Insights Managers Can Get From Time Doctor Reports

Users Are Spending Time on Non-Work-Related Activities

• Check the Web & App Usage report to see unproductive time compared to productive activity.
• Open the side panel for a breakdown of unproductive websites and apps.
• Review neutral app usage to ensure it doesn’t outweigh productive work.
  
  

Users Are Using the Correct Websites and Apps but Aren’t Really Working

• Review the Activity Summary report to evaluate idle minutes and idle seconds.
• Determine whether users are actively working or simply have applications open.
• Compare idle activity across similar roles to identify whether high idle time is expected.
• Click on idle cells for details about where idle time occurred.
  
  

Users Aren’t Focused

• Inspect working patterns in the User Dashboard.
• Identify frequent task changes, fragmented sessions, or extended breaks.
• Detect inefficiencies caused by a lack of sustained focus.
  
  

Users Who Need to Collaborate Aren’t Working at the Same Time

• Use the Timeline report to check for overlapping hours among team members.
• Identify collaboration gaps when schedules don’t align.
• Adjust work hours to improve team coordination.

Users Have Unevenly Distributed Work Hours

• Review the Hours Tracked report to see whether users consistently log their expected work hours.
• Spot cases where time is made up by working extended hours later in the week or month.

Why Are Some Days Less Productive?

• Investigate unexpected drops in productivity using the Web & App Usage report.
• Identify which users contributed to lower productivity and which unproductive sites or apps were accessed.

What Are the Most Common Digital Distractions?

• Filter the Web & App Usage report to display the most frequently used unproductive sites and apps.
• Click on each to see who accessed them and how much time was spent.

Which Tasks Take Too Much Time?

• Use the Projects & Tasks report in the Project-Task-Person view.
• Identify tasks that require more time than expected, and adjust workloads as needed.

Why Do Users Have Strange Activities?

• Check the Timeline report to spot unusual work patterns such as late-night sessions.
• Drill into specific time blocks to see which sites and apps were in use.
• Use Screencasts (screenshots or video recordings) to validate user activities.

Key Metrics Available in Reports

• Total time worked – excludes breaks and paused time.
• Productivity ratings – productive, unproductive, and neutral time.
• Idle activity – measured as minutes or seconds without keyboard/mouse input.
• Web & app usage – includes websites, web page titles, and window names.
• Start & end times – daily work hours for each user.
• Project and task tracking – available when enabled.
• Screencasts – screenshots or video with activity data.

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