Time-tracking in JIRA

[d-vitaly]

Good day.
We are currently using another task tracker, in which there is no time tracking functionality we need, which is why we are considering a parallel use of another tool with the possibility of a complete transition to it.
We need the following functionality:
We would like to set tasks for our developers, tasks can be on different projects and with a different set of tags.
We are interested in the possibility, at an arbitrary point in time, to get information about how much time was spent on tasks (total) marked with a specific tag or developers for a certain period of time.
An excellent solution would also be to track the time that the task was in a certain status (i.e. be able to change the status of the task, in work or in the queue).
Is there such an opportunity on this service?
If it is provided by the built-in tools of this service, could you please indicate how to use them?
Or can you give recommendations on how we can use this service to cover the described features, at least partially?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

[Jack Hunter _HeroCoders_ · Accepted solution]

For a decent time tracking, you might take a look at Clockwork apps for Jira Cloud. 

They allow to automate time tracking and provide useful timesheet for reporting capabilities. 

There are also plenty of other time tracking tools in Marketplace so you will probably find something useful. 

I hope it helps. 

Cheers,
Jack

[Zoryana Bohutska _SaaSJet_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @d-vitaly 

You can check third party tools from Atlassian Marketplace

For example plugin Time in Status for Jira Cloud generate reports of how long issues stayed in the specific status and total time spend on issues. Also, this add-on calculates assignee time in each issue. It lets select issue list for your report by date ranges and project, filter, report, label, sprint or assignee (so you can view how long each user was in each status working on each issue)

Hope this information will be useful for you:)

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi @d-vitaly  - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I recently went through that same adventure trying to find a tool. There is nothing built-in to Jira that will give you what you want. The closest thing we could come up with is MavenLink with an integration to Jira. 

[Fabian Zagel]

Hi @d-vitaly 

Tracking time on Jira can be annoying, so we created a free add-on called Timkee to simplify the process for macOS. When used in combination with Tempo, Timkee automatically syncs all time logs, streamlining the creation of reports. These reports can easily be exported to CSV or Excel, allowing for customized filtering as needed. If you want take a look on your page and it's free plug-in that can be downloaded on the App Store https://timkee.io/ ; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/timkee/id1670602751?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=apps_box_link .

Cheers,

Fabian

[Tom Ng]

I would recommend a new app in the marketplace TeamBoard Team Resource for Team management and TeamBoard Project Resource for projects and program, they have morden design and rich features and tracking time is one of the core feature they support.

Note: I am working for DevSamurai the maker of the app so my answer maybe biased

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[Mike Kulakov]

Hey @d-vitaly 

> We are interested in the possibility, at an arbitrary point in time, to get information about how much time was spent on tasks (total) marked with a specific tag or developers for a certain period of time.

That is possible to do with Everhour + Jira integration. You can create custom reports grouped by task or member or project and exclude / include specific information, such as tags. Something like that.

> An excellent solution would also be to track the time that the task was in a certain status (i.e. be able to change the status of the task, in work or in the queue).

Unfortunately, we don't track history of changes on our side. Our reports always shows you most recent information. So, as soon as you change something on Jira side, we will synchronize that back.

[Emre Toptancı _OBSS_]

Hello @d-vitaly 

Our team at OBSS built Time in Status app for this exact need.

You didn't indicate your Jira platform but Time in Status by OBSS is available for Jira Server, Data Center and Cloud.

Using Time in Status you can:

• Report on how much time each issue spent on each status, on each assignee or on each user group.
• Get charts on these durations.
• Use JQL to select the issues to be used for reporting so it is possible to get issues from multiple projects or filter them based on a label. Any valid JQL can be used.
• Get your reports based on a 24/7 calendar or your custom business calendar. (This one is important because a 24/7 calendar shows misleading data. For example an issue created at 16:00 on Friday and was resolved at 09:00 on next Monday seems to stay open for 2,5 days but in terms of business hours, it is only a few hours. You can solve this using Time in Status by OBSS.)
• Calculate averages and sums of those durations grouped by issue fields you select. (For example see average InProgress time per project and per issuetype.)
• Export your data as XLS, XLSX or CSV.
• Access data via REST API.

The reports are calculated using Jira issue histories so when you install the app, you will be able to get reports on your existing issues as well.

Below is the link to the documentation for Cloud edition of Time in Status which contains screenshots and details about usage:

https://dev.obss.com.tr/confluence/display/MD/Time+in+Status+Cloud

For further questions, you can reach us through pluginsupport.obss.com.tr

Emre TOPTANCI

[Daniel Hurtubise]

@Emre Toptancı _OBSS_I have a question that I hope you can answer quickly. does your product aggregate the time spent in a status if the status changes "in and out" of a value? for example, let's say we have statuses OPEN, IN DEVELOPMENT, PAUSED, QA. if the issue status is IN DEVELOPMENT for 3 hours, then PAUSED for 3 hours, then back to IN DEVELOPMENT for 3 more hours then QA. will the total time show 6 hours IN DEVELOPMENT?

[Emre Toptancı _OBSS_]

Hello @Daniel Hurtubise ,

Yes, the report will show the total time spent in each status.

EmreT

[Deniz Oğuz - The Starware]

WorklogPRO can help you with time tracking related reports, except time in status. For time in status, do you need the duration a task spent on each status? or do you need work entered when the task in different statuses? There are various apps for "Time in Status" but all of them measures the time issue stays on different statuses, not the work logged.