Thanks for the suggestion! We will definitely take it into account.
On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 2:52:32 AM UTC+3, Lasse Pedersen wrote:
>
> 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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