Author Archives: John Reeve

The Pros and Cons of Tracking Time with Spreadsheets

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We’ve been tracking our time one way or another for the last 21 years. Since our company’s inception we’ve tried paper timesheets, spreadsheets, open source software, and web-based software. Of all the different methods we’ve tried, tracking time with spreadsheets was the most time consuming, but also the most versatile method, which may explain why […]

New Feature: Schedule Saved Views for Email Delivery

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Running various filters and saving them as views is a cornerstone of the Intervals experience. This feature allows you to filter a customized view of your data, such as tasks, and then save that view for later. For example, create one saved view for all tasks assigned to you, and another saved view for tasks […]

Reviewing Project Billing with the Break It Down Report

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We’ve been receiving questions from customers centered around the need for a high level overview of the financial value of work performed, grouped by project or person, and broken down by weeks or months. After several customer interviews we decided to improve the Break it Down report to meet this need. And we’re happy to […]

Emogrifer Surpasses 10 Million Downloads

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We’re excited to share that the Emogrifer has been downloaded over 10 million times! When we first built Intervals 15 years ago we had to develop several of its components from scratch. The frameworks, libraries, and packages that exist today simply didn’t back then. One such component we developed was a code library that created […]

New Feature: Exclude Documents When Copying Tasks

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We’ve recently launched several new improvements to round out our time tracking and task management features. In this post we highlight the ability to exclude documents when copying tasks. The ability to copy a task is a powerful feature for those who do repetitive work based on a task template. However, copying a task has […]

New Feature: Bulk Delete Task Documents

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We’ve recently launched several new improvements to round out our time tracking and task management features. In this post we highlight the new ability to bulk delete task documents. There are times when a task may become cluttered with documents that are unnecessary or no longer relevant. For example, you might be using the work […]

New Feature: Set the Character Limit for Time Entry Descriptions

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We’ve recently launched several new improvements to round out our time tracking and task management features. In this post we highlight the new character limit setting for time entry descriptions. Previously, the description field on time entries had a hard limit of 255 characters. Many of our customers have contacted us requesting to have this […]

3 Reasons Why Your Projects Are Going Over Budget

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Delivering a client project on time and under budget is not easy. It requires careful planning before the project even begins, and, a near-obsessive attention to detail as the project progresses. Managing a project can truly feel like a circus juggling act as you try to reconcile the needs of the client with their budget […]