Assign your time to a task level

When you use the timer, you can assign your time to a given task level by selecting a task level:

If you leave this value at its default of 0, the timer will assign your time to whatever task you select, regardless of its level.  if you change the value to 1, the app will assign your time to the top-level task in the hierarchy in which the selected task occurs; if you change it to 2, the app will assign your time for the second-level task and its descendants to the second-level task in the hierarchy, and so on.  This may be useful if, for example, your top-level task represents a customer, and your second-level tasks are projects, and you want to record all your time to the project, regardless of the level of the task.  In that case, you would set the level to 2, and the app will assign all time for subtasks to the second-level project.

This assignment occurs only if you use the timer; if you create a new time entry from the Time form, Tasklist will assign the time to the task you select when you make the entry.

This assignment works only for assignments up the hierarchy, not down.  For example, if you set the level at 2, time for tasks at level 2 and below will be assigned to the task at level 2, but time for the level 1 task will be assigned to the level 1 task.  This is because there may be several level 2 tasks, and Tasklist would not know which one to assign the time to.