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Activity Detail gives you a deep look at how work unfolded on a specific date. It includes timeline, AI Summary, and a chronological list of every activity logged for each person.
You can reach it two ways. From Activities → Detail in the top navigation, it opens showing your full team. Clicking any person’s name in the Activity Dashboard opens the same view pre-filtered to that person, so you land directly on their day without any extra steps.
Use the Team filter at the top to switch between a single person and the broader team any time.
Navigating Dates and Filtering
The selected date is shown at the top left. Use the arrows to move between days, click the calendar icon to jump to a specific date, or use Date Range to view activity across multiple consecutive days.
Use the Team filter to narrow the view to a specific person or group. The Categories and Services filters work the same way as in the Activity Dashboard. You can use them to focus on specific activity types or data sources.
Reading the Page
Each person appears as their own card with their name, title, and timezone shown in the header. Below the header, their day expands into three sections.
Date and score row — Shows the date, the user’s local timezone, their daily score, their target hours for that day, and an Edit button to adjust the target. The chevron on the left collapses or expands the full day card.
Activity timeline — A color-coded bar showing the person’s day from their scheduled start to end time. Each color represents an activity type. Gray areas are non-work hours.
AI Summary — A short AI-generated narrative interpreting the day’s activity. It draws on the events logged and any AI Context set for the user to give you a grounded description of how the day unfolded. The summary is collapsible.
Activity list — Every activity logged for that day in chronological order. Each row shows the activity type with a color dot, the time and service it came from, a location pin icon when location data is available, and the estimated duration on the right. Click the chevron on any row to expand it and see additional metadata.
Privacy and Data Security
WorkSights captures only metadata about activities to respect privacy and prevent feelings of surveillance. For example:
- Calendar events: Only attendees and invited participants are shown— no meeting content.
- Emails: Shows subject and recipients, not body or attachments.
- Calls: Displays participants but not call content.
- Chats: Shows chat titles and participants, but not message contents.
- Files: Shows file titles and activity type (created, edited), but not file content.
- Code: Commit messages and repository details, no code content.
Using the Activity Detail Screen as a Manager
This screen is particularly useful for managers to identify potential blockers or support needs. For instance, if an employee spent a long period on a single activity that seems unusual, managers can proactively check in and offer help, fostering better remote or hybrid team support.
Activity Rows and Time Estimates
Each activity appears in a collapsed row by default, displaying the time it was logged and key metadata. On the right, WorkSights shows an estimated duration for the work involved, which is based on preset defaults such as:
- One minute for sending or accepting a meeting invite.
- Five minutes for sending an email (a balanced estimate).
- Ten minutes for a GitHub code commit, for example.
These time estimates are intelligently adjusted by WorkSights considering the full context of daily activities and can be manually edited by users if they want to correct or customize those values.
WorkSights processes raw logs and consolidates multiple entries for the same activity to reduce noise and provide clearer insights. E.g., numerous file edit logs throughout the day are merged into a single activity with a realistic duration.
Expanding Activities for More Details
Opening an activity reveals additional descriptive metadata such as commit messages, repository details for code, or participant lists where applicable, but never the actual content.
Activity Toggles
Users can interact with toggles on each activity to manage certain settings:
Scorable — determines whether the activity counts toward the person's daily score. Solo calendar events with no attendees are not scored by default since they often represent personal blocks rather than work. Toggle this on if the activity should count.
Private — marks the activity so its details are not visible to anyone else. Useful for sensitive meetings or calls.
Displayable — controls whether the activity appears in the timeline bar. Some activities are hidden by default to reduce noise.
Geolocation
When location data is available, a map pin icon appears on the activity row. This indicates WorkSights has an estimated location for that activity based on IP address lookup. You can correct a location and save it for your account, which improves accuracy across all future activity from the same IP address.
Related Guides
Activity Dashboard — team-wide scores and timelines by day
Scores — daily performance scores ranked and summarized
AI Context — how to improve the accuracy of AI Summaries for your users