How is Time Tracked and Calculated in Workstatus?

Workstatus does not assume a worker is active at their computer for the entire interval they track time.



There are a number of factors we take into consideration:

When the start and stop buttons are pressed on the tracking client
If any time during their work session was considered “idle” (periods of inactivity)
The frequency at which they are using their keyboard and mouse

From this information, we calculate an activity percentage which you can use as a baseline metric to assess how active your team is during their work sessions.

Let’s go through an example to demonstrate how this can be applied to your organization:

Example

Notice that the time-stamped for this worker reads as 5 pm – 5:40 pm. However, for each block of time tracked, the total does not add up to 10 minutes. Instead, there are two blocks of 4 minutes and 6 minutes respectively.

One might assume that the worker had tracked time for a total of 40 minutes, however, Workstatus was able to detect that the worker was in fact only active for 30 of those minutes. This is due to the fact that Workstatus can capture time down to the minute. In many cases, these seemingly insignificant minutes can add up to hours of unproductive time.

You will also see a percentage listed before the number of minutes tracked. This is calculated by marking each second tracked as active or inactive. A mouse movement or keyboard stroke = active. No keyboard and no mouse movement = inactive.

We add these numbers up and give a total percentage of activity for each 10-minute segment. You will see that this user’s work time was quite productive, averaging roughly 95% activity for the 30mins worked.

Here are some related articles which you may find useful:

How are Workstatus’s activity levels calculated
How does manual time affect activity levels?
Can You Track Time Offline?

Please refer following link for accessing Roles and Permission : https://support.workstatus.io/en/article/workstatus-roles-and-permissions-guide-zzkoo6/

Updated on: 13/03/2024