Disable Seconds in time tracking

[intradesign]

I think having seconds in time tracking is not necessary. So it would be good to disable them.
Or does anyone need seconds to be tracked? So making them optional via settings or configuration file would be better?

[dumiller]

Plus one for this. There should be a setting for default time billing increments.

[hillelcoren]

Adding a default time increment is a good suggestion.

Would we need to provide the option to round up or down or should the app always round up?

[ssuess]

I say default to round up, but of course it is always nice to be able to choose.

[nbyloff]

I round up to the nearest 15 min mark.

[hillelcoren]

One approach we're considering is to leave the tasks durations as they are but apply rounding when converting the tasks to invoices or displaying the tasks in the client portal.

With this approach the tasks times together would be rounded rather than rounding each of the times separately.

[nbyloff]

Would you let the user decide how to round? Up to the 15, 30, or hour?

[hillelcoren]

Yes, we'd add an option to define the rounding period.

[Wouter0100]

I see - rouding up to an hour would be very useful.

[boggyhole]

+1

[stianulriksen]

+1

when can we expect to see this?

[hillelcoren]

Our current focus is v2, it will be a while until this is implemented.

[silversword411]

I currently use a spreadsheet to do rounding of time tracking information with another system. Billing is in 15min increments. Round down if within 4 mins of the lower 15min increment otherwise round up to the next 15min increment: Starts by looking at a text field of time (in 0:00 formatted as text):
=TEXT(D2-C2,"h:mm")

Then get the text in F2, and round:
=if(OR(RIGHT(A2,2)="00",RIGHT(A2,2)="01",RIGHT(A2,2)="02",RIGHT(A2,2)="03",RIGHT(A2,2)="04",RIGHT(A2,2)="16",RIGHT(A2,2)="17",RIGHT(A2,2)="18",RIGHT(A2,2)="19",RIGHT(A2,2)="31",RIGHT(A2,2)="32",RIGHT(A2,2)="33",RIGHT(A2,2)="34",RIGHT(A2,2)="46",RIGHT(A2,2)="47",RIGHT(A2,2)="48",RIGHT(A2,2)="49"),ROUNDDOWN(A2*96,0)/96,ROUNDUP(A2*96,0)/96)

See
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T6HmZvLXQhSKCmhaNXTKBnyT02LHz94c7cDn8r71PeU/edit#

I'm thinking if you're trying to make an algorithm for Time Tracking rounding to satisfy everyone it would be something like:
Round up to ___ Billing increment (in mins)
Checkbox (optional) Round Down if within ___ mins of previous

[sherissar]

+1 for ability to round up or down or set the increments of the time tracking.

[zweihorn21]

Hi!
+1 as well
Is there any update on this?

We just migrated from Toggl/Track to Invoiceninja for easier invoicing and the option to automatically round up to 15mins is crucial, as we do have a lot of tiny tasks and calls that interrupt the normal workflow. Not only as an rounding option for the invoice (as mentioned somewhere above) but round every single time entry in the reporting for that project so the client can see the rounded amounts in the client portal as well. With lots of 5min calls there is a huge difference between rounding every entry and just the overall sum.

Thank you!

[turbo124]

@zweihorn21 this is definitely on our radar.

[zweihorn21]

Thanks!
I've been looking into alternatives/interim solutions and found a Zapier integration from Toggl to invoiceninja, but no option to sync all my rounded totals to invoiceninja e.g. to be triggered for every customer when I create an invoice. I can only sync single time entries. Did I overlook something? Is there another way except manual copy/pasting?

[bschantz]

Looking at InvoiceNinja as a replacement for Harvest, and rounding is a big pain point for me. Harvest will track seconds, but display minutes, and their rounding scheme doesn't always match, so with a start time of 11:10 and an end time of 11:31, I might see a duration of 21 minutes, or I might see 20. So I have to go into every time entry and verify that the time reported is correct.

The other feature that's important to me is to have configurable rounding per client.

[KingPin]

+1 on the rounding for me, currently I have to manually do that and automated would always be better :)

[andyg2]

=if(OR(RIGHT(A2,2)="00",RIGHT(A2,2)="01",RIGHT(A2,2)="02",RIGHT(A2,2)="03",RIGHT(A2,2)="04",RIGHT(A2,2)="16",RIGHT(A2,2)="17",RIGHT(A2,2)="18",RIGHT(A2,2)="19",RIGHT(A2,2)="31",RIGHT(A2,2)="32",RIGHT(A2,2)="33",RIGHT(A2,2)="34",RIGHT(A2,2)="46",RIGHT(A2,2)="47",RIGHT(A2,2)="48",RIGHT(A2,2)="49"),ROUNDDOWN(A2*96,0)/96,ROUNDUP(A2*96,0)/96)

See
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T6HmZvLXQhSKCmhaNXTKBnyT02LHz94c7cDn8r71PeU/edit#

This might be more manageable for your spreadsheet at least.

=(ROUNDDOWN(MAX(0,(A2*1440)+10)/150,1)*150)/1440

[silversword411]

=(ROUNDDOWN(MAX(0,(A2*1440)+10)/150,1)*150)/1440

Nice thx!

[Simon-CR]

+1

[hobbesVT]

This thread was started in Jan 2018 and had some momentum ... has this been implemented?
I desperately would need something like this. Currently I have to add "fudge" time to match invoicing with tasks.

[turbo124]

@hillelcoren is this completed in v5 now?

[hillelcoren]

I believe this will need backend changes to support it

[bbbenjie]

+1, I would also like to see this feature in v5.

[stianulriksen]

is this still on the radar? Would love this feature!

[turbo124]

@hillelcoren was this in the pipeline?

[silversword411]

...Till we hit a decade, it hasn't appropriately aged yet 😆

[hillelcoren]

@turbo124 I think it should be

[xeruf]

Choosing between rounding up each interval upon stopping it and rounding up the sum for the invoice would be ideal, as we bill our customers for at least 15 minutes per action.

[Dan-Sun]

Helloo

I was just looking for tat option too :)
Any updates on that?

[hillelcoren]

This feature is being worked on and can be tracked here: #471