Custom Fields

Custom fields attach extra data to your records: the distance of a run, money spent, an hourly rate, how well you slept. The app adds them up for you, shows them in statistics and puts them into exports, so aTimeLogger tracks more than time.

Field types

Type	What it stores	Example
Amount per record	A number entered once per record. Amounts add up	Distance of a run, money spent on a purchase
Amount per hour	A rate, multiplied by the time tracked	An hourly rate of 20 on Freelance: 3 hours tracked give 60
List of values	One value picked from a list you define	Sleep quality: Good, OK, Bad

Creating a field

Open More → Fields and tap '+'
Enter the Name and choose the Field type
For a list field, add its Values. A list field needs at least one value
Under Activity types, pick the types the field belongs to. For an amount field you can enter a default value for each type: it is used when you don't enter one, so set it to your usual hourly rate or the price you usually pay
Tap Save

Options

Ask on start, Ask on stop, Ask on pause — the app asks for the field's value right when you start, stop or pause an activity of one of its types
Show in history — the value is shown on the record in the History list

To delete a field, open it and use Delete.

Entering values

The Edit activity screen shows a row for every field of the activity's type. Enter the value there, or let the app ask for it with the Ask on options.

Field details

Tap a field in More → Fields to see its numbers for a period: the Total, the Average/day and the Average/activity, with the field's history below. Moving through earlier periods is a premium feature.

Fields in statistics

The Statistics view of the History tab can be built on your fields instead of time. Open the chart options with the gear:

Metric — besides Duration and Count, every amount field is listed. Pick one and the pie and the bars show the field's sums: the kilometres you ran by type or by tag, or the money you earned by project
Group by — besides Types and Tags, every list field is listed. Pick one and the statistics are split by the field's values. Records without a value go under No value

Both are premium features. A filter narrows them down like any other statistics.

Export

In a CSV export, every list field of the exported types gets its own column with each record's value. An amount field gets a column when it is the statistics' metric, and the totals at the end of the file then follow the statistics too. See Filters and export.