# Logging empty time logs not possible

**URL:** <https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/logging-empty-time-logs-not-possible/1015>\
**Category:** Create\
**Tags:** feature\
**Created:** [September 8, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/logging-empty-time-logs-not-possible/1015 "2019-09-08T23:06:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![frank](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/frank/32/247_2.png) [@frank](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/frank)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/logging-empty-time-logs-not-possible/1015/1 "2019-09-08T23:06:55Z")

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Hi all,

the fact that you can’t add a time log without actually putting in time is probably by design, but I wanted to share my simple workflow here:

When I start working on a task (or more multiple) I usually add an empty time log to it in SG. When I’m done (or end-of-day), I check my time logs and allocate the time I actually spent on them. Empty time logs are colour coded red to help remember to fill them in. The creation date of the time log helps me remember when I started a task, and therefore it’s much easier to determine the amount of time spent on it.

I would love to see SC embrace this sort of concept.

Any thoughts?

Frank

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**Author:** ![tommy.kiser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/tommy.kiser/32/237_2.png) [@tommy.kiser](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/tommy.kiser)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/logging-empty-time-logs-not-possible/1015/2 "2019-09-11T06:53:54Z")

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> [@frank](#):
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> I check my time logs and allocate the time I actually spent on them

Hey Frank, thanks for the input. This makes a lot of sense. I know we have long wanted to improve the time logging experience in Shotgun, would be cool if we could setup a workflow like this OOTB.

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**Author:** ![frank](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/frank/32/247_2.png) [@frank](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/frank)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/logging-empty-time-logs-not-possible/1015/4 "2019-09-11T06:57:39Z")

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