Calculating Time in the Legacy Builder

Save time in the field and empower your business to make data driven decisions to identify bottlenecks and improve processes. 

Using Time Fields in Calculations

Total time onsite is a simple calculation that has multiple practical applications and is a data point that can be used to make data driven decisions and process improvements.

1. Drag and drop a Time field into your form and label it "Start Time." Select the field to open Field Settings.
2. The default style on time fields is AM/PM. The Style drop down from the Field Settings offers three other formats.                           
3. Additionally, the Default Value will be Current Time but this can be changed. Determine the best default time based on when the user will complete this form for the best user experience. Current Time for the start of the day, No Default for the end of the day.                              
4. Add another Time field to the form and label it "End Time." Determine the field's style and default value. 
5. Add a Calculation field to the form and give it a descriptive label like "Total Project Time" or "Time Spent Onsite."
6. Select the field to open Field Settings and select Create Calculation.
7. Expand the first drop down and select "End Time."
8. Hover over the function and select Subtract.
9. Expand the second drop down and select "Start Time."
10. Toggle to Format to change the format of the calculation from the default Number to one of the time formats: HH:MM, HH:MM:SS, or MM:SS. Select Done to close the modal.
11. Save and Publish to device to see it in action.

Calculation Time Formats on Mobile

24 Hour AM/PM