How can I make notes on an icon?
Right click on the icon and choose Icon Log from the menu.
If you would like to make notes while the icon continues to time, first make the icon persistent.
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Is it possible to transfer total time from one icon to another?
Yes. You have 2 ways of doing this. 1. Select an icon, and right click to bring up the context menu. Choose Cut Timing Data. Now locate your destination Icon. Again right click your mouse and from t...
Is it possible to transfer total time from one icon to another?
Yes. You have 2 ways of doing this. 1. Select an icon, and right click to bring up the context menu. Choose Cut Timing Data. Now locate your destination Icon. Again right click your mouse and from t...
Why is the Billable checkbox greyed out on the Icon Property Sheet?
When an User Folder (by way of its property sheet) is made non-billable,
ALL icons it contains will automatically be made non-billable. This cannot be
changed at the Icon level using the icon prope...
Can an icon name be changed once time is allocated to it?
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How do I delete the timing data for an icon?
Select
the icon that you wish to reset. Right click your mouse while over the icon.
From the popup context menu choose Manual Update. When the Manual Update window
opens, press the Reset button. To...
How do use Working Directory in the Icon Property sheet?
...cify the name of the folder in the Icon Property sheet. (To open the Property Sheet, right click an icon, and choose Properties). Enter the working directory you would like your software application...
How do I time an off-site meeting?
Create a Timed Event Icon on a User Folder. Right click the new icon and select Manual Update.or 2. Double click your Timed Event Icon, and use the WinKey+L to log yourself out of MetriQ while ...
Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger – how can I have IM Sessions logged in metriQ without having to logout and log back into the application while moving between folders?
1.
Add the Messenger icon to any User Folder, then open it.
2. Move to another Sub-Task and go
back into the Messenger window.
3.
Click duplicate icon. The Messen...
We will be billing on the half hour. So if I work for 20 minutes on a project - I need to reflect the billing for 30 minutes of time used.
...t is 6 minutes, and means that MetriQ will log 1 unit for every six minutes worth of timing from an icon. Because a unit represents a rounding up from the h:m:s display, using an icon for any value le...
MetriQ no longer asks me for my Role when I start timing in a new folder. How do I change this?
...indow and choose Ask For Role. MetriQ will then prompt you for your role the next time you start an icon on a User Folder that's never been timed before.
Why would I use timed events?
...ings, phone calls,
travel or discussions. Using a timed event allows you to set up a
timing agent icon specific to each non-software task, allowing MetriQ
to record timing when you activate the tim...
How do I prevent MetriQ going into Time Away mode?
1 Right click the icon and select Timeout Immunity from the drop down menu. or
2 Make the desired Icon Persistent. When persistent, timing will continue regardless of other application op...
Can I activate 2 Timing Agents at the same time?
...ly. Workaround: You can use the Manual Update facility to increase the amount of time seen by an icon. Note: Time recorded this way is logged as Manual Update in the final reports.
You can also ...
Running the Windows Fax Image Viewer
...the file called rundll32.exe. Once found, drag it onto a MetriQ folder. Right click the newly added icon and select properties from the drop down menu. into the Arguments edit box type: c:\winnt\sys...
How can I get MetriQ to start automatically when my computer boots up?
... get MetriQ to start automatically when your computer starts or re-boots. 1. Add the MetriQ launch icon to your Start Folder. This method works reasonably well, although will not work if users log of...
My contractors finished early - how do i apply a discount to my client?
... 2. Add this Discount Timed Event to the folder that is to receive the discount. 3. Right click the icon and open the Manual update screen. 4. Choose the Cost tab. 5. Enter the discounted value. 6. Pr...
Why is the amount of time shown in the detail report sometimes not the same as the icon time?
...ve summary (the Details tab), time is measured in fractions of an hour (2 decimal places). Time for icons is measured in seconds, and can be displayed in either hms format or fractions of an hour. Che...
How do I change the period before MetriQ goes Time Away
The value that determines how long MetriQ waits before it detects there has been no mouse or keyboard use, can be found in the Profiles database. From MetriQ open the Profile Tool (you must have admi...
How do I get MetriQ to time when I am away from the office
If you want to time an icon (say a timed event) while you are away from the office, and you also want you workstation to be locked down and secure then do the following: 1. Start your timed event, an...