Where to start
Open an issue and its time tracking section. You need access to the issue to read it. Editing estimates requires permission to edit issues; recording work requires permission to log work. You also need an assigned seat to change estimates or worklogs. Project permissions and issue security still apply.
The original estimate is the expected amount of work. The remaining estimate is your current assessment of work left. Time spent is the sum of worklogs. These values serve different purposes: compare time spent with the original estimate to identify an overrun.
Duration format
Enter whole numbers with units, such as 1w 2d 4h 30m. Russian units also work: 1н 2д 4ч 30м. A space between a number and its unit is accepted. A week means five working days, and a day means eight hours. For example, 1d 2h is ten hours. These are duration units, not tied to weekends or calendar dates.
Fractions such as 1.5h, negative values and numbers without units are rejected. Enter 1h 30m for an hour and a half. Use 0m for zero. Exported durations and QQL use Latin units.
Set or revise estimates
- Open the estimate editor in the time tracking section.
- Enter the original estimate and, when needed, an explicit remaining estimate.
- Save and check both values on the issue.
When you provide an original estimate without an explicit remaining estimate, Quevell subtracts time already spent from the original estimate, stopping at zero. Leaving both estimates empty keeps them unknown. An empty value does not mean zero.
For example, an original estimate of 1d with 2h already recorded gives a calculated remaining estimate of 6h. If your current assessment is four hours, enter 4h explicitly. Revising an estimate does not rewrite the worklogs.
Record work
- Choose the action to add a worklog in the time tracking section.
- Enter a duration, the date of the work and a note, such as "Checked the fix".
- Save. Check the author, date and duration in the new row, then check total time spent.
The person creating the entry becomes its author. Notes allow up to 2000 characters. Adding a worklog increases time spent and subtracts its duration from a known remaining estimate. The remaining estimate does not go below zero; an unknown remaining estimate stays unknown. The original estimate stays unchanged.
Correct a mistake
You can edit the duration and note of your own entry or delete it while you retain access to the issue and permission to log work. Changing someone else's entry additionally requires permission to manage project access. Editing does not change the date or author. To correct a date, delete your entry and create it again with the right date, then review the remaining estimate.
Increasing a duration subtracts the additional time from the remaining estimate. Reducing a duration or deleting an entry corrects total time spent but does not automatically increase the remaining estimate. Update the remaining estimate separately when your assessment of unfinished work changes.
For example, start with an original and remaining estimate of 8h. Recording 3h leaves 5h. Correcting the entry to 2h changes time spent to 2h while the remaining estimate stays 5h. If six hours really remain, set 6h. Deleting the entry reduces time spent and preserves the remaining estimate you set.
If an action is unavailable
If another person has changed the issue, reload it and review the current values before saving. If an action is rejected, check issue access, the relevant permission, your seat and the duration format.
Worklogs record actual effort. Sprint reports use original estimates and issue state history; adding a worklog alone does not reduce Burndown.