Just to expand a bit on Dwight's explanation, view = a saved set of: action filter + contexts + grouping + sorting + advanced filter. The filter is not redundant with the view, it's a part of it. The name, "Active Actions" view, is just a description to indicate that this view (probably) uses the "Active" filter. You could call it whatever you want. I have renamed many of my views to what I want to do with them, because my brain works better that way.
But if you were going to properly describe the Active Actions *view*, it would be something like "Active Actions sorted by Computed Score, All contexts, Grouped by nothing," Think of the view like a funnel (ok, not the best analogy but my brain isn't working well this morning). The Action filter is the top of the funnel, and only let's certain tasks pass through. After that, the Contexts filter is applied, then the Advanced filter, removing more tasks from what will go into your view. The remaining tasks are then grouped and sorted as specified by the view to create the list. The view is the set of all of these steps. (Note for more advanced view creators: There is a bit of a redundancy between the Action Filter & Contexts and the Advanced Filter. It's a matter of whether you want tasks filtered at the top of the funnel, or with more precise criteria at the bottom of the funnel). Lisa On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:10 PM, TotheMoonAlice <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having a hard time understanding the difference between filters and > views in the ToDo list. > > I understand views contain filter settings and can be edited and saved, but > it seems there's redundancy between them. -- Lisa ________________________________ Lisa Stroyan, 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.
