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Time Tracking Categories

Time Tracking Categories

Purpose and when to use this record

Maintain the categories used to classify officer or staff time.

At a glance

  • Identify it by: Name.

  • Why care: Use the agency’s approved terminology and access policy. Preserve dates, responsible personnel, case links, and audit history because these records may support official reporting or custody review.

Before you begin

You need the Brisk storespermission for the action you are taking on time tracking categories. If a Create, Edit, or Delete control is absent, do not work around it with another user’s account; ask an administrator to review your role.

Find and review time tracking categories

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Use generatedthe referenceTime Tracking Categories list to find the correct record before opening or changing it. Compare Name. Compare the full identifier rather than relying on a similar name.

Open the Time Tracking Category whose Name match the task. If it is awaitingmissing, workflowclear review.the list filters and recheck the identifying information shown on the screen rather than creating a replacement immediately.

Create a recordTime Tracking Category

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  1. Select the business context first.

  2. Enter the required identifying and operational values: Name.

  3. Review the identifying information shown on the screen against the source locationdocument or approved setup decision.

  4. Save the Time Tracking Category, then confirm Name on its detail page before continuing.

After saving: Open Time Tracking Incidents and confirm the Time Tracking Category appears with the intended label and availability. Keep the old value for thishistorical action.records Confirmwhen user-facingchanging stepsit beforewould approvingsplit or relabel prior reporting.

Delete a Time Tracking Category

Delete this page.Time Tracking Category only if it is an unused duplicate or setup mistake. Once other records refer to it, preserve that history and make the value inactive when the screen provides that option.

View

Before confirming, check for related Time Tracking Incidents. Brisk may refuse deletion when another record details

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Review Time Tracking Category details

The evidence packet identifiesUse the viewdetail page as the shared record of what this Time Tracking Category currently means. Verify Name before relying on it for a decision.

Compare the Time Tracking Category with its source document or approved setup request before deciding that it needs correction.

Next check: Open Time Tracking Incidents and sourceconfirm locationthe Time Tracking Category appears with the intended label and availability. Keep the old value for thishistorical action.records Confirmwhen user-facingchanging stepsit beforewould approvingsplit thisor page.relabel prior reporting.

Edit an existing recordTime Tracking Category

TheEdit evidencethis packetTime identifiesTracking Category when the viewunderlying policy or classification changed. First determine whether historical transactions should retain the old value; if so, deactivate the old choice and sourcecreate locationa new one.

  1. Open the detail page. Compare Name with the supporting document or approved request.

  2. Recheck the identifying information shown on the screen. These values are most likely to change case history, custody, dispatch, official reporting, or audit review.

  3. Save the change, return to the list, and confirm that the Time Tracking Category now appears under the expected Name.

After the change: Open Time Tracking Incidents and confirm the Time Tracking Category appears with the intended label and availability. Keep the old value for historical records when changing it would split or relabel prior reporting.

Fields and business rules

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FieldRequiredWhat it controls
NameYesSets the name of this time tracking category.

What happens next

Open Time Tracking Incidents and confirm the Time Tracking Category appears with the intended label and availability. Keep the old value for historical records when changing it would split or relabel prior reporting.

DeleteCommon amistakes and troubleshooting

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    Thewill evidencenot packetsave: identifiesRecheck Name and any message beside the viewfield. andA required related record may also be inactive or unavailable to your role.

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