Thanks for the replies. There was a start that had somehow gotten associated with the task. When I removed it everything worked fine.
On Nov 10, 10:54 pm, Ron Stockfleth <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Pottster. For example, if your parsed task has a Start > Date of next Friday, and today is Wednesday, and you have the Action > Filter set to "Active", you will see the task in Outline, but not in a > ToDo view as the task, by definition, is not active. And there are > many other examples of why a task would not show up in a ToDo view. > When Pottster states, "look at ALL the elements in the Filter panel", > I believe he means to make sure that the Action Filter is set to > "All", and not to "Active". It wouldn't hurt to select all Contexts, > and check the "Include closed" checkbox for contexts as well. > > Ron > > On Nov 10, 6:04 pm, pottster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Ref why your parsed task is showing in Outline but not To-Do: - > > > This can only be because of a filter that's being applied. You haven't > > provided enough information to suggest what this may be but as a > > general principle I would remove all filters (look at ALL the elements > > in the Filter panel, also Task To-Do visibility in the General section > > of the Properties Pane, also any views that are applied) and > > progressively re-introduce them to locate the problem. > > > On Nov 10, 11:20 pm, Mikeu1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Not sure if anyone actually looks through these issue or not, but it > > > seems to be the result of tasks getting in a weird state where their > > > Importance and Urgency are both set to zero and there's nothing you > > > can do after that to change those values. Editing them has no affect, > > > you have to delete the tasks. > > > > On Nov 10, 3:37 pm, Mikeu1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I enter a task via the Rapid Task entry screen. I scroll to a project > > > > for the parent, enter some text in for the task and a switch for > > > > importance, context and due date. It shows up exactly right in the > > > > outline but it doesn't come up at all in the To-Do. I try modifying > > > > properties of the task in the outline and it will never show up. I > > > > try many different combinations of filters and sorting and it won't > > > > work. > > > > > Here's the string I've entered: > > > > > Do something/Do Nothing -> Me -i4 Friday @Phil > > > > > I wanted to get back to the state where it would show me the data it > > > > parsed out and make me confirm before adding, but I can't figure out > > > > how to get that back. In any case, I can't figure out what it's > > > > getting confused on if it shows up ok in the outline. > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. I love the program but am rapidly > > > > losing trust it in if I feel key items are working the way the should. -- 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.
