HOW IT'S TRACKED

Away Detection

Away Detection

Separate real work from stepped-away time — measured against your real hours
Separate real work from stepped-away time — measured against your real hours

Step away from the machine and DoTally labels that time away, so coffee runs and meetings away from the keyboard never inflate your hours. Your Administrator sets the away threshold, 10 minutes by default; you set your workday once in Settings.

Step away from the machine and DoTally labels that time away, so coffee runs and meetings away from the keyboard never inflate your hours. Your Administrator sets the away threshold, 10 minutes by default; you set your workday once in Settings.

separate real work from stepped-away time

WHY IT MATTERS

Hours that mean what they say

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Idle time never counts as work

Once the threshold passes, a stretch away is labelled away, not active.

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Idle time never counts as work

Once the threshold passes, a stretch away is labelled away, not active.

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Away isn't the same as not working

Lunch, a meeting, a walk. Add a reason so it's never misread.

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Away isn't the same as not working

Lunch, a meeting, a walk. Add a reason so it's never misread.

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Your hours, not a 9-to-5

Early starts, split shifts and late finishes are measured against your own day.

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Your hours, not a 9-to-5

Early starts, split shifts and late finishes are measured against your own day.

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Explained breaks don't count against you

Away time is separated out. Explain a break and it doesn't count against your Focus score.

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Explained breaks don't count against you

Away time is separated out. Explain a break and it doesn't count against your Focus score.

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INACTIVE THRESHOLD

Your Administrator decides when idle becomes away

No keyboard or mouse activity for your workspace’s threshold or longer, and that stretch counts as away. Shorter gaps stay active time. 10 minutes by default; your Administrator can pick anything from 10 to 60 in Workday Settings.

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Set once by your Administrator, for the whole workspace

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No timer to pause for every break

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Feeds Active vs. Away in My Work

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INACTIVE THRESHOLD

Your Administrator decides when idle becomes away

No keyboard or mouse activity for your workspace’s threshold or longer, and that stretch counts as away. Shorter gaps stay active time. 10 minutes by default; your Administrator can pick anything from 10 to 60 in Workday Settings.

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Set once by your Administrator, for the whole workspace

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No timer to pause for every break

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Feeds Active vs. Away in My Work

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INACTIVE THRESHOLD

Your Administrator decides when idle becomes away

No keyboard or mouse activity for your workspace’s threshold or longer, and that stretch counts as away. Shorter gaps stay active time. 10 minutes by default; your Administrator can pick anything from 10 to 60 in Workday Settings.

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Set once by your Administrator, for the whole workspace

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No timer to pause for every break

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Feeds Active vs. Away in My Work

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INACTIVE THRESHOLD

Your Administrator decides when idle becomes away

No keyboard or mouse activity for your workspace’s threshold or longer, and that stretch counts as away. Shorter gaps stay active time. 10 minutes by default; your Administrator can pick anything from 10 to 60 in Workday Settings.

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Set once by your Administrator, for the whole workspace

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No timer to pause for every break

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Feeds Active vs. Away in My Work

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INACTIVE THRESHOLD

Your Administrator decides when idle becomes away

No keyboard or mouse activity for your workspace’s threshold or longer, and that stretch counts as away. Shorter gaps stay active time. 10 minutes by default; your Administrator can pick anything from 10 to 60 in Workday Settings.

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Set once by your Administrator, for the whole workspace

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No timer to pause for every break

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Feeds Active vs. Away in My Work

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AWAY REASONS

Away isn't the same as not working

Type an optional reason, like lunch or a client call, so a stretch away is never misread and doesn’t lower your Focus score.

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Optional, never required

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Shows on your Active vs Away timeline

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Client-billed hours stay accurate

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AWAY REASONS

Away isn't the same as not working

Type an optional reason, like lunch or a client call, so a stretch away is never misread and doesn’t lower your Focus score.

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Optional, never required

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Shows on your Active vs Away timeline

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Client-billed hours stay accurate

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AWAY REASONS

Away isn't the same as not working

Type an optional reason, like lunch or a client call, so a stretch away is never misread and doesn’t lower your Focus score.

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Optional, never required

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Shows on your Active vs Away timeline

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Client-billed hours stay accurate

add_a_photo

AWAY REASONS

Away isn't the same as not working

Type an optional reason, like lunch or a client call, so a stretch away is never misread and doesn’t lower your Focus score.

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Optional, never required

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Shows on your Active vs Away timeline

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Client-billed hours stay accurate

add_a_photo

AWAY REASONS

Away isn't the same as not working

Type an optional reason, like lunch or a client call, so a stretch away is never misread and doesn’t lower your Focus score.

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Optional, never required

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Shows on your Active vs Away timeline

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Client-billed hours stay accurate

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WORKDAY SCHEDULE

Scored against your real hours — not a generic 9-to-5.

Set your schedule once: start time, end time and breaks, in Settings. DoTally measures each day against your schedule, not an assumed shift.

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One-time setup in Settings

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Explained breaks aren’t held against you

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The same schedule sets your goal on Timeboard

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Start and end drift shows up in Trend & Performance

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WORKDAY SCHEDULE

Scored against your real hours — not a generic 9-to-5.

