You are very welcome -- good luck with it! On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Michael G. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lisa and Dwight, > Very helpful answers, I really appreciate the time you took to give me the > details. > > Regards-Michael G. > > > On Saturday, August 4, 2012 11:10:22 AM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur wrote: >> >> Hi, Michael G. >> >> >> >> I’m going to try to answer your question about how you can show your next >> actions and also actions that have a due date, together in the to-do list. >> >> >> >> I’m assuming that you are continuing to use “complete subtasks in order” >> to single out your next task in each project. This thread has suggested >> several other ways to do that, and my suggestion below would have to be >> revised to match whatever method you pick. This is not as hard as it looks, >> I am just giving a lot of detail in case newbie wants to try this but does >> not know his or her way around MLO yet. >> >> >> >> 1. Go to the to-do tab >> >> 2. Click “manage views” near the bottom left. If you don’t see >> that, click “Filter >>” near the top left. >> >> 3. In the “manage to-do views” popup, click “new” to create a new >> to-do view. >> >> 4. Type in a name for your new view. >> >> 5. If the “manage” popup is still showing, click “close” >> >> 6. You are back to the to-do tab. In the upper left, just below >> and to the right of “Filter <<” it says “view:” followed by a view name. It >> should be your new view. If not, click the view name and select your view >> from the dropdown. >> >> 7. Just below “Filter <<” is a word with a down-arrow after it. If >> you hover the mouse pointer over this word, the tooltip says “Action >> Filter”. Click it, and select “Available” which will prevent completed >> tasks from displaying but allow future tasks to display. >> >> 8. Further down, under “Advanced” check the box before “Add >> Advanced” >> >> 9. Click the next button, called “Setup,” to get the Advanced >> Filtering popup. >> >> 10. Click “Add Rule” >> >> 11. Click the first box and select “Active Action” >> >> 12. Click the second box and select “is true” – this will include any >> task that is ready for execution, which in your projects is the next >> incomplete task. >> >> 13. Click the third box and select “OR” >> >> 14. Click the big blue plus right after the “OR” – tooltip says Add >> Rule. >> >> 15. On the next line, click the first box and select “DueDateTime” >> >> 16. Click the second box and select “exists” (near the bottom) – this >> includes, in addition to the active tasks, any uncompleted task that has a >> due date. >> >> 17. Click “OK” >> >> 18. You should be seeing your to-do list with active and dated tasks >> now. The parameters for displaying this list have not been saved yet, click >> “save settings” in the lower left. Assuming that the report name is still >> acceptable, click “ok” to go back to the report >> >> >> >> Now that you have seen the inner workings of the filter setup, you can >> explore the other settings and values to create reports that show you >> exactly what you want to see. >> >> >> >> It may be that one of the setups you dream up is a close match for one of >> the predefined views on the Android. If not, you will only be able to use >> these views on Windows. You cannot define a view on Windows and copy it to >> the phone, at this point. >> >> -Dwight >> >> >> >> *From:* >> mylifeorganized@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]>[mailto: >> mylifeorganized@**googlegroups.com <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Lisa Stroyan >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 04, 2012 10:25 AM >> *To:* mylifeorganized@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: Skiping next task >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Michael G. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> When you say "Hide in todo", under the General section I see "Hide the >> branch in To-Do". I assume this is the same and it does exactly what I >> wanted. >> >> Click >> >> Yes, that's right. It's an inherited attribute of a task. >> >> >> >> I'm using the PC and Android version but on the PC I don't see anything >> about using Next Actions. ...What am I missing? I'm running the latest >> version 3.6.1. This isn't a big deal as it sounds like it isn't supported >> in Android. >> >> >> >> Ah. "Next action" isn't a property of a task, but a "state" or "concept" >> that is supported in the Todo tab filters. Let me go on a tangent for a >> moment...So you have this tree of tasks -- the tree in the Outline. Those >> are what I consider the physical locations of the tasks. Likewise, each >> task has a set of properties / attributes. >> >> >> >> Then the Todo tab gives you ways of viewing (slicing and dicing) your >> tasks without moving the task in the tree or changing the attributes. >> Basically database queries, many predefined, which you can also edit and >> refine to your processes (fully on the desktop, less so on Android). >> >> >> >> Concepts such as Active, Next Action, Computed-Score, look at attributes >> of the task and the tasks around them to see if they fit a certain set of >> criteria that the "view" has defined. So the user can say something, "Show >> me all my tasks due in the next seven days that I can work on right now >> except Personal tasks" >> >> >> >> The Next Action control for the current View (ie, filter) is located in >> the top left of the Todo tab on Windows, (You may have to expand >> "Filter>>"). Next Actions is a concept that means the next actionable item >> in each Project. By changing your Action Filter to "Next Actions" you will >> see only the first task in each Project. I don't use it so there may be >> other intricacies I don' t know about. >> >> >> >> A nice feature would be to have the task lisk change the to-do color from >> green to something else if a task in the folder was skipped so you're >> reminded to go back and check. >> >> >> >> What do you mean by "skipped", as in, how would MLO know you had skipped >> it? MLO doesn't know if you are arranging your tasks in the order that you >> want to do them, or by some other criteria. Green means "Active". I guess >> I would argue that the green *is* your reminder; everything green still >> needs action. But you might be able to mess with the formatting rules to >> get what you want. >> >> >> >> My suggestion would be to see what filters you can develop. I do almost >> all of my "execution" of tasks from a todo view. I see outline more as >> planning and organizing, not seeing what I should work on. >> >> >> >> Lisa >> >> >> >> >> >> Michael G. >> >> >> >> On Sunday, July 15, 2012 9:51:04 AM UTC-4, Lisa S wrote: >> >> One way to skip a task, is to use "Hide-in-todo". Then the next task will >> become active. However, the "hide-in-todo" task never will, so you really >> are completely skipping it, not putting it off for later. >> >> >> >> If you are working only on the PC, you might consider another strategy, >> which is, don't use "complete in order" but then, in your views, use "Next >> Actions" in your actions filters. Next-Actions are the first in their >> folder that are active. That way, you can easily go back and forth between >> Next Actions and Active Actions views. >> >> >> >> Of course, this may present problems if you want most of your tasks to >> show everything but only certain projects to show next actions. You would >> need to use advanced filtering for this. >> >> >> >> (I thought there was an advanced criteria "NextAction is true/false" -- >> is my nonstandard version correct that this doesn't exist?) >> >> Lisa >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 1:04 AM, robisme <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> you shoul add a dependencie to the less important task. >> >> I mean : make the less important task waiting for the most important to >> be completed. >> >> >> Le jeudi 12 juillet 2012 04:08:02 UTC+2, Michael G. a écrit : >> >> Hi, >> >> I have templates set up for my projects and for the projects, I have >> "Complete subtasks in order" checked. This works fine but frequently I have >> "less important" tasks I have to skip and would like to show something that >> I want to work on next in the to-do list. I know I can move tasks up an >> down the list, but I like to keep them in order as I use folders >> to categorize tasks. Any suggestions on skipping a task or forcing another >> task to the the next action I work on? >> >> >> >> One other question, if I assign a due date to a task, is there any way to >> have this show in the to-do list even if it isn't the next task to be >> completed? 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