Create custom time tracking reports with DeskTime Exports

From pre-set templates to fully custom reports, you're in control of every field and format.

How do DeskTime Exports work?

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Select your template

Choose from six ready-made templates or build your own export and save it for future use.

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Customize with metrics

Tailor the pre-set template or complete your own export by picking the metrics that matter to you.

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Download your file

Export your report in Excel (.xlsx) or CSV format and share it with your team or use it for deeper analysis.

Put your data to work

DeskTime Exports help you go beyond surface stats and uncover the patterns that drive productivity and results.

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Custom analysis

DeskTime offers various types of ways you can look at the time tracking data, but exported files let you do your own analysis, too.

Precise billing

Share the time tracking data with your customers to show proof of work progress and issue accurate invoices.

Complete archives

Preserve a complete overview of all your employees, current and previous, in your own database.

Stay compliant with work hour laws

Follow labor laws effortlessly with accurate records from DeskTime Exports.

With DeskTime Exports, you can generate accurate, timestamped reports that help meet legal requirements, whether you're preparing for an audit or just staying on top of regulations.

Skrivanek, an international translation company, experienced this firsthand. In several of their European offices, employees once logged hours manually. Now, with DeskTime, records are automatically tracked and easily exported, saving time and improving compliance across their EU offices.

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Fill in these gaps in the overall picture with our data exports

Lack of context

By keeping full archives, you can compare data with patterns from years ago if necessary.

Access limitations

Sharing time tracking data with someone not using DeskTime is not a problem with Exports.

Compliance concerns

Depending on the industry you work in, you may need to observe strict data retention policies.

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Frequently asked questions about DeskTime Exports

To export time tracker data from DeskTime:
  • Head to the Exports section in the sidebar.
  • There, choose what kind of data you want to export.
  • Once you've chosen, you'll be asked to indicate the period you wish to be included in the export and the teams and team members whose data interests you.
  • Decide on the format for the data export: .xlsx or .csv.

The export may take some time to generate, depending on how much data needs to be included.

You can export timesheets to Excel in the DeskTime Exports section. It offers different types of data sets you can choose from, including Team Members' data and Work Schedules information – both of these exports include employee arrival and leaving times. Decide which type of export would work best for you in this case and who you'd like to have in the data (individual team members, whole teams, or maybe even the entire company). You'll also need to indicate the time period for which the data should be gathered.
There are several benefits that come with the option to download the time tracking data in Excel files as well. First, having access to the data in this format can let you do your own custom analysis and comparisons if you wish – while DeskTime provides various types of insights automatically, you might want to take a deeper dive into something more specific. Secondly, you can easily share the time tracking reports with others, like your customers, other managers, etc. Finally, by downloading the data, you can keep it in your own archive to access it anytime.