I have a potential solution, Michael do you think this would work. i haven't explored this yet however There is the option to have a context show up in "to do filters". The #Timeframe could be selected to not show up, and the @People show up. Not sure if that works however. On Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 7:37:38 PM UTC+8 [email protected] wrote:
> BOTTOM LINE: I don’t think there is a way but I want you to know I thought > about it. > > > > HOW I’D PROBABLY DEAL WITH IT: I’d either not use contexts for both people > and dates, or else create two views: one grouped by dates and one grouped > by people. I don’t like that approach though; I hate switching views. > > > > DETAIL: Doubled “somethings” has always been a problem for me, not just in > this software but others. In all cases I eventually throw in the towel and > find a way to harness the power of something else. I don’t think it applies > to your situation, but one additional trick I use that you didn’t mention > is including the PERSON, in caps in the caption, and somehow filtering for > caption. Again, different situation. I use contexts for time, not place. > So when I want to do something in my Dudley office, I include DUDLEY in my > caption, and my Winchester view filters out any caption containing DUDLEY. > > > > > > Take Care, > > > > *Michael Emerald, CFA* > > > > *Performance Business Design* > > Owner, Business Strategy Consultant > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *John Tomson > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 1, 2021 23:54 > *To:* MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [MLO] Re: Include only contexts starting with # > > > > I am having the same issue. I don't use folders , but use contexts > instead of folders as putting tasks in folders is a huge pain in android. > however, i'm having difficulting filtering the tasks by contexts and > grouping by contexts > > > I have @ for people and also #Today #this week #later as well.. i have a > filter that shows me @People and then the #Today and #This Week > > I would like to see the group by contexts so i can group by '#today and > #whats next week. currently the results are doubled, 1 for #time and 1 for > @people > > would the filter by child help? I am using text tags and the flags > function already for other purposes. I am 'powering using' contexts in > replace of folders because android isn't very friendly to moving tasks > around. > > On Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 2:18:28 AM UTC+8 Edward D wrote: > > Ah text tags, good idea. I'm not using them for anything so could easily > just use them for people. > > > > Much appreciated Stéphane > > > On Sunday, 2 June 2019 22:23:37 UTC+1, Stéph wrote: > > Interesting problem. So you're grouping your filter results by Context. > You can't sort by Context, as that field can have more than one value. > Group by Context makes a result appear under whatever Contexts you have > assigned to it, so it can appear multiple times. > > > > Because you're using Contexts for more than one category of "thing" - eg > people and places, I can't think of a way of filtering and grouping to > solve your problem. Just one suggestion: Have you considered using Flags or > Text Tags to list the people involved in a task, instead? > > > > Stéphane > > On Saturday, 25 May 2019 23:14:35 UTC+1, Edward D wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm just messing around with my filters. > > > > I've moved all people based contexts to start with a # and left other > types with an @ > > > > What I'd like to do is create a view that will just return the # people > (I'm going to call it...people). > > > > Now I've got the basic part working (advanced filter, ContextsText starts > with '#') but I still get groups with the other contexts underneath ie if I > had a task such as > > > > Ring person A #PersonA @Phone > > > > I get an @Phone block at the bottom of my view as well as the #PersonA one > at the top. > > > > Normally this is the behaviour you'd want but the point of this view is > only for when I'm in people mode, the @ contexts aren't relevant. Obviously > this is just me wanting a perfect view (imagine having to just ignore the > groups at the bottom, terrible!) but hey, why not, is there any way around > it? > > > > PS I've tried blocking @ but that takes them out of the # groups as well > > > > Thanks, > > Edd > > -- > 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/20d00633-2350-453e-a43c-8da4e98ddb31n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/20d00633-2350-453e-a43c-8da4e98ddb31n%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/6eaf071f-72f3-4038-9dbf-958371c966e0n%40googlegroups.com.
