{"id":620,"date":"2025-08-01T09:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/?post_type=wz_knowledgebase&#038;p=620"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:36:33","slug":"logging-your-work-the-activities-section","status":"publish","type":"wz_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/knowledgebase\/logging-your-work-the-activities-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Time and Effort with Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Logging Your Work: The Activities Section<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audience:<\/strong>&nbsp;All project members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goal:<\/strong>&nbsp;To explain how to log time and report work in the Activities section, and how this data impacts project-level reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Activities<\/strong>&nbsp;section serves as your project&#8217;s detailed timesheet or work log. It&#8217;s where you and your team members can record the time and effort spent on specific tasks and other project-related work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accurately logging activities is vital, as the data you enter here directly powers the&nbsp;<strong>Time Investment<\/strong>&nbsp;widget on your main&nbsp;Overview&nbsp;dashboard, providing a real-time look at actual hours spent versus estimated hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. How to Add an Activity<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While you can add an activity from multiple places, the main hub is the Activities page itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to the&nbsp;<strong>Activities<\/strong>&nbsp;section from the left-hand menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the&nbsp;<strong>+ Add Activity<\/strong>&nbsp;button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eff0f3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eff0f3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-88-1024x528.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-622 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-88-1024x528.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-88-300x155.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-88-768x396.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-88-1536x792.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-88.avif 1914w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This will open the &#8220;Add New Activity&#8221; sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b0b1b2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b0b1b2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(42rem, 1024px)) 100vw, min(42rem, 1024px)\" src=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-89-1024x528.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-623 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-89-1024x528.avif 1024w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-89-300x155.avif 300w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-89-768x396.avif 768w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-89-1536x792.avif 1536w, https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-89.avif 1915w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fill in the details of the work you performed:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Title &amp; Description:<\/strong>&nbsp;A clear summary of the activity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type &amp; Status:<\/strong>&nbsp;Categorize the activity and mark its status (e.g., Completed).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date &amp; Duration (hours):<\/strong>&nbsp;The date the work was done and how long it took.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Team Member:<\/strong>&nbsp;Who performed the work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Related Task:<\/strong>&nbsp;Link the activity directly to a specific project task from the dropdown menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Results:<\/strong>&nbsp;Describe the outcome or what was accomplished.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Save Activity<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Pro-Tip: Creating Activities from Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common and efficient workflow is to create an activity directly from the task you just worked on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the&nbsp;<strong>Tasks<\/strong>&nbsp;section and expand the relevant task.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the&nbsp;<strong>&#8230; More Actions<\/strong>&nbsp;button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select&nbsp;<strong>Create Activity<\/strong>&nbsp;from the menu. This will open the same &#8220;Add New Activity&#8221; sidebar, but it will automatically link to the correct task, saving you a step.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Managing and Exporting Your Activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The main Activities page allows you to view and manage all logged time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Filter and Search:<\/strong>&nbsp;Use the dropdown menus to filter the list by&nbsp;Status,&nbsp;Type, or&nbsp;Team Member, or use the search bar to find a specific entry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Export for Reporting:<\/strong>&nbsp;To create a report for payroll, client billing, or performance analysis, click the&nbsp;<strong>Export Activities Report<\/strong>&nbsp;button. This will download a comprehensive&nbsp;<strong>CSV file<\/strong>&nbsp;of all logged activities, which you can easily open and manipulate in spreadsheet software like Excel or Google Sheets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/knowledgebase\/managing-your-workflow-with-the-task-board\/\">Managing Your Workflow with the Task Board<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explain how to log time and report work in the Activities section, and how this data impacts project-level reporting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"wzkb_category":[148],"wzkb_tag":[214,217,212,149,155,176,213,215,216],"class_list":["post-620","wz_knowledgebase","type-wz_knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wzkb_category-basic","wzkb_tag-activity-logging","wzkb_tag-productivity-tracking","wzkb_tag-project-activities","wzkb_tag-project-management","wzkb_tag-project-managers","wzkb_tag-project-monitoring","wzkb_tag-time-logging","wzkb_tag-work-documentation","wzkb_tag-work-tracking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase\/620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wz_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase\/620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wz_knowledgebase\/620\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wzkb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wzkb_category?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"wzkb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comng.ai\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wzkb_tag?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}