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Default Settings (For Org Owners & Admin)

Default Settings

A reference for every setting across General, Timesheet & Monitoring, and Project & Tasks. Understand what each setting does and when to use it.


Scope of Default Settings:


⚠ These settings apply to newly onboarded users only. Existing users retain their current configurations. To update an existing user, go to User Permissions. Changes here will not retroactively override any user-level settings already in place.



1) General Settings

Foundational configurations that set the organisation's time zone, work schedule, calendar period, and UI terminology for all new users.


Setting

What it Does?

When to Configure?

Options/Default

Organisation Time Zone

Sets the default time zone for all tracking, timestamps, and reports for new users.

Set to your HQ location. Update individual users if they are in different time zones.

Dropdown. Example: UTC+05:30

Organization Calendar

Defines the year boundary used for annual reports, leave accruals, and summary dashboards.Calendar Year: Jan 1 to Dec 31Financial Year: Apr 1 to Mar 31

Align with your finance and HR team's reporting cycle before onboarding begins.

Dropdown. Default: Calendar Year

Weekly Off(Even / Odd Week)

Sets which days are non-working days. Supports two different weekly patterns to accommodate alternating schedules.Odd weeks = 1st, 3rd, 5th occurrence of that day in a month.Even weeks = 2nd, 4th occurrence.

Use for rotating schedules (e.g., alternate Saturdays off). For a fixed Mon-Fri schedule, simply mark Sat + Sun off on both weeks.

Select day(s)

Organization Work Time

Sets the default start and end time of the official workday. Used to generate data within Shift Window vs. Full Day (Shift + Outside Shift).

Set to your standard shift window. Teams on flexible or multiple shifts can override this at the team or user level.

Time range. Default: 10:00-19:00

Rename Modules

Allows admins to replace default platform terminology with labels that match your organization's vocabulary, across all UI, reports, and exports. Example: "Tasks" → "Matter" for legal firms and "Employee" → "Associate" for consulting firms.

Configure before go-live. Changing labels after users are active causes confusion. See level reference below.

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Rename Modules - Examples

Level

IT Firm Example

Legal Firm Example

Agency Example

Level 1

Client

Group

Brand

Level 2

Project

Client

Campaign

Level 3

Task

Matter

Deliverable

Level 4

Subtask

Activity

Asset

Level 5

Sub-subtask

Sub Activity

Version



2) Timesheet & Monitoring

Controls how time records are managed and what activity data is captured. Settings here directly affect data integrity, employee privacy, and the accuracy of logged hours.


Timesheet


Setting

What it Does?

When to Configure?

Default

Privacy Mode

Lets employees pause all forms of tracking from their desktop agent. Time in Privacy Mode is excluded from all reports.

Keep on for most teams. Disable only for roles where continuous monitoring is contractually required.

Off

Delete Timesheet

Allows employees to delete their own tracked timesheet records.

Disable for compliance-driven environments where an immutable audit trail is required (legal, finance, government). Keep on for trust-first teams where minor corrections are routine.

Off

Lock Timesheet

Prevents employees and managers from editing or approving timesheet entries older than the set threshold. Admin access is required to unlock a specific entry. Default Lock Window: 7 days

Align the window with your payroll cycle. Weekly payroll → 7 days. Monthly → 30 days.

Off



ℹ Privacy note: No data is recorded, stored, or visible to employees or managers during Privacy Mode. Employees have full control over personal time.



Idle & Away Time

These settings work together to classify non-active time. Configure them as a set.


Setting

What it Does?

When to Configure?

Default

Idle Alert

Sends the employee a notification 1 minute and 30 seconds before they are moved to idle. If they interact (dismiss the alert), the idle timer resets. If not, the system marks them idle at the interval.

Keep on for knowledge workers (reading, thinking) to prevent unfair idle classification. Disable only for consistently high-activity roles.

Off

Idle Interval

Sets how many consecutive minutes of inactivity trigger idle activity. Example: Interval = 3 mins. No activity from 10:00. At 10:03 the system fires. Employee returns at 10:15. Entire 10:00–10:15 window is marked idle.

5–10 min for desk-based roles. 3 min for call centres. 10–25 mins for R&D or writing-heavy teams.

On

Show Away Prompt After

After idle state has been active for the set duration, a pop-up prompts the employee to self-classify the reason. e.g., Lunch Break, Training, Client Meeting. Reason is recorded in the timesheet. Example: Idle fires at 10:03 → Away Prompt (set to 10 min) triggers at 10:10. Employee returns at 10:15. Employee selects "Client Call". Entire 10:00–10:15 window is marked as away hours.

