Automatic Progress

Most of the time when you are working on a job, you will be telling the system how far you are through the job. This is because you have the best idea of how much work you have left. There are 2 other options though...

The type of progress can be set on the dropdown on the Spent tab in the Entry Edit dialog.

Progress Match Time Spent

Imagine a task where you need to work on something for a fixed amount of time. For example, if you need to review something for 10 hours, then it makes sense that if you spent 4 hours, then you are 40% of the way through the task. If you choose this option, every bit of time you spend on the task will increase the percentage through the task. The task will automatically close when you have spent the required time.

Progress Match Time Range

This automatic progress is a bit more oddball, but very handy for project management (so you are more likely to use this in JXCirrus Project than JXCirrus Diary).

Imagine this scenario...

If you set "Progress Match Time Range", then the percentage complete will automatically increase as you get closer to the due date of the task. This means that after 1 month, you will have 80 hours of project management remaining, and after 2 months, you will have 40 hours of project management remaining.

And here's the trick - If you set a baseline for the project management task, JXCirrus will warn you with a yellow circle if you are spending too much time on project management.