Asana’s native time tracking feature allows you to estimate the time needed to complete a task, as well as record the actual time spent.

TimeTrackingEntryCompact

A Compact object reflects the default fields returned after a successful API request. See input/output options to include more fields in the response.

Property	Type	Description
`gid`	string	Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
`resource_type`	string	The base type of this resource.
`created_by`	object	A user object represents an account in Asana that can be given access to various workspaces, projects, and tasks.
`created_by.gid`	string	Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
`created_by.resource_type`	string	The base type of this resource.
`created_by.name`	string	Read-only except when same user as requester. The user’s name.
`duration_minutes`	integer	Time in minutes tracked by the entry.
`entered_on`	string(date)	The day that this entry is logged on.

{
  "gid": "12345",
  "resource_type": "task",
  "created_by": {
    "gid": "12345",
    "resource_type": "user",
    "name": "Greg Sanchez"
  },
  "duration_minutes": 12,
  "entered_on": "2015-03-14"
}

TimeTrackingEntry

Property	Type	Description
`gid`	string	Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
`resource_type`	string	The base type of this resource.
`created_by`	object	A user object represents an account in Asana that can be given access to various workspaces, projects, and tasks.
`created_by.gid`	string	Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
`created_by.resource_type`	string	The base type of this resource.
`created_by.name`	string	Read-only except when same user as requester. The user’s name.
`duration_minutes`	integer	Time in minutes tracked by the entry.
`entered_on`	string(date)	The day that this entry is logged on.
`created_at`	string(date-time)	The time at which this resource was created.
`task`	object	The task is the basic object around which many operations in Asana are centered.
`task.gid`	string	Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
`task.resource_type`	string	The base type of this resource.
`task.name`	string	The name of the task.
`task.resource_subtype`	string	The subtype of this resource. Different subtypes retain many of the same fields and behavior, but may render differently in Asana or represent resources with different semantic meaning. The `resource_subtype` `milestone` represent a single moment in time. This means tasks with this subtype cannot have a `start_date`.

{
  "gid": "12345",
  "resource_type": "task",
  "created_by": {
    "gid": "12345",
    "resource_type": "user",
    "name": "Greg Sanchez"
  },
  "duration_minutes": 12,
  "entered_on": "2015-03-14",
  "created_at": "2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z",
  "task": {
    "gid": "12345",
    "resource_type": "task",
    "name": "Bug Task",
    "resource_subtype": "default_task"
  }
}