💡 Tips & Best Practices

Welcome to the Tips & Best Practices guide your go-to space for mastering Colored Time in Status.
Here, you’ll find practical tips, smart shortcuts, and habits that help you make the most of every report.

Whether you’re an admin or a team member tracking daily progress, these insights will help you work faster, visualize smarter, and get more value from your data.

Tips & Best Practices

Optimize Your Reports

Make your reports both useful and easy to read by following these tips:

• Use Chart View for presentations and Table View for detailed analysis.

• Combine filters (Status, User, Project, Date) to focus on the most important data.

• Save your favorite configurations as Saved Views for quick access later.

💡 Tip: Use “Show Only Highlighted Work Items” to quickly focus on bottlenecks and critical cases in your workflow.

Master Your Highlights

Colors make it easy to see what matters most:

• ✅ Green → On track or successful

• ⚠️ Yellow → Needs attention

• 🚨 Red → Urgent or breached

💡 Tip: Stick to three main highlight colors to keep your dashboard clean and easy to read.

Use Quick Insights in Daily Stand-Ups

Keep meetings focused and data-driven:

• Show Quick Insights to review top performers, delayed Work Items, and bottlenecks.

• Base discussions on real data, not estimates this improves clarity.

💡 Tip: Save a “Daily Stand-Up” view so your dashboard is always ready to share with the team.

Customize for Clarity

Your dashboard should show only what matters:

• Temporarily disable unused highlights to reduce clutter and simplify visuals.

💡 Tip: Turn on “Enable Highlight” only when you need visual focus this keeps reports clean and easy to read.

Keep Learning

Stay ahead by exploring new features:

• Check out Project Activity or Work Item Data Management for deeper insights.

• Revisit the Reports Guide regularly to stay up-to-date with new features.

• Check the notification section to lear about the new features and improvements .

Conclusion

With the right habits and settings, Colored Time in Status is more than a reporting tool it helps your team make better decisions.
By following these tips, you can spot critical Work Items faster, improve workflows, and see progress clearly.

✨ Keep exploring, keep improving, and let your data guide your team to success.

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