Yes, you can pause tracking time to an object using the Live Tracking lightning component added to the view page of an object, or from the Utility bar.


  • Live Tracking: You can add the Live Tracking component to an Object in Salesforce and track time.
  • Click here to know more about adding a Live Tracking component to an object in Salesforce
  • Track Time from Utility Bar: You can add the TimeTracker component to the Utility Bar for an object and track time from the Utility bar in Salesforce.
    • Click here to know more about adding the Time tracking option in the Utility bar in Salesforce


From the view page


  • Go to the view page of an object where the Live Tracker is added
  • Select the Project, Task, etc., and click the Check-In button
  • The time now starts tracking and you see a Pause button
  • Click the Pause button if you want to take a (coffee/tea) break,
  • You now see a Restart button, click the Restart button when you are back from the break
  • The time starts tracking again.

From Utility Bar


  • To track time from the Utility bar, go to the TT apps from the App launcher, and click the Track Time button that is in the Utility bar,
  • Select the Project, Task, etc., and click the Check-In button,
  • The time now starts tracking and you see a Pause button
  • Click the Pause button if you want to take a (coffee/tea) break,
  • You now see a Restart button, click the Restart button when you are back from the break
  • The time starts tracking again.


Note:

  • When you click the Check-In button from the Live tracking component or from the Utility bar, there is a TT Detail entry with the Check-In time,
  • When you click the Pause button, you see a Re-start button and the time stops tracking, it also updates the end time in the TT details
  • Upon clicking the Restart button, there is a new TT detail entry and the Restart time is written as Check-In time, and when you Check-Out the end time gets updated in the TT details tab.