Starting & Stopping Timers

Master the timer workflow to ensure accurate time tracking on every job.

Best Practices for Timer Usage

When to Start

Start your timer when you:

• Begin hands-on work on the vessel
• Start diagnostic or inspection work
• Begin researching parts or procedures for a specific job

When to Stop

Stop your timer when you:

• Take a break (lunch, personal break)
• Switch to a different work order
• Finish for the day
• Complete the work on this job
• Get pulled away for unrelated tasks

Multiple Timer Sessions

It's normal to have multiple flagtime entries on a single work order. For example:

Forgot to Start Your Timer?

If you forgot to start a timer, you have two options:

Option 1: Start Now and Adjust

1. Start the timer now
2. When you stop, edit the entry to correct the start time

Option 2: Manual Labor Entry

1. Go to the Labor tab
2. Click + Add Labor
3. Enter the hours worked manually

Forgot to Stop Your Timer?

If you left a timer running:

1. Stop the timer (it may show many hours)
2. Edit the flagtime entry
3. Correct the stop time to when you actually finished
4. Save the correction

Viewing Your Active Timer

Your active timer is always visible:

• Navigation bar - Timer badge shows elapsed time
• Dashboard - Active timer card with quick stop button
• Work order header - Timer indicator on the active work order

Timer Notifications

ShopTrack can remind you about running timers:

• End-of-day reminders if timer is still running
• Long-running timer alerts (configurable threshold)

Configure timer notifications in your profile settings.