Thanks for the answer. I will try that out.
(I would not have figured this out on my own - perhaps also a good idea to
make a comment in the documentation about how "contains" work in this
respect).
On Friday, 7 April 2017 15:45:42 UTC+2, Alyona (MLO) wrote:
>
> Sorry for the delay, Lasse.
>
> It cannot be done with 'does not contain' rule indeed since it works with
> sub-contexts only. To filter out tasks by a parent context you need to use
> the sub-rule 'contains'. Here are the steps:
>
> 1. In 'Filter' menu go to Add Advanced > Setup
> 2. Add Rule > Add sub-rule
> 3. Select from a drop-down list:
> Contexts - contains - <Parent context>
> 4. For the rule select 'NOT' in the first field.
> 5. Click 'Ok'
>
> So the opposite can be achieved through excluding the group of contexts
> from the total amount of tasks.
>
> I've attached a screenshot ('@Home' used as a parent context)
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Alyona Grechka
>
>
> On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 12:57:33 AM UTC+3, Lasse Pedersen wrote:
>>
>> *BUMP* Support, any feedback on this one?
>> Rgds.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, 27 March 2017 01:51:54 UTC+2, Lasse Pedersen wrote:
>>>
>>> I have often used the rule "does contain" for contexts in advanced
>>> filters, ie. to focus only on a group of contexts, by organizing them in a
>>> group with a parent context. And then only targetting the parent context in
>>> the filter.
>>>
>>> Now I have the need to do the opposite - filter OUT a similar group of
>>> contexts with the "does not contain" rule. I refer to the parent context in
>>> the same fashion, but this does not seem to change anything.
>>> Only specific targeting of each (sub-)context works, apparently.
>>>
>>> Can Support or others confirm that it is like this? Or am I doing
>>> something wrong somewhere?
>>> (I sure hope I am doing something wrong - it is very surprising to me if
>>> there is this difference).
>>>
>>
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