Most frequently used applications

A pie chart showing the most frequently used applications is a statistics module which can be accessed by clicking on the toolbar on the Statistics tab or selecting Statistics Applications from the main menu.

The chart provides a percentage comparison of applications activity, ranking them from the most to the least frequently used ones. The comparison involves calculation of the rate of application usage with respect to other programs. If two programs were active, one for 8 minutes and the other for 2 minutes, their respective usage rate is 80% / 20%.

A pie chart can be used in two work modes. In the first one, when you select Statistics By Activity Time from the main menu or click on the toolbar, application activity time is a criterion for an analysis. Whereas in the other mode, which is available after you select Statistics By Foreground Activity Time from the main menu or click on the toolbar, the time an application was used as a foreground one is a criterion for analysis.

To facilitate the analysis, you can specify aliases for application names. For this purpose right click on a selected application inside the pie chart legend and select Application Names Aliases… from the displayed context menu. A dialogue box for aliases will be displayed on a screen.

As including much data on one chart would make it unclear, it is possible to chose the number of applications the chart it to show. In the Display max. edit field you can enter or (using relevant buttons) set a number from the range of 2 - 32.

The legend displayed below shows beside applications’ names the values of their usage rates.

It is possible to distinguish a selected application. For this purpose, select a desired application from the drop-down list in the Application frame. If an application is distinguished, a relevant part of a pie chart is “cut out” and a relevant line of the legend is written in bold characters. Additionally, the chart is attached with the specification of work time and activity for the selected application.