Can not get Calendar to repeat task on my Google Calendar

[Elaine Schlung]

When using calendar and wanting to repeat a task weekly it will not work.  I have clicked the correct settings; i.e. Repeat, Weekly, Tuesday, Ends on Never.  It will not show up on my Google Calendar weekly (only the first date I entered)  I can make it Repeat weekly through my Google calendar functions but cannot do it through GQueues.  I don't want to have to go to my Google Calendar every time to make it repeat.  Am I doing something wrong?

[timmo]

For tasks that repeat, you will only see the 1st occurrence of it in both Google Calendar and in GQueues itself.  Create a test weekly repeating task, then delete it to see what I mean.  Soon thereafter when the Calendar refreshes itself (or after GQueues refreshes), you will see the task automatically appear the following week.  You can't see all recurring items out into the future until the most recent one is marked as complete (or via delete in Google Calendar).  I actually like it working this way so that my calendar isn't cluttered.  In the future he may offer an option to let it work the way you want with how it appears in the Calendar, but not at this point.

TIP: Create your recurring tasks in GQueues itself so that you get a symbol before the task that you can also see in Google Calendar to let you know that it's a recurring item.  It looks like a triangle before the task.  This is nice when you view everything in Google Calendar so that you can visually see what is a recurring item vs. just a one-off task to complete.  (I don't believe you get the symbol before recurring items if you set it up in Google Calendar, so that is why I always setup recurring items in GQueues itself.)

I hope this answers your question.

-Tim

[Darin Ray]

Timmo,

I would like to endorse having recurring events show for each occurrence in the calendar, not just the next occurrence only.  For those that understand that proper planning projects days and even weeks into the future, it is inconstant to have a blank on tomorrow's schedule where an event should be but won't until you have checked it off today.  For planning and scheduling purposes, they should all show up.

Also, separate queues that correspond to the separate Google calendars would be a Godsend.  It is vital that the tasks' corresponding colors are depicted on the calendar rather than all of the tasks glommed into one calendar.

Thank you.

[timmo]

An option to indicate how to handle recurring items would be nice to give people the choice of how they want them displayed on Google Calendar.  I believe Cameron has this on his list of potential enhancements, so perhaps this flexibility will be added in the future.

For multiple calendars, personally I would like to have 2: 1 for "Personal" queues, and 1 for "Work" queues (so that i can easily separate work from personal when looking at my calendar).

-T

[Robert Zemcik]

Yeah, I support these requests:

- separate calendars
- switchable visibility of repeated events

R.

[Alberto Cabas Vidani]

I also +1 this idea.

I have several tasks that repeat daily. But since I see only the first one, when I look at my Calendar I have to remember how much time these tasks occupy.

[Krewe]

I absolutely support this request. 

My main personal use case is medical.  When standing at a doctor's reception desk to schedule a followup appointment, I absolutely need to know what's on my plate for all future days.  So I have to use Calendar to schedule repeats, crippling my use of Gqueues.

Moreover, not being able to see repeating tasks in the calendar for a mission critical business process sets that process up for failure.

This is a glaring deficiency in my opinion.  I would like to introduce GQueues at work when I am over this medical detour in my life, but cannot justify doing so without this deficiency addressed.

Cameron, thank you in advance for listening and considering this suggestion.

Krewe

[Jeannine Holmes]

I too would LOVE to see this adjustment to repeated tasks.  Having repeated tasks show up in the future is critical for planning/scheduling (for me).  I would also love to see an ability to make adjustments to a single instance of a repeated task without the adjustment affecting the rest of the repeated tasks scheduled.  An option to apply changes just to the one instance or to all repeated instances of a task would be great!

I am just in the trial phase of GQueues but am really liking it so far!

[Mary]

Yes, GQueues is worthless if it doesn't show the recurring tasks!