Questions tagged [org-clock]

is for the Org mode feature for clocking work time by specific tasks in a project. Org clock records time spent on tasks, maintains a history time spent on tasks, and computes total time spent.

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How to indicate the currently clocked-in task?

I'm using org-mode's clocking functions to track the hours I spend on projects. Since my main org file is rather large and I scroll through it a lot, it would be great to have a visual cue of the task ...
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Any way to display clock time in the modeline for both the current clock and all accumulated clocks simultaneously?

The variable org-clock-mode-line-total controls whether to show the clocked time of only the current clock or of all accumulated clocks of the current task. However, I'd actually like to show both. ...
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How to keep current time balance in org-mode's clock table

I currently have my clocktable defined as #+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 4 :scope file :tags "RESIM|DOAS|GENIUP|NOIUP" :block 2016 :step week :stepskip0 :emphasize nil The output looks like this: | ...
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org-mode report with start and end time for each day of the week

I'm starting to use (a total newbie, actually) org-mode clocking commands to track time spent during the job day. I need to fill some reports on daily start and end time of my work day. This is just:...
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org-pomodoro - extending its function: popup windows and pomo logging

I'm using pomodoro method of focus-enhanced time allocation when I work in my tasks. In Emacs (I'm using Windows 10), here comes the org-pomodoro package for org-mode, where I can 'clock-in' an item ...
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Is there a way to get a list of recently clocked tasks from the org-mode clock, on the command line?

I'm trying to make a little script that will allow me to list and clock in on recent tasks from the command line, so that I can put it into an Argos script and have it be basically have it be an org ...
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What's the recommended way for clocking and archiving with org-mode

I recently started clocking my tasks with org-mode and it's great. I now know how much time I spend on each project I am working on. Each project has multiple subtasks, but by setting "maxlevel:1" I ...
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Tracking effort and time spent on task for project management

I would like to use org-mode for project management. With the :Effort: property, I can already track estimates of how much time a certain task will take, and displaying an %Effort{:} column is a great ...
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org-clock-display not working for part of the outline items

I have tried to use org-clock-display (C-c C-x C-d) in order to know how much time I have spent on an activity, which is broken down further. The first three outlines won't have their time spent ...
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Is it possible to show a breakdown of actual clock intervals in a clock table?

The clock table is great for an overview of what I did over the day/week. But I would also like to see when in the day I performed the specific task. It would be great if I can see the actual clock ...
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How can I get org-mode clocktables to display (and sum up) appointments, like meetings for example?

Well, it is basically what the title says. I have the need to use clocktables to generate work reports, but I would like my meetings and other appointments to show up in the clocktables as well. I ...
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Remove recent clock entry if it is less than X minutes

I'd like to keep the clock entries simple and clean. I am thinking of defining an function to remove the most recent entry if it is less then 3 minutes when I clock out. There's an similar function ...
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org-shift[up/right/left/down] gives error on Org Clock Table pattern `yyyy-mm-dd`

I am having an issue viewing my time logged for individual days. I want to easily traverse through each day, and view the Org Clock Table for that day. When my pointer is on the clock table's config ...
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Close clocked-in org task and clock-in next leaf task

When I am moving through a TODO list, I often want to complete the current task and clock into the next leaf node. In other words, I am performing a depth-first traversal of the task list. Before * ...
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org-capture: place output under heading in clocked in entry

I am trying to create an org capture template which places list items under a specific heading ("Notes") in the currently clocked in task. Here is my current template (in org-capture-...
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How to use `org-timestamp-up/down` commands?

I'm playing around with org-mode clock commands to see how things work. These commands org-timestamp-up and org-timestamp-down, don't seem to be working. More likely, I'm not understanding what they ...
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Dynamically generating a clocktable with variable ":block" parameter using ELisp

I want to create a source block with following header in an Org file: #+BEGIN_SRC elisp :var start=2023-01-01 :var end=2023-01-31 When I execute this source block, I want it to create a following ...
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Get org-agenda in parsable form

When I execute a command (org-agenda nil "a"), Emacs opens a buffer with all the data I need to integrate the time-keeping records with an external API. I'd like to know if there is an ELisp ...
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How to give caption to clocktables in org-mode when using step?

When I create a clocktable without using :step, like the block given below, the table generated has a #+CAPTION:, that is exactly what I want. Example: #+BEGIN: clocktable :scope agenda-with-archives :...
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