Hi, Nishant. You have focused in on what is probably the most confusing
aspect of Advanced Rules and you have done a surprisingly accurate
analysis of it.
The ActiveAction advanced filter is different from the Actions:Active
general filter. One of the seven conditions tested by Actions:Active is
start date/time, if any, must not be in the future. ActiveActions does
not include this test, it tests only six of the seven conditions that
can make an item inactive. Put another way, the Actions:Active general
filter tests for tasks that are active now, while the ActiveActions
advanced filter tests for tasks that will become active in the future.
If you want to filter for items that are active right now, using
advanced filters, the spec is ((ActiveAction) AND ((StartDateTime
onOrBefore Now) OR (StartDateTime doesNotExist)))
A work on constants: NOW is the exactly current time and date. TODAY is
today's date but the time is midnight as of the beginning of today.
TODAY+1 is tomorrow's date but the time is midnight as of the beginning
of tomorrow. TODAY+1 is essentially the same thing as the end of today.
So,
To include tasks that will start between now and the end of today, the
spec is
((StartDateTime onOrAfter Now) AND (StartDateTime onOrBefore Today+1))
-Dwight
On 6/22/2016 2:31 PM, Nishant Tharani wrote:
Hi,
I'm having trouble using the advanced rules system to filter out a
specific type of task - one that starts today, but at a time in the
future (eg at 11pm today, when it's 6pm right now).
If I use the 'general' panel of the Filter window, I notice that this
action disappears when I select 'Actions: Active', and reappears when
I select 'Actions: All'. It also appears in black text instead of the
green text for other actions with a start time in the past. This leads
me to believe that the action is not an active action, so I can filter
it that way.
But, when I used the advanced rules panel to add a rule specifying
that only Active Actions be shown ('ActiveAction is true'), the task
remains visible. So does the advanced rules section have a different
definition of 'Active Action' than the general section of the Filter
panel?
(Due to other filters I have set up, I can't simply use the General
'Actions: Active' setting to filter this action out, but I assume the
same functionality should be possible using the more powerful Advanced
rules window).
Hopefully that made sense - any help appreciated!
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