This section provides an overview of Activity Tracker's interface and key components. Familiarizing yourself with these tools and panels will help you navigate efficiently and access the features you need. Each subsection below describes a major component of the interface, including where to find it and what it's used for.
Activity Tracker organizes fuel management work into five nested levels. Each level is a child of the one above it, and certain actions at lower levels depend on the status of parent records.
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Plans are a broader strategic planning document that groups related projects together. Plans carry attributes like plan type (NTMP, Mini Plan), funding source, revision status, and duration in years. A single plan can contain multiple projects, but not all projects have an associated plan.
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Projects are one level below Plans. A Project represents a discrete fuel management effort — a named scope of work with a defined boundary, program area, funding, and responsible team. Projects are where several key administrative actions are managed exclusively: Environmental Reviews, Invoices, and Funding linkages can only be created at the Project level. Projects default to Proposed status and must be set to Active before field work can begin.
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Treatments are one level below Projects. A Treatment represents a specific management action within a project — such as a prescribed burn, mechanical fuel reduction, or brush clearing. A project can contain multiple treatments. Treatments have their own geometry, objective, jurisdiction, and status. They must be set to Active before Work Logs can be added. Treatments link to Environmental Reviews created at the Project level but cannot create new ones independently.
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Activities are one level below Treatments. An Activity defines the planned work within a treatment. Each Treatment can have multiple Activities, and each Activity tracks both planned and completed quantities independently.
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Work Logs are the base level of the hierarchy. A Work Log is a record of actual work performed against a specific Activity. Work Logs capture the date, hours, resources (personnel and equipment), geometry, and funding allocation for a discrete unit of field work. They are submitted for QA Review, where they can be Approved, Flagged, or Rejected. Work Logs feed into Invoices at the Project level for financial reporting.
Supporting Records Several record types exist outside the primary hierarchy but connect to it:
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Funding — Managed at the system level and linked to Projects; gates invoice creation
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Invoices — Created at the Project level; aggregate Work Log costs for billing
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Environmental Reviews — Created at the Project level; linked to Treatments
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Rate Management — System-level records that define the cost rates applied to Work Log hours
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Person Manager / Contacts — A separate directory of people linked to Projects and Treatments as contacts or landowners