Thanks Stéph, but the point is that the next date isn't known in advance. I suppose you could set the auto next appointment for a really short period so it appeared later the same day. That would make it easy to find then change the date, but it's still a bit of a fudge.
Changing the date of the existing appointment is okay as long as you don't need a record of the completed appointment task, but no use if you do. Tolqua. On Thursday, 12 May 2016 15:29:21 UTC+1, Stéph wrote: > The mobile (iOS, and I hear Android) version has more limited options for > setting recurrence but, on the desktop version you can set recurrence to x > weeks after you check a task off as completed. You can always set that up > and then manually change the date if it doesn't occur on a strictly > consistent timescale. > > However, the way I do it is to just reset the start and due dates on my > task to the next occurrence, instead of checking off as completed. For the > record, I just make a note of the date of the last occurrence in the notes > of the task. That works for me, rather than checking off. > > Hope that helps, > Stéph > > > On Thursday, 12 May 2016 13:44:18 UTC+1, Tolqua wrote: > >> One of my Litmus tests for any task management system is the ease with >> which it handles recurrent ‘NONK’ (next occurrence not known) tasks. We >> all have these, they’re those regular tasks, usually appointments, where >> the next occurrence isn’t known until you’ve completed the current one. >> Appointments with your dentist, doctor, hairdresser, vet, pet-groomer, >> chiropodist and so on are common examples, but I’ve been amazed how many >> task managers don’t make the job of creating the next one a simple task. >> Many’s the time I’ve been given the next available date and had to take the >> appointment card and do it later when I’m back at my desk because it’s just >> too clumsy to do it on the phone app. This is an obvious point of failure >> – if it’s not done there and then it’s easily forgotten. >> >> >> >> It should be a simple job to make a copy of the current appointment then >> just enter the new time and date, but despite the common nature of this >> scenario it’s rarely catered for in an efficient and elegant way. Ideally >> a ‘Complete and Create Next’ button would be available straight from the >> reminder, but in practice it’s never that easy. >> >> >> How do I handle NONK tasks in MLO? >> >> Tolqua. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/d1445056-5014-47bb-bd3b-63a0dcd86e29%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
