Time Tracking for Multiple Clients, Without the Forgotten Timer

Run one timer per client, as many as the day needs. Every running clock sits in the sidebar with its time on it, and the same client can never be booked twice.

Consulting Cockpit - Running Trackers
The Running trackers sidebar open beside the calendar, listing two active timers at once: Helvetia Payments AG on Payment Hub and Nordwind Systems GmbH on Cloud Migration Wave 2, each with its elapsed time still ticking

One Timer Cannot Cover a Two-Client Day

01

Stop to switch

Every change of hands costs a stop, a save and a restart, and the short blocks between two clients never get booked.

02

The clock nobody stopped

With more than one timer open, one stays on overnight. The month closes with a fourteen-hour entry nobody can explain to the client.

03

The second client goes unlogged

Stand-up for one client, review for another, a call back to the first: it all lands as one lump on whichever client was open.

04

Wrong in both directions

A timer left running bills hours that were never worked. A timer never started loses hours that were. Both are found at month end.

How Parallel Time Tracking Works.

A timer per client, and one place that shows them all.

  1. Start a timer for each client

    Pick the client and project and start. Switch to another client and start a second one — the first keeps counting.

  2. The header follows the client you are on

    The clock in the header shows the tracker for the client you are looking at, so changing client never hides a running timer.

  3. The sidebar shows every running clock

    The Running panel carries a live count. Open it to see each client, its project and the time on the clock, and stop or discard any of them.

  4. Stop them all at once

    Ctrl+K, then Stop all trackings closes every open timer. Discard all trackings throws the unfinished ones away.

  5. Live events land in the same rail

    Leave requests, submitted timesheets, mentions and invoices appear as they happen. The bell keeps ringing until you have read them.

What Stops a Wrong Number.

The checks that stand between a forgotten timer and a client's invoice.

The same client cannot be booked twice

An entry that overlaps a running or saved one for that client is refused, so parallel timers never inflate a single engagement.

A timer left running gets a nudge

After eight hours without a stop we email the consultant, so the entry is corrected the same day instead of at month end. Each person switches that reminder on for themselves.

The count is always in sight

Every running tracker sits in the sidebar with its client and the time on the clock, so one left on overnight is the first thing you see the next morning.

Timers survive a refresh

The clock runs on the account, not in the browser. Reload the page or move to another device and the same timers are still counting.

Every hour a parallel timer books is matched to the client's purchase order and priced at the rate that applies that day, see Budget Tracking

Common Questions.

Can I track time for multiple clients at once?

Yes. Each client gets its own timer and they all keep counting at the same time. Only a second entry that overlaps a running one for the same client is refused.

Can time entries overlap?

Across different clients, yes — that is what a split day looks like. Overlapping time entries for the same client are refused, so one engagement can never be double-billed.

How do I keep an eye on multiple timers?

The Running panel in the right-hand sidebar carries a live count. Open it to see each tracker with its client, project and the time on the clock, and stop or discard any of them.

What happens if someone forgets to stop a timer?

It keeps running and stays visible in the sidebar. After eight hours we email the consultant, if they have switched that reminder on, and the start and end times can be corrected afterwards.

Does a running timer survive a page reload?

Yes. The timer is stored on the account, not in the browser, so a refresh, a closed tab or another device shows the same running clocks.

What arrives in the notifications panel?

Leave requests and decisions, submitted timesheets, board mentions and comments, invoices issued, paid or reversed, and profile changes. Each category has its own email and in-app switch.

Stop the Clock You Forgot.

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