Is it possible to create an alarm Task that goes off: every hour, only during working hours?
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John . Smith
Dec 20, 2016, 2:11:47 PM12/20/16
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Hello
I want to create a task that acts as an alarm repeating as follows:
- Only on weekdays
- Only during working hours
- Every hour
Is such a thing possible?
J
MG
Dec 21, 2016, 5:36:06 PM12/21/16
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Hello,
In addiction to this issue, I would like to know if there is a way the tasks get filtered according to the time they are intended t be accomplished?
I know it is possible in MLO Desktop.
Is it on Android or iOS versions?
How?
Thank you
MG
Dwight
Dec 23, 2016, 10:49:41 PM12/23/16
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Hi, John.
1. Assuming that there are 40 working hours per week, you could create 40 tasks, the first one for Monday 9:00, then one for Monday 10:00 and so on up to Monday 17:00, then Tuesday 9:00, and so on up to Fridat 17:00. Give each one a weekly recurrence and set the reminder as appropriate.
2. Create a single task and give it a single context, lets call it >Workhours. Define the schedule hours for this context so that it is open during weekday workhours. Set the recurrence for one hour after completion, and set reminders how you like. The task will appear once per hour as long as you remember to promptly mark it completed when the alarm sounds. Ideally the reminder would only appear at the times that the task appears but somehow I doubt that it would work cleanly. (Monday at 17:00 the task will recurr for Monday at 18:00. Monday at 1800 the start time is reached but the task remains inactive and therefore hidden because the context is closed. The task will appear again Tuesday at 09:00 when the context opens. Will this prevent the reminder from sounding Monday at 18:00 and cause it to sound Tuesday at 09:00 instead? Probably not.)
1. Assuming that there are 40 working hours per week, you could create 40 tasks, the first one for Monday 9:00, then one for Monday 10:00 and so on up to Monday 17:00, then Tuesday 9:00, and so on up to Fridat 17:00. Give each one a weekly recurrence and set the reminder as appropriate.
2. Create a single task and give it a single context, lets call it >Workhours. Define the schedule hours for this context so that it is open during weekday workhours. Set the recurrence for one hour after completion, and set reminders how you like. The task will appear once per hour as long as you remember to promptly mark it completed when the alarm sounds. Ideally the reminder would only appear at the times that the task appears but somehow I doubt that it would work cleanly. (Monday at 17:00 the task will recurr for Monday at 18:00. Monday at 1800 the start time is reached but the task remains inactive and therefore hidden because the context is closed. The task will appear again Tuesday at 09:00 when the context opens. Will this prevent the reminder from sounding Monday at 18:00 and cause it to sound Tuesday at 09:00 instead? Probably not.)
Dwight
Dec 23, 2016, 11:01:51 PM12/23/16
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Hi, MG. The easiest way to do this is to code the date (& time?) when you want to complete each task into the task completion date/time, then use a view like "due next 7 days" or "due next 30 days". Is this what you had in mind? If not, please write back and explain how you do it on Windows and someone should be able to tell you how to do it on mobile. If you write back, please start a new thread because this thread is about hourly alarms.
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