Starting and stopping the task timer

The timer icon sits right on the task — in the sidebar under "My Work" and on the Desk. A click starts the clock; you can see that it's running at any time from the indicator in the sidebar, wherever you happen to be.

If the task is still Open, starting the timer sets it to In progress right away. An order in the status "Released" switches to "In progress" at the same time.

One timer per person

Only one timer ever runs. If you start a second one, Gantway asks: "A timer is already running" — with the option "Stop & start new". Switching from task to task is therefore a single click, and duplicate time can never arise by accident.

What happens when you stop

The measured time is booked as order time. Two protective rules:

• Under 30 seconds is discarded, not booked — an accidental double-click doesn't create data junk.
• Timers only run on orders in the status "Released" or "In progress".

Marking as done stops the timer too. When the task is marked as Done, Gantway stops every timer running on it, including those of colleagues, and books the time up to that moment. You don't need to stop the timer separately beforehand.

By default, every role except Purchasing/Warehouse may book time.

The alternative: "Book time"

Not every hour is stopped live. With "Book time" you enter time afterward — from fixed presets: up to 10 hours in quarter-hour steps, coarser above (half hours up to 12 hours, full hours beyond). The usual route for "yesterday afternoon it was three hours on the staircase railing".