From: Mehul Sanghvi <mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com>
To: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: punch-in card for time tracking
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:37:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPo9-A9E8MhGPDm_q1+E37o7Oj+OV3a3pgAGndwd-uFe-omozg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+M2ft-FcuRgjnEqBrQF=Vj5juRNnP4UvZ7WzHbfAr03wrh_oQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 10:05 PM, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Mehul Sanghvi <mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What I need to do is the following:
>>
>> * punch-in when I arrive at work
>>
>> * make a notation for one of the following:
>>
>> * arrived late
>>
>> * working from home
>>
>> * punch-out when I leave work
>>
>> * be able to generate a report (weekly/monthly/quarterly) which shows
>>
>> * how many days I was in the office
>>
>> * how many days was I working from home
>>
>> * how many days I was late
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this something I can get done using Org ? How ?
>>
>
> Yes indeed (at least the first part). Second part shouldn't be that hard.
>
> ---( Approach 1: Clocking )---
>
> Link to how to clock:
> - http://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-work-time.html
>
> What I might do:
> - Create headline for current month
> - Create headline with current date
> - Clock in when you get to work
> - Clock out when you leave work
>
> * June
> ** [2012-06-04 Mon] (C-c ! then return to create that time stamp)
>
> - Now C-c C-x C-i to clock in on that headline
> - When you leave, C-c C-x C-o clocks out
> - If you're at home, do `C-c C-c home` to tag the headline with the tag :home:
> - If you're late, do `C-c C-c late` to add the :late: tag
>
> At the end of the month, you can create a clock table to view your time:
> - http://orgmode.org/manual/The-clock-table.html#The-clock-table
>
> You can also get the data out and simply figure out a criteria for
> late/on-time with some other program. The clock table should be able
> to tally your time for the month and you can count the number of
> :home: tags perhaps.
>
> I've asked on the list for grouping clock tables by tag and there was
> some response:
> - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00219.html
>
John,
This option seems to make sense to me. Thanks for the pointers
and help.
cheers,
mehul
--
Mehul N. Sanghvi
email: mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com
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