Importing Categories, Projects and Time Entries from Tyme 2
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-- Copyright (c) 2024 Timing Software GmbH. All rights reserved. -- This script is licensed only to extend the functionality of Timing. Redistribution and any other uses are not allowed without prior permission from us. tell application "TimingHelper" if not advanced scripting support available then error "This script requires a Timing Connect subscription. Please contact support via https://timingapp.com/contact to upgrade." end if end tell set importStartDate to ((current date) - 10 * 365 * 24 * 3600) set importEndDate to current date set alertResult to display alert "Please back up your data!" message "Before proceeding, please make sure to back up your Timing database.\n\nSee https://timingapp.com/help/faq#data on which folders you need to back up." buttons {"Cancel", "I Have A Backup"} if button returned of alertResult is "Cancel" then error number -128 end if on getOrCreateProject(projectName, parentProject) if projectName = "" then return missing value end if tell application "TimingHelper" if parentProject is missing value then set results to (projects whose name is projectName) if results = {} then return (create project name projectName) else return (first item of results) end if else set results to (projects of parentProject whose name is projectName) if results = {} then return (create project name projectName parent project parentProject) else return (first item of results) end if end if end tell end getOrCreateProject tell application "Tyme2" set cats to categories set projs to projects set allTasks to every task of every project GetTaskRecordIDs startDate importStartDate endDate importEndDate set taskRecordIDs to fetchedTaskRecordIDs end tell repeat with cat in cats getOrCreateProject(get name of cat, missing value) end repeat repeat with proj in projs tell application "Tyme2" set catName to "" try set catName to (name of front category whose id is categoryID of proj) end try end tell getOrCreateProject(get name of proj, getOrCreateProject(catName, missing value)) end repeat repeat with taskRecordID in taskRecordIDs tell application "Tyme2" GetRecordWithID taskRecordID get properties of lastFetchedTaskRecord set startDate to timeStart of lastFetchedTaskRecord set endDate to timeEnd of lastFetchedTaskRecord get timedDuration of lastFetchedTaskRecord set catID to relatedCategoryID of lastFetchedTaskRecord set projectID to relatedProjectID of lastFetchedTaskRecord set taskID to relatedTaskID of lastFetchedTaskRecord -- Note: Importing subtasks is currently not supported (because I don't know how to get their properties from Tyme). --set subtaskID to relatedSubTaskID of lastFetchedTaskRecord set tymeProject to (front project whose id is projectID) set projectName to name of tymeProject set allTaskNames to (name of (every task of tymeProject) whose id is taskID) set categoryName to "" try set categoryName to name of (front category whose id is catID) end try end tell set taskName to item 1 of allTaskNames set timingProject to getOrCreateProject(projectName, getOrCreateProject(categoryName, missing value)) if startDate is greater than endDate then -- swap start and end date if neeeded set tmp to startDate set startDate to endDate set endDate to tmp end if if endDate is greater than startDate then -- ignore zero-duration time entries tell application "TimingHelper" add time entry from startDate to endDate with title taskName project timingProject end tell end if end repeat