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Slack time tracking

Keep track of your time for particular work projects. Ensure that you log your working hours. Get your productivity optimized like a pro.

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benefits

How can you benefit from Slack integration

Get our integration set up within minutes and gain an idea of how much time your team spends on a variety of projects.

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Prevent losing any billable minute at any point. Ensure that the project is cost-effective.

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Identify project time delays quickly and find ways to correct them.

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Budget and strategize your projects more accurately with time tracking data.

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Automate the generation of invoices on the basis of tracked work time.

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Eliminate jumping between apps and tabs while you're working.

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Manage the time you devote to tasks without getting distracted.

features

Find out about our features and make the most of your TimeCamp integration

Activity tracking

Recognize time spent on a specified project if a person is busy with more than one project in the same timeline.

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Manage your projects

Customize revenue and expenses metrics effortlessly and review profitability in real time.

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Reports

Bill your customers by the number of hours worked - accurately measured.

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Desktop application

The application is discreet, but always within reach, so you can remember to track hours worked.

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chrome extension

Track time directly in Slack

Chrome Plugin

Starting now, you and your team can track time directly in Slack with our Google Chrome plugin.

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Track. Measure. Improve.

Better time tracking and reporting for Slack users.

How do you track time in Slack? With TimeCamp!

When integrated with Slack, TimeCamp makes tracking billable time easy. Slack helps teams manage tasks, collaborate, and achieve high productivity levels. And with a Slack timer by TimeCamp, tracking hours worked and generating detailed reports is a breeze.

Get TimeCamp to track Slack conversation time! Sign up for a free trial now.

Does Slack have time tracking?

Long story short, there's no way to track time in Slack natively. But it's not a lost case!

The Slack app directory offers multiple tools that track time for Slack items.

Here TimeCamp comes, with its automatic time tracking capabilities and top-notch reporting, and other features, such as billing, invoicing, attendance tracking and many more.

Connect TimeCamp with Slack integration and enjoy billing clients for all the billable work, till the last message.

How to track time in Slack?

Time management has never been easier with Slack, and it's all thanks to TimeCamp integration.

TimeCamp offers two-way Slack time tracking integration:

  1. The integration exports the elements within the Slack workspace as a separate project in TimeCamp. Then, users within the Slack account that also share the TimeCamp account can track time for Slack integration using time tracking apps (desktop or mobile) or add new time entries and assign them to a particular item within the imported Slack workspace structure.

  2. The integration lets you track time in Slack channels using TimeCamp slash commands. Time entries created this way will automatically appear in your timesheet.

Whether you choose the manual or semi-automated way, you'll be one step closer to achieving peak productivity by getting the hang of it.

Why track time in Slack?

Time tracking in Slack is possible when integrated with TimeCamp. Thanks to this integration, Slack enables you to log hours for your projects and items within the company.

As one of the best time-tracking apps, Slack will take your task management to the next level.

So why is tracking time for Slack items a game changer for smoother team collaboration?

The major benefits of Slack time tracking integration are:

  • More informed communication: Slack time tracking tells you how much time your team spends communicating daily. Generate a report on hours spent on Slack items to review and stay informed if the numbers are not excessive.

  • Better time allocation: Excessive communication is counterproductive and may affect smooth project progress negatively. Export time tracking report as a future reference for further performance assessments.

  • No switching between apps: Free time tracking Slack minimizes distractions, you won't have to switch windows to track your time spent on tasks. All you need to do to get started is enter the correct command on Slack conversation. Once done, you will start tracking time.

  • Improved productivity: Time tracking with Slack allows your team to manage time spent on tasks seamlessly. You can do a lot, from checking your team's performance to accurately improving project profitability and billing clients. TimeCamp offers insights that will help you upgrade your project management.

  • One workplace: Slack allows integration with plenty of project management and work tools. It also enables you to track time, all in one app. With time tracking software integrated with Slack, you can manage your team members in real-time on one platform without hassle.

Slack time tracking integration offers many benefits, including free time tracking without switching between apps, improved performance, project management features, and more.

How to enable the TimeCamp and Slack time tracking integration?

Here are the steps you need to follow for the TimeCamp and Slack time tracking integration:

Step 1: Enable the integration

You will need administrator's privileges to do this. Log into your TimeCamp account to get started and go to Settings. Go to the Integrations bookmark.

Step 2: Locate Slack and hit the Enable button.

You will see a list of available add-ons. Find Slack and click on the "Enable" button.

Step 3: Add Slack timer

Hit the "Add to Slack" button.

Step 4: Decide the channel in which you will get TimeCamp notifications

After adding Slack, you must grant TimeCamp authorization to access data from your Slack account. Choose the channel in which you wish to get TimeCamp notifications. Once done, continue by clicking on the green "Authorize" button.

You will be redirected back to TimeCamp. The platform will also import all your channels automatically as tasks so you can track the time spent.

How to track Slack time with commands?

TimeCamp allows tracking time directly within Slack through commands.

The available commands are:

You can track time directly in Slack. The available commands are:

  • /timecamp start [note]    - Starts the timer with an optional note.

Example: /timecamp start My new note…

Response: Timer started at 13:34

  • /timecamp stop [note]    - Stops timer. Preserves start timer note.

Example: /timecamp stop …ends like this!

Response: Timer stopped. It was running for 3s.

Response: Timer is not running. Do you want to start it? Use /timecamp start.

  • /timecamp status [date]   -  Displays timer status and total time tracked today.

Optional date accepts today, yesterday, X days ago, Wednesday, Tuesday, etc. or date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Example: /timecamp status yesterday

Response: Timer is running for timecamp-integration – time elapsed: 12s

On 2016-03-21 you have a total of 1h 33m tracked.

  • /timecamp add [duration] [note]    - Adds time entry. Provide duration in HH:MM format.

Example: /timecamp add 1:15 It’s really awesome!

Response: Entry has been added

You can see command details by typing "/timecamp help" on any channel. It is important to use the same email address in both Slack and TimeCamp if you want the commands to synchronize correctly.

What else does TimeCamp offer to streamline tracking in Slack?

Multiple integrations

TimeCamp's app marketplace, like Slack app directory, offers integrations with tools project management, collaboration, CRM, sales, accounting, dev, etc.

Many other project management apps integrate with TimeCamp apart from Slack.

Time billing and invoicing

TimeCamp's time tracking with Slack also comes with weekly reports, timesheets and billing and invoicing module. It's especially important for freelancers who often communicate via Slack messages with their clients. Besides, users can export time tracked for tasks and send them as proof of work.

High accessibility

Collaboration goes way easier when team members can access their data on the go. TimeCamp offers instant productivity statistics and collects attendance when users start tracking time for their tasks, e.g. when they send a message or create a time entry for Slack time project in TimeCamp.

Suitable for every workflow

TimeCamp seamlessly adjusts to your team's needs. It offers desktop apps, native apps for mobile devices, manual input via super useful timesheets and Browser Plugin to track time in Slack and other tools.

Free plan available

TimeCamp's free plan includes all the essentials for streamlined time tracking. It offers automatic time tracking, unlimited users, tasks, and projects. However, we highly encourage you to try out our paid plans to access more advanced features.

Sign up for a free 14-day trial to enjoy using Slack integration on its fullest.