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Fabio Milheiro Is it possible to create timers in objects? Any alternative?
The company needs to know how much time each worker spends on each part of each project part.
The following resembles some custom objects that were defined for this app:
- Custom Project
- Custom Project Part
- Custom Time Entry
Now we need to customize our salesforce app in such a way that a worker can open the project part and click "Start..." and later "Stop...".
These buttons would create a time entry with a start date and update the time entry with a stop date respectively.
Is this possible to do in the custom objects themselves? (ideal)
Ant other alternative?
Solution may look weird
Create fields:
1)Start Date/Time
2) Stop Date/Time
3) Boolean
4) Formula which is a subtraction of time between Start Date/Time and Stop Date/Time
Custom button to manage all these. When hit first will check the Boolean value, if false then enter present date/time in start date/time field and make the Boolean true.
If true then enter present date/time in stop date/time. And your formula will do rest.
OR
Just create
1) Date/Time field
2) Text field to hold the time difference
Now custom logic which will be executed each time a button is hit. Logic will check if the Date/Time field is blank then fill the present date/time in it and do nothing. If Date/Time field have the value then calculate the difference between now and entered value and then enter that value in Text Field.
You can then show that text field wherever you want. I can just think of this at 1.30 Am in the morning.
Thanks
Ankit Arora
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All Answers
Solution may look weird
Create fields:
1)Start Date/Time
2) Stop Date/Time
3) Boolean
4) Formula which is a subtraction of time between Start Date/Time and Stop Date/Time
Custom button to manage all these. When hit first will check the Boolean value, if false then enter present date/time in start date/time field and make the Boolean true.
If true then enter present date/time in stop date/time. And your formula will do rest.
OR
Just create
1) Date/Time field
2) Text field to hold the time difference
Now custom logic which will be executed each time a button is hit. Logic will check if the Date/Time field is blank then fill the present date/time in it and do nothing. If Date/Time field have the value then calculate the difference between now and entered value and then enter that value in Text Field.
You can then show that text field wherever you want. I can just think of this at 1.30 Am in the morning.
Thanks
Ankit Arora
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Hey mate,
I had gotten to that solution (the first) but thanks.
Fabio