Re: [MLO] Help me with parameters for Advanced Filters
Thank you Dwight! #2 It doesn't filter out, you filter in is what has been messing me up all this time. I just gave up on trying to exclude what I was trying to exclude. This is a huge help! Susannah On Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 11:18:28 AM UTC-4 Dwight wrote: > Grant asks how to modify a view using Advanced Filters to filter out tasks > with a start time greater than four hours in the future. I'm spelling out > the entire process, including steps that Grant may already know or may have > already performed, in order to make this tutorial more useful to other > people. > > >1. Find starting view >Find a view which shows exactly what you want except for the fact that >future tasks are still included > >2. Write a precise description of what you want >MLO uses a "pass filter". It doesn't filter out, you filter in. Don't >describe what you want to exclude, rather you should describe what you > want >to keep. Grant wants to exclude tasks that start more than four hours in >the future. That (probably) means that he wants to keep tasks that >have a start time on or before four hours from now, and also tasks that do >not have a start time > >3. Bring up the view definition >Look at the sidebar on the left side of your screen. Look at the title >at the top. If it's the name of the view you selected in step one, go to >step 3. The title of the left sidebar will be either the name of some > other >view or the word "views. If you see a view name as the title, click on it >and it will switch to "views". Now, scroll down the sidebar until you find >the name of the view you selected in step one. Click on it. The main >display will switch to show your selected view. Finally go back up to the >sidebar title (should still say "views" and click on it. The sidebar title >should now show the name of the view you selected. > >4. *Bring up the advanced filter* >The sidebar shows the specifications for your selected view. The >specifications are shown in sections. The first one is called "general". >scan down until you find a section called "Advanced." In this section, you >will find a checkbox called "Add Advanced". Click it to check it. The >button called "Setup" will brighten up and become available. Click it to >bring up a window called "setup advanced filtering". > >5. *Add a rule* >Click the blue plus in the menu bar. A new rule appears: it looks like >a checkbox followed by four control boxes and three icons > >6. *Translate your requirement statement to a formula* >Your formula should make use of field names known to MLO. Click on the >first control box after the check box for a list of field names. For a >definition of any of the field names, consult the MLO documentation, but >many of them are self explanatory. In this case we want "StartDateTime". >Click on the field you want and then click into the second box to find out >the tests that are available for this field. Translate the requirement you >wrote in step 2 to a formula using the field names and tests that you have >found. In Grant's case that would be "StartDateTime on-or-before >four-hours-from-now or StartDateTime does-not-exist" . Now go back and >clear out all of the control boxes so they are blank like when you > started. >If necessary, click the red dash (minus sign) at the end of the line to >delete it and the blue plus to get a new blank line. If the boxes have > gone >away leaving a formula in their place, *triple click* the formula to >turn it back into boxes (i.e. make it editable), hit the red minus at the >end of the line to delete the line and the blue plus for a new line. > >7. *Enter your first test* >The first test in Grant's formula is "StartDateTime on-or-before >four-hours-from-now". In the first box after the check, select >"StartDateTime". In the second box, select "on or before". In the third >box, type "Now + 4h". The conjunction is either And versus Or. In this >case, we want tasks with early start times and also task with no start >times, so the conjunction is "OR" - passing one test or the other test > will >do. Select "or" in the last box. > >8. *Enter your second test* >Click the blue plus at the end of the line to add a second line. The >formula is "StartDateTime does-not-exist". Enter this in the first two >boxes. The third box is not needed and it will vanish. > >9. *Save your work* >Click the OK button at the bottom of the advanced filtering window to >save your filter. Then, at the bottom of the left sidebar find a button >that says something about saving or discarding. You want it to say "save >view as". If it doesn't, click the arrow at the right edge of the button, >and
[MLO] Just wanted to say how wonderful is MLO! + ask for fetures
I use MLO now for many years now. It helps me organize my life and my job :-) It is great. I would suggest these features: - Gantt chart - Linux and Mac versions (or even better WEB-APP version) - the ability to work in groups. Thanks for a great product! -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/b59b59fb-aa9b-4d5c-9299-01b63e71b7dcn%40googlegroups.com.
