Oops..I forgot to say you that every floating task can have 1 predecessor (i.e. another tast to be completed before the current task can be scheduled).
Il giorno giovedì 6 luglio 2017 19:36:49 UTC+2, Roberto Penzo ha scritto: > > I have no problem to share the whole Excel file. Let me only insert also > the floating recurring tasks. > > Obviously it is "as is": no full control of user entries. Example: if you > insert a text as date, it runs a Excel exception. > > But as a matter of pleasure, I can share it. You can also inspect the > code. The variable names are in italian. > > If someone is interested in converting it in a app I will be happy. > > Il giorno giovedì 6 luglio 2017 19:07:41 UTC+2, Stéph ha scritto: >> >> All that hard work! You should find a way to hard code it as an app which >> you can sell. >> >> >> On Wednesday, 5 July 2017 22:29:10 UTC+1, Roberto Penzo wrote: >> >>> Dear sirs, finally I decided to make my own scheduler by using Excel via >>> Visual Basic Assitant. >>> I admit that it was a hard work (=several nights!) and I have not >>> finished it: I am adding the recurring tasks. >>> >>> The idea is simple, the implementation not so much. >>> >>> I made a task table containing two types of tasks: >>> >>> -fixed tasks (APPOINTMENTS: date+hour and duration) >>> -floating tasks (only duration + eventually a not-before-than-date and >>> eventually a not-after-than-date). These tasks are to be done when no >>> appointments are on. >>> >>> I also made a table of my personal working timeslots (different >>> timeslots on each weekday). >>> >>> Then, when I press the button "PLAN!", my macro generates a plan >>> time-ordered table of tasks with start date and time for each task: the >>> fixed tasks are simply copied with the original date. On the free pieces of >>> the working timeslots (free=not occupied by fixed tasks) the program places >>> the floating tasks (eventually in pieces-serie form of them) in order to >>> completely fill the working timeslots. The planning order of the floating >>> tasks reflects the order of the task table containing the floating tasks, >>> so I can give to each floating tasks a priority, agains the other, simply >>> moving a task up or down. >>> >>> When the planned end datetime of a floating task exceeds its >>> not-after-than-date, a red signal is added on the plan date. This signal >>> suggests me to re-evaluate the priority of the floating tasks, so as to >>> avoid the delays. >>> >>> Now I am adding also the function of recurring floating tasks. >>> >>> ------ >>> >>> I am using this solution for work and home, with two different task >>> lists and working tìmeslots. This solution is very effective for me, >>> because I can really forecast the dates of each floating task and change >>> the priorities by evaluating the previous plan, assuming that I get a good >>> extimation of the durations of the floating tasks. >>> >>> Bye. >>> >>> >>> Il giorno martedì 4 luglio 2017 00:22:01 UTC+2, Nick Clark ha scritto: >>>> >>>> One thing that I think would help with scheduling tasks is for MLO to >>>> have an additional date field for Expected/Planned Do Date. This would >>>> enable views to be setup that list all that's to be done on dates ahead >>>> while still retaining the Due Date as the date past which the task is no >>>> longer valid. >>>> This was discussed some years back but no conclusion was reached. It >>>> would need to cater for tasks with no Due Date, and also with recurring >>>> tasks, so programming would not be trivial. >>>> At present I tend to used Due Date for this, which is about >>>> unsatisfactory. >>>> >>> -- 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 mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. 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/fda72000-7a5c-4085-ae6a-1c39e4964604%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
