Thanks! I will give those suggestions a try. Susannah
On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 11:04:14 AM UTC-4, Dwight wrote: > > There's no filter that I know of that says "if parent is recurring" > > I'm not sure if this would help you, but here is something that you may > not have discovered yet. Make a view that shows only the recurring projects > with subtasks. Then, in the filter panel on the left, in the GENERAL > section (probably at the top) find the HIERARCHY button and set it to YES. > Do you see a button just a little to the right that says "Config?" If not, > try dragging the right edge of the sidebar to the right to make it bigger. > When you get the Config button, turn on inclusion of children and turn off > inclusion of parents. You might want to click on "set children filter" and > set filters like start date has already arrived or will arrive next week or > there is no start date, or set a cutoff for importance or exclude certain > contexts > > This will give you a list of all the children (that pass your filter) of > all the projects. I get the sense that you want two sections in one view, > nonrepeating versus repeating, possibly with different filters, groupings, > or sorts. I don't know how to do that. It may be possible with very clever > multilayer grouping and fancy advanced filters. If I really need that I > usually turn on the "multiple instances" setting in Options>Behaviour and > then set up two horizontal windows, one above the other, with MLO running > in both but showing different views. This can be really productive, but > takes a while to set up and the next time you star MLO (eg after a reboot) > you have to do it all over again, so I dont usually do this unless I > really, really need it > > Dwight, > That would work great except that most of my reoccurring are projects with > subtasks. It puts those subtasks as having a recurrence of none. Is there > anyway to group on the parrent tasks recurrence status instead of the task > itself? > Thanks, > Susannah > > On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 8:44:38 PM UTC-4, Dwight wrote: >> >> On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 5:00:50 AM UTC-4, Liz wrote: >>> >>> is there a way to have recurring tasks show up at the bottom of my to do >>> list when it is time for them to recur? i keep having the same few things >>> appear at the top and don't always make it through my list. >>> >> >> >> >> Hi, Liz. >> >> on windows: Bring up the view filter specs in the left had side panel. >> Find the section that says "group & Sort" and click on the button that says >> "group by". In the hierarchy of groups that you see, find the highest one >> that says "none" then click on the word "none" and from the menu that pops >> up click "recurrence". Make sure that the "ascending" button after >> "recurrence" is set. It should now look something like this: >> >> click "ok" >> >> You will now have a group of non-recurring tasks, followed by groups for >> hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly recurring tasks. If you don't >> like this, go to the bottom of the left side panel and click the "discard >> changes" button. If you want to make this permanent, click the arrow next >> to "discard changes" and select "save view" >> >> If there's anything above that you don't know how to do, write back and >> ask for step-by-step directions. >> -Dwight >> > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/d7dcf147-ff26-4ddc-8a6f-e49cf0549a6fo%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/d7dcf147-ff26-4ddc-8a6f-e49cf0549a6fo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/2744550e-554d-4941-9906-3454873967dbo%40googlegroups.com.
