# Time tracking using Discourse?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-tracking-using-discourse/117194>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 8, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-tracking-using-discourse/117194 "2019-05-08T17:23:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/time-tracking-using-discourse/117194/5 "2022-10-13T11:10:31Z")

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> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> I think time tracking may be overkill for discourse and it’s not something we use either. There are other tools that are better at it and more flexible, and provide related functionality like invoicing etc.

My team spends a lot of time answering client requests on our forum and I really wish they could:

- associate the topic to a client (maybe I could use private tags or categories for that)
- declare the time spent on an answer (summed up on the topic)
- so I could have a report of time spent by client / topic / member / etc

The invoicing and other functions can be perfectly handled by other systems through APIs, but tracking time outside of discourse for time spent on discourse is a real pain.

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