Set your schedule once: start time, end time and breaks, in Settings. DoTally measures each day against your schedule, not an assumed shift.

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One-time setup in Settings

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Explained breaks aren’t held against you

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The same schedule sets your goal on Timeboard

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Start and end drift shows up in Trend & Performance

add_a_photo

WORKDAY SCHEDULE

Scored against your real hours — not a generic 9-to-5.

Set your schedule once: start time, end time and breaks, in Settings. DoTally measures each day against your schedule, not an assumed shift.

east

One-time setup in Settings

east

Explained breaks aren’t held against you

east

The same schedule sets your goal on Timeboard

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Start and end drift shows up in Trend & Performance

add_a_photo

WORKDAY SCHEDULE

Scored against your real hours — not a generic 9-to-5.

Set your schedule once: start time, end time and breaks, in Settings. DoTally measures each day against your schedule, not an assumed shift.

east

One-time setup in Settings

east

Explained breaks aren’t held against you

east

The same schedule sets your goal on Timeboard

east

Start and end drift shows up in Trend & Performance

add_a_photo

WORKDAY SCHEDULE

Scored against your real hours — not a generic 9-to-5.

Set your schedule once: start time, end time and breaks, in Settings. DoTally measures each day against your schedule, not an assumed shift.

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One-time setup in Settings

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Explained breaks aren’t held against you

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The same schedule sets your goal on Timeboard

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Start and end drift shows up in Trend & Performance

HOW IT WORKS

Set it once, then just work

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Set your schedule once

Start, end and breaks. Idle turns into away after 10 minutes by default.

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Set your schedule once

Start, end and breaks. Idle turns into away after 10 minutes by default.

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Work normally

Start your day and capture runs as usual.

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Work normally

Start your day and capture runs as usual.

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Step away and it's labelled away

Past the threshold, idle time stops counting as active.

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Step away and it's labelled away

Past the threshold, idle time stops counting as active.

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Add a reason if you like

Type anything, like lunch or a meeting, or leave it blank.

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Add a reason if you like

Type anything, like lunch or a meeting, or leave it blank.

PLAN AVAILABILITY

Who gets it, on which plan

Every plan. Your Administrator sets the away threshold for the workspace. Workday schedules can be set per member.

Team StartUp

Away Detection and schedule, included

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Away threshold, 10–60 min (10 by default)

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Optional away reasons

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Typical workday schedule

Team StartUp

Away Detection and schedule, included

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Away threshold, 10–60 min (10 by default)

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Optional away reasons

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Typical workday schedule

Team Professional

Plus AI on your active time

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Everything in StartUp

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AI Classification of logged time: Productive, Neutral, Unproductive

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Timeboard with all six tabs

Team Professional

Plus AI on your active time

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Everything in StartUp

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AI Classification of logged time: Productive, Neutral, Unproductive

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Timeboard with all six tabs

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See how active vs. away feeds your scores
See how active vs. away feeds your scores
See how active vs. away feeds your scores
Productivity, Focus and Overall score cards with a trend chart

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Scores

Unexplained away time lowers Focus, and through it Overall. Add a reason and it doesn't.

Productivity, Focus and Overall score cards with a trend chart

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Scores

Unexplained away time lowers Focus, and through it Overall. Add a reason and it doesn't.

Productivity, Focus and Overall score cards with a trend chart

Related Feature

Scores

Unexplained away time lowers Focus, and through it Overall. Add a reason and it doesn't.

Leaderboard of team members with logged time against the team average

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Leaderboard & Timeboard

Timeboard ranks time against each person's own goal, set by their own schedule.

Leaderboard of team members with logged time against the team average

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Leaderboard & Timeboard

Timeboard ranks time against each person's own goal, set by their own schedule.

Leaderboard of team members with logged time against the team average

Related Feature

Leaderboard & Timeboard

Timeboard ranks time against each person's own goal, set by their own schedule.

what do you want to know ?

Frequently Asked Questions

DoTally captures what actually happened — for every person on the team — then turns it into scores, timelines, and charts a manager can read in five seconds. Not a spreadsheet anyone has to interpret.

What counts as "away"?

Can I explain why I was away?

Does away time hurt my score?

Can I change the threshold?

Does DoTally assume everyone works 9-to-5?

What if my hours change day to day?

Do my breaks count against me?

Where do I see my start and end patterns over time?

what do you want to know ?

Frequently Asked Questions

DoTally captures what actually happened — for every person on the team — then turns it into scores, timelines, and charts a manager can read in five seconds. Not a spreadsheet anyone has to interpret.

What counts as "away"?

Can I explain why I was away?

Does away time hurt my score?

Can I change the threshold?

Does DoTally assume everyone works 9-to-5?

What if my hours change day to day?

Do my breaks count against me?

Where do I see my start and end patterns over time?

what do you want to know ?

Frequently Asked Questions

DoTally captures what actually happened — for every person on the team — then turns it into scores, timelines, and charts a manager can read in five seconds. Not a spreadsheet anyone has to interpret.

What counts as "away"?

Can I explain why I was away?

Does away time hurt my score?

Can I change the threshold?

Does DoTally assume everyone works 9-to-5?

What if my hours change day to day?

Do my breaks count against me?

Where do I see my start and end patterns over time?

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