[MLO] Re: Managing a Read/Watch List
I manage my read/watch list. It isn't 100% but works for me. I have an Area folder and inside that I have an Active Folder, a Prioritized Folder, and a Revisit Folder. When I have a book I am reading or have decided I am reading soon - I make a task in the Active folder Book: Title by author. If I have more than one I put them each in there and then set dependency to make them show up in order (I rarely read more than one at a time) - ex book 2 depends on book 1 being checked off. I put my comments in the notes field. If I just want to read it someday it goes in the prioritized folder which doesn't show up as an active task until it gets moved to active. Then after I read the book or watch I check it off when finished or if it is a really good one that I want to read again I move it to the revisit folder. Nothing in the Prioritized or the Revisit folders shows up on active tasks. I also use this for courses, movies, webinars, The one thing I don't like about doing it this way is when you look at checked off books I wish they were in order that I read them. I still haven't quite figured out how the ordering works. But I do like that everything is searchable, if I want to see all of my books I can search for "Book:". Susannah On Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 2:44:08 AM UTC-4 ckle...@gmail.com wrote: > I have a "Read/Watch List" I keep outside of MLO, but I'd like to import > it and manage it inside MLO. > > My Read/Watch List is simply a list of media (books, movies, YouTube > videos, etc.) that I would like to consume at some point in the future. > > Does anybody else do something like this? What approach do you think would > be best for this inside MLO? > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/589d821a-e842-4781-83a9-7b038b66b7e5n%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [MLO] Help me with parameters for Advanced Filters
Grant asks how to modify a view using Advanced Filters to filter out tasks with a start time greater than four hours in the future. I'm spelling out the entire process, including steps that Grant may already know or may have already performed, in order to make this tutorial more useful to other people. Find starting view Find a view which shows exactly what you want except for the fact that future tasks are still included Write a precise description of what you want MLO uses a "pass filter". It doesn't filter out, you filter in. Don't describe what you want to exclude, rather you should describe what you want to keep. Grant wants to exclude tasks that start more than four hours in the future. That (probably) means that he wants to keep tasks that have a start time on or before four hours from now, and also tasks that do not have a start time Bring up the view definition Look at the sidebar on the left side of your screen. Look at the title at the top. If it's the name of the view you selected in step one, go to step 3. The title of the left sidebar will be either the name of some other view or the word "views. If you see a view name as the title, click on it and it will switch to "views". Now, scroll down the sidebar until you find the name of the view you selected in step one. Click on it. The main display will switch to show your selected view. Finally go back up to the sidebar title (should still say "views" and click on it. The sidebar title should now show the name of the view you selected. Bring up the advanced filter The sidebar shows the specifications for your selected view. The specifications are shown in sections. The first one is called "general". scan down until you find a section called "Advanced." In this section, you will find a checkbox called "Add Advanced". Click it to check it. The button called "Setup" will brighten up and become available. Click it to bring up a window called "setup advanced filtering". Add a rule Click the blue plus in the menu bar. A new rule appears: it looks like a checkbox followed by four control boxes and three icons Translate your requirement statement to a formula Your formula should make use of field names known to MLO. Click on the first control box after the check box for a list of field names. For a definition of any of the field names, consult the MLO documentation, but many of them are self explanatory. In this case we want "StartDateTime". Click on the field you want and then click into the second box to find out the tests that are available for this field. Translate the requirement you wrote in step 2 to a formula using the field names and tests that you have found. In Grant's case that would be "StartDateTime on-or-before four-hours-from-now or StartDateTime does-not-exist" . Now go back and clear out all of the control boxes so they are blank like when you started. If necessary, click the red dash (minus sign) at the end of the line to delete it and the blue plus to get a new blank line. If the boxes have gone away leaving a formula in their place, triple click the formula to turn it back into boxes (i.e. make it editable), hit the red minus at the end of the line to delete the line and the blue plus for a new line. Enter your first test The first test in Grant's formula is "StartDateTime on-or-before four-hours-from-now". In the first box after the check, select "StartDateTime". In the second box, select "on or before". In the third box, type "Now + 4h". The
Re: [MLO] Help me with parameters for Advanced Filters
Hi, Grant, I will break it down for you, I will send it to you some time this morning. -Dwight On 9/10/2020 08:10, Grant wrote: Hi, I want to filter out all tasks with a start date more than 4 hours from now (along with a few other conditions for other fields). In advanced filtering there is StartDateTime, but I can not figure out how to have this ´always 4 hours ahead´value as opposed to a specific time or date, or the functions Today, Today+1, etc. I saw one thread that mentioned that I could use ´Before´ ´Now+4h´ but I can not figure out a way to enter this. I also looked for a help file or manual on the details around using advanced filter, but could not find anything - is there something? Thanks all! Grant -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/96714c2e-7876-4e7a-829c-2760322cbbafn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/03ba6c23-7b9a-3cd3-61ce-8432eca6ffaa%40gmail.com.
[MLO] Help me with parameters for Advanced Filters
Hi, I want to filter out all tasks with a start date more than 4 hours from now (along with a few other conditions for other fields). In advanced filtering there is StartDateTime, but I can not figure out how to have this ´always 4 hours ahead´value as opposed to a specific time or date, or the functions Today, Today+1, etc. I saw one thread that mentioned that I could use ´Before´ ´Now+4h´ but I can not figure out a way to enter this. I also looked for a help file or manual on the details around using advanced filter, but could not find anything - is there something? Thanks all! Grant -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/96714c2e-7876-4e7a-829c-2760322cbbafn%40googlegroups.com.
[MLO] Managing a Read/Watch List
I have a "Read/Watch List" I keep outside of MLO, but I'd like to import it and manage it inside MLO. My Read/Watch List is simply a list of media (books, movies, YouTube videos, etc.) that I would like to consume at some point in the future. Does anybody else do something like this? What approach do you think would be best for this inside MLO? -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/17f164c7-6597-4aa0-9452-c12d6757460an%40googlegroups.com.
