Timing Knowledge Base

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Core Concepts

• Quick-Start Guide: Start Here!
• Quick-Start Guide (German version)
• Projects
• Rules
• Time Entries
• Entry-O-Matic: Automatically Create Time Entries for App Usage
• Calendar Integration: View Your Appointments in Timing
• Improving Tracking with App Integrations
• Generating Reports and Exports with Timing
• Billing Time with GrandTotal and Timing
• The Timing Web App
• The Timing Web API
• Zapier Integration: Connect Timing to Hundreds of Other Services
• Timing for Teams
• Using Timing as a Team Administrator
• Using Timing as a Team Member
• Timing for Teams: Frequently Asked Questions
• Additional Topics:
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Filters
• Timing Sync
• Preferences
• Glossary
• Exclusions: Prevent App Usage from Being Tracked
• How to Uninstall

Recommended Workflows

• How to Structure Your Timing Projects When Working with Multiple Clients
• How to Create a Project- or Task-Specific Report in Timing
• 10 Steps for Optimizing Your Time Tracking with Timing
• Using the Pomodoro Technique with Timing
• Automate time tracking on your iPhone with Timing and Siri shortcuts

Video Introduction

The following video will introduce you to the basics of assigning your app usage with Timing and creating time entries:

More video tutorials on Timing:

1. Creating a Team in Timing
2. Viewing Your Team's Times
3. Capture and Categorize
4. Capture and Categorize
5. Manual Capture
6. Projects
7. Getting More from Timing

Automation / Integrations / Scripting

We also provide a list of user-provided solutions and examples for integrating Timing with other services. Some of these could serve as an inspiration for your own integrations.

Web-Based Integrations

• Timing Web API Documentation
• Using Timing's Zapier Integration
• How to streamline your billing process with Zapier and Timing
• How to manage your team’s projects and times with Timing and Zapier
• Automate time tracking on your iPhone with Timing and Siri shortcuts

URL Schemes

• URL schemes supported by Timing

Importing/Exporting/Sharing Data

• Exporting/Importing Timing Projects
• Exporting/Importing Timing Time Entries

AppleScript Support

• Viewing the AppleScript Documentation
• Starting/Stopping Timers and Adding Time Entries via AppleScript
• Pausing/Resuming Tracking and Starting/Stopping Timers via AppleScript
• Exporting data via AppleScript

Specific AppleScript Use Cases

• Importing Time Entries from a Toggl Export
• Importing Categories, Projects and Time Entries from Tyme 2
• Importing OmniFocus Projects
• Importing Things Projects
• Importing a List of Projects from a File

Deprecated Examples

• (Deprecated) "Syncing" Timing Projects and Time Entries via iCloud Drive
• (Deprecated) Importing/Exporting Apple/Google Calendar Events as Timing Time Entries
• (Deprecated) Importing/Exporting Outlook Calendar Events as Timing Time Entries