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Report Builder vs. Tempo Timesheets – A comparison of two Jira time tracking tools

By Ruben Jäckle•25. August 2021•Reading time: 2 minutes

Tempo vs Report Builder

To succeed in project management, you need to know your resources. Since the most crucial resource in project management is the team and their time, project managers need to be aware of their team's time on tasks and the number of issues their team is tackling.

The tools project managers use play an essential part in their success. The agile tool Jira by Atlassian and the Atlassian ecosystem provide solutions to effectively use Jira time tracking and create Jira time tracking reports for finished work. Two of those solutions are the time tracking apps Tempo Timesheets and Actonic's Report Builder. This article will take a closer look at those two Jira reporting plugins and compare them.

Report Builder vs. Tempo – A comparison

A Jira reporting tool has to include features that allow the user to create Jira time tracking reports efficiently. One of these is the option to create individual timesheets in different views. On this point, Report Builder wins in this category because of its calendar view, where months and weeks can be displayed and edited.

Category

Feature

Report Builder

Tempo Timesheets

Individual time sheets with different views

Calendar view:
Weeks and months are displayable. Time details are editable.

 Yes No

Another essential feature is to provide the ability for users to create Jira custom reports and allow them to change the report’s parameters. Here, Report Builder also delivers some benefits – Reports can be calculated for a certain period and can be generated by grouping the used data in a selectable order.

Category

Feature

Report Builder

Tempo Timesheets

Reports with customizable parameters

Creation of reports for specific time frames.

 Yes Yes

Reports contain the ability to “group by” specific parameters or to in free order.

 Yes No

While working with teams, it is essential to always keep an overview of the workload of teams and create reports based on the team as a filter. Both Report Builder and Tempo provide users this ability.

 

Category

Feature

Report Builder

Tempo Timesheets

Working with teams

Creation of teams and linking them to projects.

 Yes Yes

Calculation of reports for a team based on the team as the chosen filter.

 Yes Yes

Jira time tracking requirements are unique across different teams and companies. Therefore, it is essential to allow the users to customize their Jira reports by using coding languages like HTML and JavaScript. Report Builder is a leader in this space, offering more and better features than Tempo Timesheets.

 

Category

Feature

Report Builder

Tempo Timesheets

Scripting of your own reports

Creation of ANY report, not only based on tracked time, but on custom data.

 Yes No

The opportunity to create any report by using the integrated gallery, including powerful visualization libraries.

 Yes No

Customization of reports with HTML or JavaScript.

 Yes No

The winner in our comparison is Report Builder. With Report Builder, timesheets can be customized to meet unique needs, reports can be also customized and edited using HTML and JavaScript.

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