Cloudica: Application Timeline Guide

Application Timeline Guide

The Application Timeline is a graphical depiction of your activities per hour. The bar graph shows all the apps and sites that you have interacted with. Each bar is displayed in a variety of colors for easy viewing and identification. It shows the time the apps were used, and for how long.

Parts of the Application Timeline

In the Application Timeline, you’ll see the:

Timeline Shows the 24-hour timeline with an hourly interval.
Username Displays the name of the person who used the applications.
Application bars Horizontal bars that represent the applications or websites.

Application Timeline Legend

The Application Usage Treemap acts as the legend for the Application Timeline. It will help quickly identify the applications and information about them. As a legend, the Treemap does the following:

Change the tile colors Hovering over the Application Timeline, the Treemap Tile colors changes to match that of the Application bars.
Highlight app Hovering a specific Application bar will highlight the app in the Treemap and Timeline.
Identify important infoThis helps you see the name of the app, the time spent on the app, and the total times it was opened.
Serve as a guide This gives you easy access to the Treemap information.

Using the Application Usage and Application Timeline Together

You’ll notice that when you hover over the Treemap Tiles, the tile color changes, and the same-colored bars in the Application Timeline get highlighted.

You can use the Application Usage and Application Timeline together as both graphical displays deal with the apps and websites you utilized.

Hovering over a Treemap Tile

Changes the tile color The tile color matches the application bar color from the Application Timeline.
Highlights the Application bar Identifies the exact times and for long the application was used.

Hovering over the Application Timeline

Changes the tile colors All the Treemap Tile colors change to match the Application Timeline bars.

Hovering over an Application Bar

Changes the tile colors All the Treemap Tile colors change to match the Application Timeline bars.
Highlights the Treemap Tile The corresponding application tile in the Treemap gets highlighted and helps in identifying the name of the app, the time spent on the app, and the total times it was opened.

How to view the data of a specific Application

If you only want to see the Computer Activity data of a specific application, do the following:

Click the bar of the application you want to view in the Application Timeline.

This will filter the display to the available data about your selected application.

To go back to the main Application Usage, click the back button located on the right side of the application header.