How to modify Activity settings

Roles and Permissions:

Organization Owner/Manage :
They can modify Activity setting of all members organizations.

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

Hide Activity Menu

To allow users to be able to hide the Activity menu on your organization.

STEP 1

Click on the Settings tab on the left sidebar, then select Features.

STEP 2

Select the Activity tab, then click the Hide activity menu option.

If you want to enable each team member with the ability to hide activity menu, then you can set the default to “enable” to enable this setting for everyone in the organization.

Similarly, if you do not want to allow anyone, you can set the default to ‘disable’.

OPTIONAL:

If you want to enable the Modify setting for specific members only, you can set the default to disable and enable the setting for certain members such as Managers and Owners.

Screenshot Notifications

Stop showing app notifications for taking screenshots.

STEP 1

Click on the Settings tab on the left sidebar, then select Features.

STEP 2

Select the Activity tab, then click the Screenshot Notifications option.

If you want to enable each team member with the ability to stop showing app notifications for taking screenshots, then you can set the default to “enable” to enable this setting for everyone in the organization.

Similarly, if you do not want to allow anyone, you can set the default to ‘disable’.

Screenshots Blur

Workstatus allows organization owners to add a blur to screenshots to prevent the collection of private data. Once this feature is enabled, the Desktop app will blur the captured screenshots. The blurring is applied on the device where the app is running, so the images that are uploaded to server already have the blur effect applied.

STEP 1

Click on the Settings tab on the left sidebar, then select Features.

STEP 2

Select the Activity tab, then click the Screenshots Blur option.

From there, you can toggle the default setting to apply it to your entire organization. You can also enable or disable the blur setting for individual users.

Here is how the thumbnails will appear on the Activity page if the blur setting is turned on:

Here is how the blurred image will appear:

Screenshots Frequency

The frequency with which Workstatus records screenshots can be changed in Settings.

STEP 1

Click on the Settings tab on the left sidebar, then select Features.

STEP 2

Select the Activity tab, then click the Screenshots Frequency option.

Then you can select between none, 1x, 2x, and 3x frequencies of screenshots that you want the application to take for every 10-minute period by default.

STEP 3

You can also adjust the Screenshot frequency for each team member.

Delete Screenshots

Deleting screenshots is possible. You can delete individual screenshots, remove multiple images at once, or delete an entire day’s worth of screenshots.

STEP 1

Click on the Settings tab on the left sidebar, then select Features.

STEP 2

Select the Activity tab, then click the Delete Screenshots option.

STEP 3

Hover over the screenshot you wish to remove and click the Delete screenshot thumbnail icon as shown in this image:

STEP 4

Click OK to confirm the deletion.

OPTIONAL:

If you want to enable the Modify setting for specific members only, you can set the default to disable and enable the setting for certain members such as Managers and Owners.

Track Apps & URLs

This feature helps you to control whether the names of apps used and the URLs visited are tracked

STEP 1

Click on the Settings tab on the left sidebar, then select Features.

STEP 2

Select the Activity tab, then click the Track Apps & URLs option.

If you want to enable each team member with the ability to tracking app and url both , then you can set the default to “track app and url both” to enable this setting for everyone in the organization.

if you do not want to allow anyone, you can set the default to ‘OFF’.

If you want to enable each team member with the ability to only tracking app , then you can set the default to “track app only” to enable this setting for everyone in the organization.

If you want to enable each team member with the ability to only URL , then you can set the default to “track URL only” to enable this setting for everyone in the organization.

OPTIONAL:

If you want to enable the Modify setting for specific members only, you can set the default to disable and enable the setting for certain members such as Managers and Owners.

Productivity Settings

STEP 1

Click on the Settings tab on the left sidebar, then select Features.

STEP 2

Select the Activity tab, then click the Productivity Settings option.

STEP 3

If you want to enable each team member with the ability to track productive app and url both , then you can set the default to “Enable” to enable this setting for everyone in the organization.

Or select Disable for not tracking.

STEP 4

Select App OR URL to tack accordingly, You may also add list of your Apps and Url in Productive* and *Unproductive section.

Filtration of data can be applied on the basis of Team.

Updated on: 21/05/2024