Thanks for sharing Lisa. This is interesting. In my case for the projects I manage, I have a "template" of recurring tasks, which are based on a project completion date. The project completion dates can occur at various times throughout the year, and not on a repeatable schedule. Similar to your example, the tasks are set up with defined intervals between them. I am going to have to see how I can adapt this so that everything will reset to the correct date intervals based on an end date target. Also I wonder how I could deal with the projects working off an end date, so that perhaps completion of an additional "Date reset" placeholder task (and perhaps tinkering with recurrence settings), would allow me to reset the task dates around the next end date I have to meet on the Calendar. Currently I am using Excel to list out my tasks and their due dates, and then pulling those in through the Rapid Task Entry window.
Phil On Mar 4, 4:27 pm, Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]> wrote: > This has come up before, and maybe it is obvious to everyone > else. Suppose I want multiple tasks which recur a certain interval > after another. For example, we clean our guinea pig's cage every 3 > weeks or so, but we have to (1) buy the bedding pellets (woodstove > pellets last 3 times longer than shavings :), (2) air them out some > so it doesn't smell so strongly like pine (the downside of wood > pellets) and (3) actually clean the cage. > > First assume I will always buy the pellets on a Monday, air them out > on Tuesday, and clean the cage on Saturday. (Every 3 weeks). > > Create a parent, set with: > - complete tasks in order, > - recur interval for your pattern, for example recur every 3 weeks > on Saturday, starting next Saturday > - advanced: reset all tasks to uncompleted > - advanced: recur when all subtasks complete > > Ok, now create 3 children. > Child 1 (buy bedding) - due the Monday before next Saturday > Child 2 (air out bedding) - due the Tuesday before Saturday > Child 3 (clean cage) -due next Saturday > > Right now, since "complete in order" is set, only Child 1 is active. > Complete Child 1, and Child 2 becomes active; complete 2 and 3 > becomes active. Complete 3, and all will be reset 3 weeks later but > with the same intervals that they have originally. Because they > already have dates, they don't inherit the parent's dates when the > parent recurs. > > Hope that is helpful :) > > Lisa > > ---------- > Lisa Stroyan, mailto:[email protected]://www.empathic-parenting.com -- 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.
