Scenario 3 - Track Productivity

Problem

Which of my employees are using programs that are related to their duties and for how long?  

Solution

The Spector 360 Dashboard lets you focus in on specific programs and who's using them.  Because Spector 360 can detect hundreds of programs on your network, start by creating program groups that apply to productivity at your site. It's much easier to select a group of "good," or "Green," programs than to pick and choose through a program list each time you need a chart.  With your "Green List" programs in place, simply create a chart or modify a predefined chart, such as "Users Spending the Most Time Within Applications."  

1. Create a "Green List" of programs:

1. Open the Management tool and select the Program Groups folder.
   

2. Click New on the toolbar. A <New Group> Program Group window appears.

3. Enter a name and description for the program group.

4. All Available Programs are listed on the left side of the Program Group box. Select the programs for your Green List  from the list the left (be sure to look for all versions of a program). You can use Shift and Ctrl to select multiple programs. Click the > button (or double-click) to send selected programs to the right-hand "Selected Programs" list.

5. When your list of productive programs is complete, click Save and Close on the toolbar. The Program Group box closes. You will now be able to select the "Program Green List" group as Criteria.

 Select a Chart to Modify:

Select the Quick View tool and the Favorites - Productivity panel. This panel includes a chart titled "Users Spending the Most Time Within Applications." To make this a useful productivity chart,  modify the criteria to show the top users of your "Green List" programs.

Modify the Event Criteria:

1. Below the chart, find and click the Criteria button. The Program Events Selection Criteria box opens.

2. Make sure the General Criteria shows a reasonable date and time selection and allows for all users and computers, then click the Event Criteria tab.  

3. Next to Program(s) open the drop-down list and select Include Specific Program Group(s). The Program Group(s) Selection box appears. Double-click the "Program Green List" group in the Availalbe Program Groups to add it to the Selected Program Group(s).  

4. Click OK to close Program Groups Selection box. The Event Criteria is now set to include only your "Green List" program group.  

5. Make sure the Event Criteria is set to Active Time for these programs. Active time is time when keyboard or mouse activity is occurring. Click OK to generate the chart. The chart shows the top users  of the specific Green List programs.

View the chart:

1. Roll your mouse over the chart bars. At each bar, a tool tip shows the total active time spent by the user on "Green List" programs.

2. Click a chart bar to open an Events Window, where you can view each "Green List" program opened by the user and the time in use. See Recorded Program Events for more about recorded Program activity information.

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