Why general projects that don't contain any active task for time being are shown on To-Do list?

[robert roszak]

I have few projects that currently have all tasks finished. In my opinion, they shouldn't then be visible on my To-Do list because they are not TASKS in general understanding. OK, I understand they are on TODO for me to check them 'finished', right? But assuming there's still next action I don't have figured out in a moment and I don't want to call project finished yet - how can I get rid of projects view on To-do list then?

[Dmitry_N]

You can make such projects "Folders" by checking the corresponding option in the properties pane.

[Dwight]

Good suggestion, Dmitry. Here's another: update project status to "suspended" and modify the advanced filter on your to-do list to exclude suspended projects.

[robisme]

You can set an advanced filter to avoid projects without incomplete task to be displayed

Le mercredi 7 novembre 2012 16:39:08 UTC+1, JimboDimbo a écrit :

Or...

Check 'Hide branch in ToDo' box or... decide when you want to look at it again and set the Start Date accordingly.

[Lisa Stroyan]

Others have given you ways to filter them out, but let me put in a plug for why they are that way. You said yourself that the project isn't "finished" -- that is exactly why it's still visible. 

So I would offer another alternative, which is simply to name (and think of) your projects differently. If you make the project task itself the "finish up" action for the project, then it makes more sense to have it in the view. For example, 

Instead of this, where you are left with a task (Paint the house) that is somewhat done but ambiguous:

Paint the house

         Buy paint

         Power wash

         Apply paint

You could try something like this:

"Finish house painting and clean up" (project name)

         Buy paint

         Power wash

         Paint the house

       

Or even:

"What needs to be done for house painting?"

         Buy paint

         Power wash

         Paint the house

         Clean up

Then, when the subtasks are finished you have an explicit task which you can postpone with start date, add more children and postpone those children with a start date, etc.

On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 12:13:34 PM UTC, robert roszak wrote:

I have few projects that currently have all tasks finished. In my opinion, they shouldn't then be visible on my To-Do list because they are not TASKS in general understanding. OK, I understand they are on TODO for me to check them 'finished', right? But assuming there's still next action I don't have figured out in a moment and I don't want to call project finished yet - how can I get rid of projects view on To-do list then?

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Lisa

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