Quick History

Quick History is a week-centric view of the time you have logged on tasks, limited to the current year. It uses the same underlying data as the [[4.21-Worklog]]—your tasks’ “time spent per day” from both active and archived tasks—but presents it as a compact list of weeks, each with a total time and expandable days that show per-task entries. Unlike the worklog screen, Quick History lets you edit the time spent for a task on a given day directly in the view. It is scoped to the same work context (project or tag) as the worklog and is meant for fast review and correction of recent time without opening the full, multi-year worklog.

For how time is recorded and where “time spent per day” comes from, see [[4.14-How-Time-Is-Logged]]. For the full worklog (all years, read-only, export), see [[4.21-Worklog]].

Quick History Vs Worklog

Aspect	Quick History	Worklog
Time range	Current year only	All years (full archive)
Structure	Weeks → days → task entries	Years → months → days (or years → weeks → days) → entries
Purpose	Compact, recent summary with inline time editing	Detailed, day-by-day log for review and export
Editing	Yes — you can change time spent per task per day inline	No — read-only view and export
Scope	Same as worklog: active work context (project or tag)	Same: active work context
Access	Work-context menu (e.g. project or tag) → Quick History	Work-context menu → Worklog

Both views are generated from the same source: active and archived tasks for the current context, with their “time spent per day” data. Navigating to either screen triggers a refresh of that data. So Quick History is a focused slice of the same information the worklog uses—current year, by week—plus the ability to correct time inline.

What Quick History Shows

• Weeks — One row per week of the current year, with the week number and total time spent that week. Weeks are usually ordered with the most recent first.
• Days — Each week can be expanded to show days that have logged time. For each day you see:
  • Total time spent that day
  • Number of log entries (tasks with time on that day)
  • Work start/end times for that day, if configured
  • Simple counters (e.g. stopwatch or click counters) for that day, if you use them
• Task list per day — Expanding a day shows a per-task table: task title, and for each task the time spent on that day. Only tasks that are done or have more than a second of time are shown, so the list stays relevant. For leaf tasks (no subtasks), the time is editable inline—you can change the duration for that task on that day. For parent tasks, the table shows the sum of subtask time (read-only in this view).

So you get a quick answer to “what did I do this week?” and “what did I log on this day?” with the option to fix time without opening the task or the full worklog.

How Far Back It Looks

Quick History includes only the current year. If there is no logged time for the current year in the selected work context, the view shows a message such as “No data for current year.” For older data (previous years), use the Worklog view, which includes all years.

Data Source and Refresh

• Source — Same as the worklog: active tasks and archived tasks for the current project or tag, with their “time spent per day” and optional work start/end and simple-counter data. The app builds a week-based structure (year → week → day) from that data.
• Refresh — Like the worklog, Quick History is refreshed when you navigate to the Quick History screen (or when the shared worklog refresh runs). It does not update in real time as you track; open the view or refresh to see the latest data.
• Scope — You open Quick History from a project or a tag (work-context menu). The data you see is for that project or tag only.

Inline Editing and Persistence

When you edit time for a task on a day in Quick History, the app updates that task’s “time spent per day” for that date. The change is persisted the same way as other time changes (e.g. after tracking or idle reassignment), so the updated value appears in the worklog, reports, and metrics. Inline editing is only for leaf tasks; parent tasks show the sum of subtask time and are not edited here.

Where to Find It

Quick History is available from the work-context menu (the menu for the current project or tag), alongside Worklog and Metrics. You can open it for a project or for a tag; the route reflects the context (e.g. project/:id/quick-history or tag/:id/quick-history).

Summary

• Quick History = week-centric view of time spent per day for the current year, scoped to the active project or tag.
• Same data as Worklog — Built from active + archived tasks; different layout (weeks first, current year only) and inline editing of time per task per day.
• Worklog = all years, read-only, detailed day-by-day, with export; Quick History = current year, week-by-week, with inline time editing.
• Refresh on navigation; scope = current work context (project or tag).

Related

• [[4.21-Worklog]] — Full worklog (all years, read-only, export); same underlying data
• [[4.14-How-Time-Is-Logged]] — How “time spent per day” is recorded (the source for both Quick History and worklog)