
A customer asked the following question: I see that the timers show time in time format (HH:MM:SS) but after I apply the time it shows in decimal format. I can see why for project calculations, but when manually adding time it is a bit awkward to add time in decimal format. Is there a setting […]
A customer asked the following question: I have a weekly dashboard that I email to myself and it really needs to be landscape instead of portrait. There is a lot of data in the report and controlling the layout would be helpful. Can this be added? When we first launched scheduled reports this was not […]
If you are new to tracking your time or need a friendly nudge, there are two time tracking notifications to help you stay on top of your time tracking and build good habits. The notifications are located beneath your name in the navigation. Click on the “Time tracking” tab to manage the time related notifications. […]
The Daily Task Digest email has replaced the previous Daily Summary of Tasks email. Why was this change made? Previously the Daily Summary of Tasks email was only sent to task assignees that had tasks due for that day. We received a healthy amount of feedback that this was less than ideal. Through feature requests […]
We received the following feature request from a long-time customer: Since covid our team has been remote and uses Slack as our main communication hub and Intervals as our primary timesheet and task management system. It would be great if there was a way to link directly to a task comment. I know I can […]
When you have a lot of data it is helpful being able to filter down to the desired data. With Intervals you can save these views so that you can return to the same filter with a single click. We received the following support question: I have a lot of saved task and calendar views […]
If you need to save and schedule a view and the view has not been saved, this help article walks you through saving and scheduling a view. If you would like to schedule an already saved view for email delivery, here are the steps. 1. Navigate to the page where you would like to schedule […]
One of the features that sets Intervals apart is the ability to take a lot of data and filter it down to the desired view. If you need to narrow in and focus on tasks that are assigned to a certain person and certain project by a certain priority and by due date, you can […]
Intervals will automatically notify people when certain events occur, for example, when updating a task or uploading a document. By default, each person with a login will be opted in to these email notifications. If you would like to turn some off, click on Notifications, which can be found in the menu under your profile […]
Logging out will end your current session and prevent anyone else from using that device to access your account. We recommend logging out of your account when using a public computer, or if other people have access to your personal computer. To log out of your Intervals account, mouse over your profile picture and name […]
We received the following support question: We have about 120 users to deactivate however there doesn’t appear to be a bulk action option for the people list. Is there another method where we can do this? Multiple users can be set to inactive by utilizing the “Bulk edit” functionality from the people listing. The steps […]
This function converts an HTML encoded string to its regular text representation without having to install third party plugins. Public Function HtmlDecode(StringToDecode As Variant) As String Set oMSHTML = CreateObject(“htmlfile”) Set e = oMSHTML.createElement(“T”) e.innerHTML = StringToDecode HtmlDecode = e.innerText End Function To add it to Excel: 1. Type ALT+F11 2. In the File menu […]
The default description of work performed is set at 255 characters. If you need more space, there is a setting that can be configured. The 255-character limit is plenty for most of our customers but if you need verbose descriptions of work performed included with each time entry this can be configured to match your […]
We received the following support question from an Intervals customer: I need some assistance on changing a number of projects. Can we somehow update all projects to be non-billable? When creating new projects there is a billable / unbillable setting that controls the default add time behavior for the project. More information on setting projects […]
An Intervals customer asked the following question: Is there an activity report that shows a user’s activity? We need to see a log file of changes made by a person. Does that exist? When viewing a person in the people section, there is an option to view recent activity for the person. Here is where […]
The scratchpad is one of the lesser known Intervals features. However, it’s also one of the most useful for keeping general day-to-day notes. It’s essentially a notepad that’s available from any page within your account, and can be used for just about anything you want to jot down. Keep track of your daily to dos, […]
To update the email address associated with your Intervals account navigate to the “My Account” page. Then click “edit” to modify your profile information. Make the change to your email address and click save.
Bulk edit time in action (2:15) Multiple time entries can be edited at once directly on the bottom half of the timesheet or by navigating to Time → Edit time. Filter the list of time entries by client, person, project, date range, and more to find the time entries that need updating. Then, click on […]
An Intervals customer asked the following question: I am looking for a report that combines the detail of time entries per project (date, person, task, description) with the work type and rate charged. I find I am toggling between the Summary Report and the Project Activity Report and would like to be able to review […]