Track-IT pro QuickStart:

When you purchase the software, a 98 page user manual will be delivered. You may also use the Step-by-step icon to learn to how to use Track-IT pro and Track-IT light from your computer screen or follow these easy steps.

Steps

Enter basic information into Track-IT pro:
1. Start Track-IT pro.
 Enter temp for the User Name
 Enter employee for the Password
 (Once you have entered your own information into Track-IT pro, you may use your own password and User name)
2. Add an Employee (Click on 'Employee, Add')
 Enter Last Name
 Enter First Name
 Select Track Time Using ('Track-IT light')
 Enter User ID (this is the persons filename.tpl used for Track-IT light)
 Enter Password (this is used only for Track-IT pro access by this employee)
 Fill out other information
3. Add Client information (Click on 'Client, Add')
 Enter Client name
 Enter short name (this is the 1st part of a 15 char string as seen in Track-IT light, 2nd part is Project short name)
 Fill out other information
4. Enter Activity information.
 Enter Activity name
 Enter short name (this is seen in Track-IT light as the project name)
 Select Global activity (for activity to be assigned to all employee's)
 Fill out other information
5. Enter Project information.
 Select Client name
 Enter Project name
 Enter short name (this is the 2nd part of 15char string as seen in Track-IT light, 1st part is Client short name)
Enter description (this is seen in Track-IT light in a grey out box, above their comment box)
 Select billing by 'Actual Hours'
 Go to the 'Assigned to' (assigns activities and employees to projects)
 Select the employee(s) you want to add to the project.
 Select the activities that the employee(s) should work on
 Click on 'OK' or 'Apply'
6. Go to 'Update Preferences' from the 'Setup' Menu option
 Select employee(s) that you wish to create/update Track-IT light files for.
7. Click Update to transfer/receive the information to/from Track-IT light for time tracking.

Tracking Time:

Use the Step-by-step icon to quickly learn how to use the software.
1. Start Track-IT light.
 Select 'Open, File'
 Select the data directory (Data, Default) in the directory where  Track-IT was installed.
 Select User ID.tpl file (this was the filename.tpl entered earlier in  Track-IT pro under 'Employee')
 You are now ready to start tracking your time!
2. Track time as work is being done
 Select the 'Project and Activity' that you wish to track time on
 Select (the green arrow) to start tracking time
 or Select (the green arrow with a red line) for starting from last time transaction
 Select (red stop button) to stop tracking time.
 or
 Enter the time information at the end of the day or week (select 'Time Sheet' in the 'Edit' menu, select the date range to show today's date).  Employee's may also edit their time sheets from this area, unless the time sheets have been sent to Track-IT pro.
3. At the end of each week (suggested), employees can send their time sheet information. Select 'Send Time Sheet' to Track-IT pro from the 'Commands' menu.
4. That's it, the employee's are now tracking their time! They may even view some productive graphs from their 'Reports' menu.

Track-IT pro

To View (print) team (individual) time and cost reports or graphs:
1. Click 'Update' from Track-IT pro to receive the time sheets. (This makes sure all your information is up to date from the employee's time sheets)
2. Click the 'Report' button.
 Select the appropriate report. 

That's it. Enjoy..

A few quick things to note:

*  If you get the error message ""Pro presently is in use or was exited abnormally,  lock.wcs file protection has beeen created".  To re-enable Track-IT pro check your drive for errors, and then delete the file called lock.wcs  :)

*  Here is a quick list of things to check if the Track-IT light file doesn't seem to be created/updated correctly
  - In 'Employee' window, make sure the employee has 'Track time using - Track-IT light'
  - In 'Employee' window, make sure their is a valid 'User ID' entered.
  - In 'Setup/Update Preferences', make sure the employee is selected for receiveing/sending info.
  - Make sure the employee is assigned to a project and activities
  - Have you clicked on the "Update button'?
