Weekend Date filter

[Pro Boxing Dad]

Essentially, I would like a running view that is "Weekend Chores". Chores, of course is a context, but I am unable to find any sort of Date filter that is dynamic enough so that it is day-based. 

I think it would be a strong enhancement to create a new value in the StartDate and DueDate filters

Operator =IS

Values=Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday. Friday, Saturday, Sunday

This way I can create a view that is within a certain date range and IS 'Sunday' OR 'Sunday'

Or, I can create a view that shows me what I have due on the next three Mondays and Thursdays etc.

If this is available and I'm missing it please let me know. Thx

[Alyona (MLO Support)]

Did you know that contexts can be closed/open depending on schedule you set up for them (Tools->Manage contexts-> select the context-> Hours)? Your "Weekend Chores" context can be open on Saturday and Sunday so all the tasks with this context won't be active on weekdays and won't be present in your To-Do list on Mo-Fr. You are always able to filter out tasks by the "Weekend Chores" context even when it's closed. Just make sure "Include closed" is checked.

[Dwight]

Hi, Dad. I agree that it would be useful to be able to filter tasks that
start on any Wednesday, etc. I don't see any way to do that now, and
your proposal is a good solution.

Meanwhile I would like to mention how I am managing the concept of
weekend chores. I have a context ">WeekendChores" which is open from 4pm
Friday until 10pm Sunday and a context ">WeekdayChores" which is closed
when the weekend context is open and vice versa. This way I can easily
view the tasks I have coming up for the next weekend.

-Dwight

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[MG]

Dwight,

Thank you.

By the way, can you please share how you choose the advanced filter options for this open/closed contexts you mentioned?

I tried several ways but still not having my tasks the way I want: I mean, there are contexts not included in the advanced filter which tasks (the ones I do not want to show) show up.

Thanks in advance.

[Dwight]

Hi, MG. It seems that you are asking a pretty broad question, like perhaps you might be looking for a comprehensive guide to how to write a filter. I definitely don't have time to try to deal with that today. Maybe you could ask Alonya if such a guide exists already.

On the other hand, maybe you could narrow down the request for me. Send a screen capture of a filter you wrote and a screen capture of the task list it produced and tell me what's wrong with the view is creates and what you would like to see instead.

[MG]

Hi Dwight,

What I need to know is, how to automate the display of tasks with closed/open contexts in Android?

I scheduled some contexts so the tasks they are associated with display at a certain time, but their are still displaying (the tasks with closed contexts) in the filtered view.

I figured out it functions on MLO Desktop, but when writing the same rules in Android or IOS, the view display the tasks with closed contexts, I mean it gets no hidden.

Another thing is, when in MLO Desktop, if I try Advanced Filter to filter only those tasks with closed contexts I choose (whitout additional rules), it returns a blank view.

What am I doing wrong in both cases, the one with Android and IOS and this last one?

Thank you