Activity Summary

This report shows the most commonly used applications grouped by categories and according to the duration of their use.

There are 11 basic categories:

1. Business (contains 138 apps and websites, productive by default).
2. Communication (contains 359 apps and websites, neutral by default).
3. Design (contains 127 apps and websites, productive by default).
4. Development (contains 172 apps and websites, productive by default).
5. Games & Entertainment (contains 265 apps and websites, neutral by default).
6. Internet (contains 263 apps and websites, neutral by default).
7. Job search sites (contains 246 apps and websites, distracting by default).
8. Multimedia (contains 164 apps and websites, distracting by default).
9. News & Learning (contains 200 apps and websites, neutral by default).
10. Office (contains 182 apps and websites, neutral by default).
11. Utilities (contains 589 apps and websites, neutral by default).

If you would like to learn more about categorization of resources, please click here.

1. Login to your Yaware.TimeTracker account:

2. Go to Reports – Activities – By categories:

3. Click on “All groups” filter to choose the department for which you want the data to be displayed:

You can choose one or several departments:

4. Next click on “All employees filter” to choose employee/s whose statistics you want to view:

You can analyze the statistic of a single employee or several employees at a time. Just click on employees to see their statistic:

5. Click on Custom period menu to specify the period for which you want the data to be displayed and choose the appropriate option:

You can also specify the date by choosing it from the calendar:

6. You have successfully customized the report. Now it’s time to analyze the data.

Point to the chart to see the total use time of a certain category. In this case we see that these 3 particular employees have been using the Communication category for 17 h 22 m, and this category is productive. So, their working time is productive as well:

Scroll down to see which apps and websites are used the most, as well as the duration of use:

Here you can also change the productivity of a certain app/website. E.g., you can make Gmail unproductive. To do so, click on “Distracting” button:

You will then see the following window, where you can specify if you want to make Gmail unproductive for all groups or employees, or choose a specific group and employee:

You can also change the group to which a certain app.website belongs. Just click on a corresponding icon:

And choose the category to which you want to move the app/website:

If necessary, you can export this report to CSV, PDF and Excel:

That’s it. Analyze the report, find time-eaters and eliminate them.