need a way to stop time worked on new records

[moserism]

My users are complaining that when they create a new record, such as a scrum task, the time worked timer is started by default. Thus, they are getting very small increments of time logged to items that they have only created a record for, but not worked on. Is there a way to disable the timer from starting automatically when a new record is created?

[ark6]

Hi Michael,

Please try the below code in an onload client script. In my case,table selected is incident and type is onload

function onLoad() {

  if(g_form.isNewRecord()){

      if(g_form.getElement('time_worked')){

              toggleTimer('time_worked','00:00:00');

      }

}

function toggleTimer(fieldName,timerVal){

      try{

              //Get the necessary timer elements for fieldName given

              var timerEl = $('element.' + g_form.tableName + '.' + fieldName);

              if (timerEl != null){

                      //Make sure script does not break if field not present

                      var timerPause = timerEl.select('input[id*=paused]')[0];

                      var timerImg = timerEl.select('img[src*=images/timer_]')[0];

                      //Toggle the timer

                      if(timerPause.value == 'false'){

                              timerPause.value = 'true';

                                var timerIcon = $('link.' + g_form.tableName + '.' + fieldName);

                                timerIcon.removeClassName('icon-stop');

                                timerIcon.addClassName('icon-play');

                                //Change any title tags

                              timerIcon.setAttribute('data-original-title', 'Start Timer');

                      }

                      else{

                              timerPause.value = 'false';

                                var timerIcon = $('link.' + g_form.tableName + '.' + fieldName);

                                timerIcon.removeClassName('icon-play');

                                timerIcon.addClassName('icon-stop');

                                //Change any title tags

                              timerIcon.setAttribute('data-original-title', 'Pause Timer');

                      }

                      //Reset the timer to timerVal given

                      if(timerVal){

                              g_form.setValue(fieldName,timerVal);

                      }

              }

      }catch(e){}

}

}

[ash36]

I have used this on Task table and made it inherited. You can use on any table of your choice without any change in the code.

1. function onLoad() {  
2.       if(g_form.getElement('time_worked')){  
3.               pauseTimer('time_worked');  
4.       }  
5. }  
6.  
7.  
8. function pauseTimer(fieldName){  
9.       try{  
10.               //Get the necessary timer elements for fieldName given  
11.               var timerEl = $('element.' + g_form.tableName + '.' + fieldName);  
12.               if (timerEl != null){  
13.                       //Make sure script does not break if field not present  
14.                       var timerPause = timerEl.select('input[id*=paused]')[0];  
15.                       var timerImg = timerEl.select('img[src*=images/timer_]')[0];  
16.                          
17.                       //Toggle the timer  
18.                       if(timerPause.value == 'false'){  
19.                               timerPause.value = 'true';  
20.                               if(timerImg){  
21.                                       timerImg.src = 'images/timer_start.gifx';  
22.                               }  
23.                               else{  
24.                                       //UI15 styling compatibility  
25.                                       var timerIcon = $('link.' + g_form.tableName + '.' + fieldName);  
26.                                       timerIcon.removeClassName('icon-stop');  
27.                                       timerIcon.addClassName('icon-play');  
28.                               }  
29.                       }  
30.                       //Reset the timer to 0  
31.                       g_form.setValue(fieldName,'00:00:00');  
32.  
33.  
34.               }  
35.       }catch(e){}  
36. }  

[sniega1]

Hello,

this doesn't work like it should, time is not stopped each time we update form but it is just set to 00.00.00

It there any other solution?

Regards

Sniega

[ash36]

Comment out line #31