The Buzz AI dashboard widget can report on Time as well as on actions and projects. Buzz reads the same time data you can chart in a Time chart widget, such as time tracking, estimates, timesheets, and resourcing. It then writes an AI Summary for you, or builds a Custom canvas report from your request.
The Buzz AI widget needs Buzz. For more about the widget, see Dashboard Widgets.
Set up a Time report
Add a Buzz AI widget to a dashboard (Add widget, then search for Buzz AI). To change an existing Buzz AI widget, hover over it and select Configure widget (gear).
Under What should Buzz report on?, select the Time card. The default is Actions & projects.
Under Output, select AI Summary or Custom canvas. See Output: AI Summary or Custom canvas below.
Under Time metric, choose what to measure, for example Time Tracking Hours. The list has the same metrics as Time in the chart builder, including tracked, timesheet, estimated, and resourced hours, and costs, budgets, and margins that you have access to.
Under Group by, choose how to break down the results, for example User or project. If you group by a custom field or a tag, select the field or tag.
Under Time units, choose Hours, Days, or Hours and minutes.
Under Widget filters, set the date range in Date of time logged (the default is Last 30 days). Select Add filter to narrow the report further. To also use the dashboard's filters, turn off Ignore dashboard filters.
For AI Summary, you can type instructions in Guide Buzz. For Custom canvas, type your request in Ask Buzz or select a preset. Buzz cannot make the report without a request. Then select Save.
Output: AI Summary or Custom canvas
AI Summary: Buzz writes a headline, key insights, and a short analysis of the time report. Use Guide Buzz to tell Buzz how to write it, for example "Point out anyone over 40 hours." Your instructions apply every time the summary is generated.
Custom canvas: In Ask Buzz, describe what you want, for example "Compare billable and non-billable hours by project for this month." Type / to use slash commands or read-only Buzz tools, or start from a preset.
What a Custom canvas report shows
Buzz builds a report with a layout that fits your request. A report can include:
A title and a one-line headline.
KPI tiles with the key totals.
Short callouts, for example one win and one risk.
Lists, tables, and tabs or sections that you can expand for more detail.
Charts. Buzz can draw charts from the data. If the dashboard has chart widgets, Buzz can also add one or more of them to the report. Charts from the dashboard show current data, with the dashboard filters and your access.
A short list of sources.
The numbers in KPI tiles, tables, and charts that Buzz draws do not update by themselves. They show the values from the time when Buzz generated the report. To get new numbers, select Refresh on the widget, or open the dashboard again.
Who sees what
Time results use each viewer's access. When someone opens the dashboard, Buzz builds the time report with their permissions. If they can't see a project, a person's time, rates, or budgets, Buzz doesn't use that data for them.
A Time report is not saved. Everyone sees the same widget settings, but each person gets their own generated result in their session. The result updates when the widget's scope or filters change.
A report on Actions & projects is saved. Buzz saves the last AI Summary or Custom canvas result to the widget. Other people who open the dashboard see that result until the widget generates again. The saved text comes from the access of the person who generated the report. In an AI Summary, the three counts are live and use each viewer's access. Other numbers that Buzz writes are saved. Charts from the dashboard and action lists in the report use each viewer's access.
Buzz only reads time data. It can't log or edit time, change estimates, approve timesheets, or change resource assignments.
Tips
If Buzz's numbers don't match a Time chart, check that both use the same metric, filters, and date range.
To report on action counts and project activity instead, select the Actions & projects card under What should Buzz report on?