Even if there are gaps between the timestamps you can merge them. You then have to decide what to do with the gaps. There’s two options. You can either just add the gaps to your timestamp, so the ending timestamp will stay the same, but the duration will extend, or you can subtract the gaps from the total time, so your ending timestamp will move to an earlier ending, but the duration will stay the same.

The secret to Xpert-Timer’s effectiveness is the timebar that simplifies time-tracking.

The timebar floats on the Windows desktop, and a single click or hotkey lets you access all of the program’s key functions. You can see immediately how much time you’ve spent on the current project, how much time you have left, the percentage of the project that is complete, the cost of the project to date and you current working hours.

Use the sync module to record times offline, when you are out of the office and synchronize later with the main database. Assign projects to other users, send them tasks, print or export reports and create invoices directly out of the system. Add reimbursable expenses to your projects to calculate your profit/loss easier.

Xpert-Timer is a perfect solution for project teams, either for internal time tracking or for accurate billing to customers.

New features:

• Configuration – Option to bring timebar to front on mouse over

• Todolist is now also dockable on bottom of the screen

• Print – Date format for date range can be changed to
Month/Year, Year, CW

• Print – Display “Project number” in seperate field

• System option to permit manual entries only x days retroactive

• Determine Language by using Xperttimer.ini. Section = “[General]” /  Entry = “LOCALID” / Values: 9=English; 7=German

• Determine Language by using command line parameter e.g. “xperttimer.exe /LOCALID=9″ runs XT in english

• Document management – overview of all documents (only PRO)

• Multiple new To-Do list features

• Option of rounding up timestamps

• Seperate dialog for project favorites

• Invoice management – overview of all invoices (only PRO)

• Tasks – Messaging system when receiving a new task, or when someone finishes a task using a multi user database.

• Updated dialog for assigning projects
• Optimized editing of timestamps
• Additional reporting options
• Automatic project start (e.g. automatic pause after project start when starting up the computer)
• Excelexport of timestamps, invoices and tasks
• Timestamp list – Edit “Comment” using F2
• To-Do List – Edit “Subject” using F2
• Edit timestamps by selecting them with the mouse and using a) text phrases b) clipboard c) copy other timestamp text or d) free text entry
• Reminder for open tasks when starting up Xpert-Timer

Bugfixing:

- Report printing: Print optional field “Signature” in Report header
- Bugfixing
- Bugfix: No Sync of Reportsdir. when using SyncClient
- Bugfix: Bug with licensefile when Kaspersky was installed

Small symbols:

Standard symbols:

Large Symbols:

Show caption: This option displays the caption below the button.

The fuction overview shows all buttons and a short description:

All changes made:

New:

• Project manager: Timestamps and history entries are shown for filtered projects only, if option “Show times of all projects” is checked.
• Project manager: Only print timestamps and history entries according to the filter settings.

Bugfixes:

• General setting: Detects when Hibernation is aborted
• Printing: Supports US-Letter-Format when printing
• Project properties: Description of project did not show
• Project manager: Manual teimestamp entry now also possible in mode “See Projects of all users”

Please visit: http://www.xperttimer.com/download in order to update to the newest version. All you need to do is run the installer and Xpert-Timer will recognize that you want to update automatically. Just install over your existing version.

You can also group your results based on certain criteria. Right-click on a timestamp and point to “Group by”. Then choose the criteria you want to group your results in. You have the option to group by “Date”, “User”, “Project” or not group at all.

Usually you’ll need the timestamps of all users in a certain date range. Therefore hit Ctrl+B in order to display all timestamps of all users. Then set the data range to, e.g. Jan 1st until Jan 31st in the “Search” box underneath the timestamp list.

If you check the box “Show timestampa of all projects”, then Xpert-Timer displays all timestamps within this daterange. If you uncheck the box, only the timestamps of the project that is marked in the projectmanager (do a single click on the project) are displayed. This gives you the option to filter all timestamps of all users of one certain project during a spezific timerange.

Right-click on a timestamp again in order to print the list.

Following new feature was implemented:

• New: If you filter projects in the project manager, the timestamps and history entries of these filtered projects are shown in the project manager and can be printed

To edit the entries of certain projects in the columns, just right-click in the appropriate area. This makes it very easy, for example to set the project status:

or for example to change the start day of the project. This way you can edit every single column.

Go ahead and right-click in every column, to get a different dialog. This makes it easy and fun to work with Xpert-Timer project time tracking.

If you hit Ctrl+l you can open the reimbursables dialog in Xpert-Timer. This allows you to enter an expense for the running project.

You can choose between an existing template for your reimbursable expense, or you can create your own templates. You can enter the type, price, amount and a description in your template. So if you always use the same expenses, it makes sense to create a template for it. To do so, just click on “Edit”.

The reimbursable category is the name on the invoice item on your invoice, so make sure, you name it accordingly.

If you have expenses that only occur once, you can use the template “Reimb. Expense”. In our example we copied plans and charge the client for 25 copies:

If you want to bill the expenses to your client, make sure the checkbox “Chargeable” is checked. Otherwise the item will not appear on your invoice. In the calculation of the project however it will still be listed. Point to the project settings in order to see the list of the reimbursables:

You can now create an invoice directly from here. Just click on “Bill reimbursable expenses”.