There have been previous requests for a separate feature to be able to change the due date of current instance of a recurring task (but without changing overall recurrence pattern for the task) for precisely the reason you outline, Alinda.
I have to do this all the time - eg I have something that I need to do approximately monthly but the precise day on which I do it each month is adjusted according to my commitments around the time it falls due. It looks as if this requirement hasn't registered on Andrey's radar. :-( At the moment, I handle it by creating a sub-task for these activities below the recurring task. This then inherits the recurring date but the due date of the sub-task can then be adjusted to fit with my schedule. Its cumbersome but it works. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alinda Helleman > Sent: 23 February 2009 4:14 p > To: Andrey > Subject: [MLO] Re: MLO version 2.5.1 BETA > > > > Hello Andrey, > > Monday, February 23, 2009, 4:53:59 PM, you wrote: > > > > I see. But if you change the date of the recurrent tasks often you > > might break the recurrent pattern. Why don't you just skip the > > occurrence? > > Yes, I change the date often, mostly because there are so many tasks, > that the recurrance patterns clash on occasion. Why not skip the > occurrence? I do that often on tasks with a short cycle, but > this does > not work for tasks with a month or 2 month (or even larger ) cycle. > > The cycle show how often I WANT to do the task, but if too many tasks > show up in one week or on one day, I need to move them up to make for > a balanced work load. And I, in general, don't let tasks go red > (overdue), because I am the kind of person that gets stressed > out if I > see too much red. > > Moving the tasks up doesn't break the pattern, but the changing lead > time does. So at this moment I need to take note of the lead time > before I move the due date up, and then restore it afterwards. Quite > annoying. > > -- > Best regards, > Alinda mailto:[email protected] > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
