+1 Oops - have only just seen this - which duplicates exactly the comment I made in my previous post. But a definite yes to this one.
On Jan 6, 10:20 am, "Greg.O" <[email protected]> wrote: > Would it be possible to have all occurrences of a recurring task > created automatically rather than having a new task created only once > the previous recurrence be completed? This would help in a more > realistic assessment of future workload and better scheduling of > tasks. > > More details: > I use a to-do view configured to group tasks by due-date. This is to > allow me to assess my workload (see how many tasks I have scheduled in > the coming days) and scheduled new tasks better. > > Recurring tasks do not show properly in this kind of a setup which > greatly distorts the picture. I have quite a few tasks scheduled to be > recurring on different days. Sometimes they take up to 3 hours of my > day. Currently the recurring tasks only show in the next day they are > scheduled for - any subsequent occurrences are not displayed. > > For example, > I have a 2-hour task recurring every Mon, Wed and Fri. Currently, my > group-by-due-date view will only show the task as scheduled for Monday > but not for Wed or Fri. It's only when I complete the task on Monday > that it appears in the Wednesday group. It will appear in the Friday > group only once the Wednesday one has been completed. > > As I mentioned, this can really mess up my scheduling. Going with the > above example - on a Monday morning I'm doing my scheduling, I check > the coming days and see I still have some time on Wednesday and > Friday. I assign some tasks to these days. I then complete my 2-hour > recurring task on Monday and suddenly find I won't be able to complete > all my tasks on Wednesday as there is an additional 2-hour task > scheduled for the day that wasn't showing previously when I did my > scheduling (as the Monday occurrence was not completed at that time). > The same goes for Friday. I use recurring tasks quite extensively so > this is a real issue to me. I would like to see the option to display > recurring tasks the same way Outlook calendar does - that is by > automatically creating and scheduling all instances of the task rather > than creating the next occurrence only once the previous one has been > completed. > > Best regards, > Greg Osimowicz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
