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Application & Website Tracking
Monitor software and website usage with productivity categorization
6 min readUpdated 2024-05-30
Application & Website Tracking
Track employee usage of applications and websites to understand work patterns and productivity allocation.
Application Monitoring
What Gets Tracked
- Application name and window title
- Active window and focus duration
- Application launch and close times
- Activity duration per application
App Categorization
- **Productive**: Development IDEs, office suites, design tools, project management apps
- **Unproductive**: Social media, entertainment, personal messaging
- **Neutral**: Browsers, search engines, system utilities
Custom Rules
- Override default categorization
- Create custom productivity rules
- Configure app-specific alerts
- Set app usage thresholds
Website Tracking
Browser Monitoring
- Track all browsed websites and domains
- Monitor active tabs and time spent
- Detect tab switches and focus patterns
- Multi-tab analytics
Website Classification
- Productive websites for work
- Unproductive websites (social media, entertainment)
- Private domain rules
- Configurable per organization
Usage Analytics
Daily Usage Reports
- Application usage by duration
- Productivity vs unproductive app time
- Website browsing patterns
- Time allocation analysis
Employee Dashboard
- See personal app usage
- Understand productivity metrics
- Compare to team averages
- Monthly trends
Privacy Controls
Screenshot Integration
- Screenshots of unproductive app usage
- Blur sensitive information
- Selective screenshot capture
- Retention policies
Idle Detection
- Distinguish between idle time and break time
- Automatic idle detection
- Manual idle logging
- Idle time exclusion from metrics
Configuration
Admin Settings
- Set productive/unproductive categories
- Define custom app rules
- Configure alerts
- Set reporting thresholds
Employee Settings
- Manual app categorization override
- Suggest app categorization corrections
- View personal usage analytics
- Set private time windows
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