Hi all, Thanks very much for the responses!
I checked out all the conditions on Tim's list and none of them applied, so I played with the filters as Pottster suggested. I discovered that the task shows up on the "Available" filter but not with the "Active" filter. But it had to do with Dependencies - I had made the parent task dependent on the sub-task. When I removed the dependency, the sub-task begin appearing in the "Active" filter. Thanks, - Steve On Jul 31, 5:20 pm, pottster <[email protected]> wrote: > In addition to what Tim has listed, I'd have a look at the Action > Filter settings (top of the "Filter" pane on the left in To Do view) > to make sure they are doing what you want. See below for the details > from the latest User Guide. If you don't follow a GTD approach you > might find it better to have the Action Filter set to ALL and use the > Filter Controls for CONTEXT/TIME/EFFORT/START DATE and/or ADVANCED > FILTERS to achieve what you want. > > [USER GUIDE EXTRACT] > > Action Filter > > With the Action Filter you should select what type of the tasks are > placed in the To-Do List. There are five options for this filter: > > 1. Active > If Active is selected as the Action Filter then only Active tasks are > placed in the list first and then other filters can be used to select > tasks from this list. To be placed on the list of Active actions, a > task must meet all criteria listed below: > 1) the task must not have subtasks or these subtasks should be > completed > 2) the task must not have completed parent tasks > 3) the Start Date for the task is not set or Start Date is now or in > the past > 4) the task must not have the option Folder checked > 5) the task must not have the option Hide branch in To-Do List checked > for this task as well as for any of its parents > 6) If one of the task's parents has the option Complete subtasks in > order checked, this task must have all above siblings completed to be > placed in the list. Or these siblings can have Hide in To-Do option > set. > > 2. Available > If Available is selected as the Action Filter, then only Available > tasks are placed in the list first and then other filters can be used > to select tasks from this list. To be placed on the list of Available > tasks a task should meet all the criteria listed for Active Actions > except #6. This means that the option "Complete subtasks in order" is > not considered when retrieving the tasks for this list. The subtasks > will appear on the To-Do list normally even if the parent task has > "Complete subtasks in order" option set. > > 3. Next Actions > If Next Actions is selected as the Action Filter then only Next > Actions are placed in the list first and then other filters can be > used to select tasks from this list. To be placed on the list of Next > Actions a task should meet all the criteria listed for Active Actions. > However only one (first) active task for each project is placed in the > list. > > Note: If there are Active Tasks without parent project then only first > task for each root task is selected. > > Note: If a project does not have open tasks then this project itself > is also placed on the > To-Do list as Next Action. > > 4. Completed > If Completed is selected as the Action Filter then only Completed > tasks from all levels of the outline are placed in the list first and > then other filters can be used to select tasks from this list. > > 5. All > If All is selected as the Action Filter then all tasks from all levels > of the outline are placed in the list first and then other filters can > be used to select tasks from this list. > > On Jul 31, 3:13 pm, Timothee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Possible reasons I can think of: (there may be more) > > - Parent task is a marked "Hide the branch in To-Do" > > - Parent task is a marked "Complete subtasks in order" and there are > > other tasks under this parent, above this one > > - Parent task importance and/or urgency is set very low (task would > > still appear but very low on list) > > - Task is a project, and View chosen in ToDo tab, is one that shows > > only the first available action of each project, and there are other > > tasks under this parent, above this one > > > On Jul 30, 10:56 am, RSKadish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I created a task that is nested under another task, and it does not > > > show up in the To-Do list. If I move the task to the left (so it is > > > no longer nested), it shows up. I'm at a loss to explain this, can > > > someone help me out? > > > > Thanks, > > > - Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
