Category Archives: Integrations

YoCoBoard-Asana Integration

February 11, 2019 3:17 am / Leave a Comment / YoCoBoard Admin

Time Your Asana Tasks

Asana lets you organize your projects and makes teamwork easy. The Asana- YoCoBoard integration lets your team track time that’s spent on Asana tasks with just a click. The integration embeds a YoCoBoard widget inside your tasks so that your team can clock in and out without leaving Asana.

Note: This widget will only work with a Google Chrome browser.

1.1 Installing the extension

On the YoCoBoard sidebar, select Integrations, select the Asana card and click the Add to Asana button. You will now be directed to the Google Chrome web store.
Click on Add to Chrome to download the YoCoBoard extension to your Chrome browser.
A pop up will notify you about access conditions for this extension. Click the Add extension button.
Click the stopwatch icon on your browser to open the tracker pop up. You will need to login with your YoCoBoard account credentials if this is the first time.

1.2 Track time on Asana

Open your Chrome browser and click on the More Options (3 dots) icon, select More Tools > Extensions.
Here will be a list of all extensions. Find the YoCoBoard extension card and click the Details button.
Scroll down to find Extension Options and click the preview icon to view the extension.
Tick the asana.com checkbox and click Allow on the permission pop up.
Note: To stop tracking your Asana tasks, just untick the asana.com checkbox.
Login to your Asana account from your Chrome browser. On your Asana sidebar, click My Tasks and choose any task.
On the right window, click the YoCoBoard widget at the top to clock in or clock out.
All your time tracking information can be found in the Hours page of your YoCoBoard account.

1.3 Deactivating the Integration

To deactivate this integration, open your Chrome browser and click on the More Options (3 dots) icon and choose More Tools > Extensions.
In the list of active extensions, find the YoCoBoard extension card and click the Details button.
Scroll down to find Extension Options and click the preview icon to view the extension settings.
Uncheck the asana.com checkbox and your integration will be deactivated.
Note: You can still use the browser widget to clock in and clock out of YoCoBoard (optional).

Posted in: Asana, Integrations

YoCoBoard-Trello Integration

August 9, 2017 3:34 am / 2 Comments / YoCoBoard Admin

Track time spent on Trello cards

Trello helps you create cards to manage your projects and track their journey, from start to finish. The YoCoBoard widget helps you track time spent on each Trello card. Your team can log their work hours spent on Trello cards without switching between YoCoBoard and Trello app.

Note: This integration requires the YoCoBoard Chrome extension to work.

1.1 Installing the extension

On the YoCoBoard sidebar, select Integrations and click the Add to Trello button. You will now be directed to the Google Chrome Web Store.
Click on the Add to Chrome button to add the YoCoBoard extension to your Chrome browser.
In the confirmation pop-up, click the Add extension button to proceed.
Click the stopwatch icon on your Chrome browser to open the tracker pop up. Enter the YoCoBoard account credentials.

1.2 Tracking time on Trello

On the Chrome browser go to More Options (3 dots) > More Tools > Extensions.
In the list of active extensions, find the YoCoBoard extension card and click the Details button.
Scroll down to find Extension Options and click the preview icon to view the extension settings.
Click the trello.com checkbox and click Allow on the permission pop up.
Login to your Trello account from your Chrome browser. Open your Trello board and select the card you want to track.
On the card, under the ACTIONS category, you will find the YoCoBoard Clock In button. Click the button to clock in or clock out.
Your time entry will appear on the Hours page of your YoCoBoard account.

1.3 Deactivating the Integration

To deactivate this integration, go to Options (3 dots) > More Tools > Extensions.
In the list of active extensions, find the YoCoBoard extension card and click the Details button.
Scroll down to find Extension Options and click the preview icon to view the extension settings.
Uncheck the trello.com checkbox and your integration will be deactivated.
Note: You can still use the browser widget to clock in and clock out of YoCoBoard (optional).

Posted in: Integrations, Trello

YoCoBoard-Zendesk Integration

July 25, 2017 2:58 am / Leave a Comment / YoCoBoard Admin

Track time spent on Zendesk tickets

The YoCoBoard-Zendesk integration adds a YoCoBoard widget to your Zendesk dashboard. With the YoCoBoard plugin, empower your helpdesk team to track time spent on resolving tickets from inside your Zendesk dashboard.

1.1 What can you do with the YoCoBoard Zendesk integration?

Automatically tag the ticket name to an active session, view productivity break up under a tracked task and much more with the new YoCoBoard plugin.

