Some Admins/Managers don't need to collect data and track their own time and activities while others do. That's why Insightful has made both scenarios possible.
Permission needed
To add your own Employee account you need the Manage Employees permission granted as a Manager. If you don't have it please reach out to your Admin to grant it to you. Otherwise your Admin will need to add you as an Employee and go through the steps listed in this article.
The process for adding yourself as an Employee is the same as for all other Employee users.
Personal computers
To add your Employee account and install Insightful Desktop App (a.k.a. Insightful Agent) on your own device, please follow these steps:
Send yourself an email invitation by navigating to Employees → Add New Employee → Personal Computers,
Upon receiving the invitation to your Inbox, use it to set up your credentials,
To download and install the Insightful Agent use this link,
Locate the downloaded installation file, commonly in your Downloads folder,
Double-click the file to start the installation process.
Company computers
As for the company computer setup, you can add your Employee account and install the Insightful Agent by following these simple steps:
Navigate to the Employees tab and click on the Add New Employee button in the top right corner,
Select Company computers,
Select the operating system you need
Download the installation file (Windows) or copy the script for installation (macOS, Linux).
You can find the detailed guides for manual Agent installation in these articles:
Which account will you be logged into
If you are using a Personal device, and you have both your Employee and your Admin/Manager account connected to the same email address, please note that when you access the Insightful Dashboard via Insightful widget or the https://app.insightful.io address, your Admin/Manager account is the one that you will be logged into.
Edit your Manager Scope
If you want to be able to see and analyze your own data after the creation of your Employee account, your Admin must edit your Manager account’s Scope and add your Employee account into it.
Adding a license
Kindly note that your Admin/Manager account and your Employee account are two different accounts and therefore, although your Admin/Manager account isn’t billable, adding yourself an Employee account will automatically add an additional chargeable license to your organization.