recurring task sequence

[Liz]

is there a way to have recurring tasks show up at the bottom of my to do list when it is time for them to recur?  i keep having the same few things appear at the top and don't always make it through my list.

[M. Leigh Bender]

I have a workaround that I've implemented to accomplish this. Most of my recurring tasks are routine things I need to do to keep everything operating smoothly. I added a text tag to all these items called "Routine". When I set  my daily task list, I group by Top level Folder (Personal and Work) then group by text tag. This shows the items I want to accomplish that day on the top for each area with the routine things below that. I have a number of other filters in place to limit/focus the number of things to do for that day (star, importance, weekly goal, etc.)

The only issue with this is that it doesn't work on my android since you can't do multiple groupings on the mobile app.

Leigh

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:00 PM Liz <erk...@gmail.com> wrote:

is there a way to have recurring tasks show up at the bottom of my to do list when it is time for them to recur?  i keep having the same few things appear at the top and don't always make it through my list.

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Respectfully,

Leigh

[Dwight]

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 5:00:50 AM UTC-4, Liz wrote:

is there a way to have recurring tasks show up at the bottom of my to do list when it is time for them to recur?  i keep having the same few things appear at the top and don't always make it through my list.

 

Hi, Liz.

on windows: Bring up the view filter specs in the left had side panel. Find the section that says "group & Sort" and click on the button that says "group by". In the hierarchy of groups that you see, find the highest one that says "none" then click on the word "none" and from the menu that pops up click "recurrence". Make sure that the "ascending" button after "recurrence" is set. It should now look something like this:

click "ok"

You will now have a group of non-recurring tasks, followed by groups for hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly recurring tasks. If you don't like this, go to the bottom of the left side panel and click the "discard changes" button. If you want to make this permanent, click the arrow next to "discard changes" and select "save view"

If there's anything above that you don't know how to do, write back and ask for step-by-step directions.

-Dwight 

[Susannah]

Dwight,

That would work great except that most of my reoccurring are projects with subtasks.  It puts those subtasks as having a recurrence of none.  Is there anyway to group on the parrent tasks recurrence status instead of the task itself?

Thanks,

Susannah

[Michel V]

Liz,

Not knowing if you are already using the "Importance" or "Urgency" fields, you could use one of them to accomplish your goal. Ex.: All next tasks are "Importance - Normal" by default. You could make your recurring tasks "Less" and then Sort Descending based on that field.

Michel

[Dwight Arthur]

There's no filter that I know of that says "if parent is recurring"

I'm not sure if this would help you, but here is something that you may not have discovered yet. Make a view that shows only the recurring projects with subtasks. Then, in the filter panel on the left, in the GENERAL section (probably at the top) find the HIERARCHY button and set it to YES. Do you see a button just a little to the right that says "Config?" If not, try dragging the right edge of the sidebar to the right to make it bigger. When you get the Config button, turn on inclusion of children and turn off inclusion of parents. You might want to click on "set children filter" and set filters like start date has already arrived or will arrive next week or there is no start date, or set a cutoff for importance or exclude certain contexts

This will give you a list of all the children (that pass your filter) of all the projects. I get the sense that you want two sections in one view, nonrepeating versus repeating, possibly with different filters, groupings, or sorts. I don't know how to do that. It may be possible with very clever multilayer grouping and fancy advanced filters. If I really need that I usually turn on the "multiple instances" setting in Options>Behaviour and then set up two horizontal windows, one above the other, with MLO running in both but showing different views. This can be really productive, but takes a while to set up and the next time you star MLO (eg after a reboot) you have to do it all over again, so I dont usually do this unless I really, really need it

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[Susannah]

Thanks!  I will give those suggestions a try.

Susannah

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