The integration also allows you to configure widget accessibility that lets you specify team members who can use the widget to track their time on Zendesk.

1.2 Activating the Zendesk integration

On the YoCoBoard sidebar, click Integrations and choose Zendesk.
Click the Add the YoCoBoard Widget button and you will be directed to the YoCoBoard widget page on Zendesk’s Marketplace.
Click the Install button to proceed.
Log in to your Zendesk account to start the installation process.
Before the installation begins, you can add an integration title, enable role and group restrictions (optional).
When you enable role restrictions, you can assign roles to team members who can access the widget – Administrator or Agent.
When you enable group restrictions, you can specify the groups in Zendesk that can access the YoCoBoard widget.
Finally, click Install to complete the process.
After installation, the YoCoBoard widget will appear on your Zendesk dashboard under Admin > Manage > My Apps (Currently Installed).
To use the integration, open Click views and select your ticket from a ticket category.
The YoCoBoard widget will appear on the right of your ticket window. You can start clocking the time spent on the Zendesk ticket.
The time tracked on the Zendesk ticket will appear as a time entry on your YoCoBoard Hours page.

1.3 Deactivating the integration

When you click the Settings (gear icon) on the widget, you can disable it, change role and group restrictions or uninstall the widget.

Note: This integration can be deactivated only from Zendesk.

Posted in: Integrations

YoCoBoard-Slack Integration

June 20, 2017 12:11 pm / Leave a Comment / YoCoBoard Admin

Get Clock in/out alerts in your Slack Channel

Extend the time tracking functionality of YoCoBoard to your team collaborative app, Slack. The YoCoBoard-Slack integration posts alerts to your Slack channel when a team member clocks in or clocks out.

Note: Your Slack team members must Sign up on YoCoBoard and activate this integration to have their hours tracked.

1.1 Activating the Slack integration

On the YoCoBoard sidebar, click Integrations and select Slack.
Click the Add to Slack button in the integration window.
Choose your Slack Workspace and your Slack Channel. Click the Allow button to continue.
You can now open your Slack dashboard and check if YoCoBoard has been added to your channel.
On your Slack sidebar, click Apps.
You will find YoCoBoard listed as part of your Slack Workspace.
Now, when you clock in or clock out on YoCoBoard, your Slack channel will receive the alerts. Users who are part of this channel will also be able to see these updates.
On the YoCoBoard Integrations page, a tick mark on the Slack integration card indicates that the integration is active.

1.2 Deactivating the Slack integration

On the YoCoBoard sidebar, click Integrations and select Slack.
Click the Deactivate button to deactivate the YoCoBoard-Slack integration.

If you have questions and need further assistance, please write to our support and we’d be happy to help!

Posted in: Integrations, Slack

YoCoBoard-Zapier Integration

June 13, 2017 6:52 pm / Leave a Comment / YoCoBoard Admin

Access the Zapier Ecosystem

Zapier lets you connect YoCoBoard with different apps present in its ecosystem. You can create a Zap, define the trigger and select an action to export a time entry from YoCoBoard to a Google sheet.

Note:

Use Zapier to integrate YoCoBoard with Google Sheets or Slack. We are working on connecting more apps in the ecosystem with YoCoBoard.
YoCoBoard will only export time tracking data to connected apps in a zap and cannot import data currently.

1.1 How to activate the integration

Log in to your Zapier account.
Type “YoCoBoard” in the Connect this app… search bar and click it when it appears.
Zapier displays all the apps that can connect with YoCoBoard. Select your app from the list. Let’s go with the Google Sheets.
Enter “Google Sheets” under the “with this one!” field.
Setting up a trigger
Now, choose a YoCoBoard trigger under When this happens… field. The only trigger you can select here is New Clock Entry.
Setting up an event
The next step is to choose an action event from then do this! field. Click the drop-down menu to choose from the list of action events. Click the Use Zap button to proceed.
On the next page, click the Sign in to YoCoBoard button.
Key in your sign-in credentials and click the Yes, Continue button.
Choose the YoCoBoard Account (Company), you want this integration to be associated with and click CONTINUE.
#Tip: You can edit the integration title by clicking anywhere on the title bar.
You can now test your connection by clicking TEST & REVIEW or TEST & CONTINUE. Alternatively, you can also click SKIP TEST.
Recheck the details on your connected app and click CONTINUE.
Your imagination is now ready but it needs to be activated. Activate it by pushing the toggle button to ON.