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:
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. | Toggle Off |
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 |
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 |
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. | On |
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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