Enable when differentiating break types, training activities, client calls, and more

Off

Idle Time Cap

Idle time beyond this threshold is excluded entirely from reports and logged hours. Prevents overnight sessions or forgotten logins from distorting productivity data. Example: Cap = 1hr 30mins. Employee idle for 1hr 45 mins → total 1hr 45 mins excluded.

Set to the longest acceptable uninterrupted idle activity.

Off

'Take a Break' Reminder

Sends a periodic wellness reminder to employees at the configured interval. Has no effect on tracking data or reports.

Enable for teams with screen-fatigue concerns. Purely a wellbeing feature.

Off


Monitoring


Setting

What it Does?

When to Configure?

Default

Track Cursor & Keypad Activity

Detects mouse movement and keyboard for overall engagement percentage every 5 mins. Does not record actual keystroke content or cursor positions.

Keep on if you wish to track engagement of the users based on the mouse activity percentages, keyboard activity percentages and overall activity percentages

Off

Enable Screenshots

Captures screenshots at the configured interval. Visible to authorized managers and admins in the monitoring dashboard. Default Interval: 5mins

Use for remote accountability, billing verification, or compliance auditing. Disable for senior or high-trust roles, or where the role involves confidential material (legal, HR, finance).

Off

Capture Internet Usage

Tracks upload speed, download speed, latency and overall interval bandwidth. Default Interval: 60 mins

Enable for remote or hybrid teams to detect network stability issues that might affect their work or client meetings.

Off



⚠ Compliance note: Screenshots and internet usage monitoring may require explicit employee consent and a documented privacy notice depending on your jurisdiction. Ensure your employment agreements cover this before enabling.



3) Projects & Tasks

Controls how employees attribute tracked time to work structures. These settings determine the depth of time logging, from client level down to individual subtasks. This directly affect billing, utilization, and resource reports.


Setting

What it Does?

When to Configure?

Default

Enable Task Selection

Allows employees to tag tracked time to a Client → Project → Task hierarchy. Enables all project-level reporting, billing, and utilization analytics.

Keep on for virtually all use cases. Disable only for purely internal, non-billable operations with no need for project attribution.

Off

Enable Task & Subtask Selection

Extends the hierarchy from 3 levels to up to 5, unlocking Task and Subtask selection in the tracking interface.1) Client → Project → Task. 2) Client → Project → Task → Subtask → Sub-subtask

Enable for teams that invoice at a task or deliverable level (legal firms, software teams billing against sprints/features). Keep off if the extra hierarchy would reduce employee adoption.

Off

Periodic Archival of Tasks

Tasks that are soft-archived due to no timesheet records for the specified period are hidden from employee dropdowns, but remain intact. All historical data is preserved and can be restored by an admin. Default: 90 days

Set the threshold to match your typical project dormancy pattern. Most product teams: 60 to 90 days. Legal or consulting firms with long-running engagements: 120 to 180 days.

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ℹ Terminology note: "Project" and "Task" are defaults but fully customizable via Rename Modules. Legal firms often use "Matter" instead of "Project." All levels above use default labels.


4) Quick Reference


Setting

Default/Examples

Primary impact

Organization Time Zone

UTC+05:30

All timestamps, reports, shift windows

Organization Calendar

Calendar Year

Reports, leave accruals

Weekly Off (Even / Odd)

Sat + Sun

Working days, schedule, attendance calculation

Organization Work Time

10:00–19:00

Data Within Shift hours

Rename Modules

Off

Platform terminology, UI labels, exports

Privacy Mode

Off

Employee privacy, tracked hours

Delete Timesheet

Off

Data integrity, audit trail

Lock Timesheet

Off - 7 days

Payroll accuracy, record immutability

Idle Alert

Off

Fairness of idle classification

Idle Interval

On

Duration threshold for idle state

Show Away Prompt After

Off - 10 mins

Away classification, break tagging

Idle Time Cap

Off - 1hr 30 mins

Logged hours accuracy in reports

Take a Break Reminder

Off - 15 mins

Employee wellness

Track Cursor & Keypad

Off

Active/idle/away detection engine

Enable Screenshots

Off - 5 mins

Monitoring, accountability, audit

Capture Internet Usage

Off - 30 mins

Web activity analytics

Enable Task Selection

Off

Project attribution, billing reports

Enable Task & Subtask Selection

Off

Granular billing, sub-task tracking

Periodic Archival of Tasks

On - 90 days

Task list hygiene, dropdown clarity



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Updated on: 28/04/2026

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