Filter recent postponed activities
papzadsl says:
I use RTM on a daliy basis as an attorney. The one thing I need help about is a way to filter the tasks to the ones recently postponed.
This is the scenario: during my day at the courthouse I check with multiple offices to see if tasks about my clients are done; sometimes (oftentimes, that is), the office hasn't done what it should have, and I postpone the task later in the week/month, and it disappears from my "today" list with no easy way to have a quick recap view to know what I did on my morning spent at the courthouse.
Now, before any remark: I'm italian, and italian judiciary system sucks, so yes, simple tasks that the offices should complete in a day often take way more, forcing me to postpone my tasks A LOT. Hence my need to this particular filter.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Francesco
This is the scenario: during my day at the courthouse I check with multiple offices to see if tasks about my clients are done; sometimes (oftentimes, that is), the office hasn't done what it should have, and I postpone the task later in the week/month, and it disappears from my "today" list with no easy way to have a quick recap view to know what I did on my morning spent at the courthouse.
Now, before any remark: I'm italian, and italian judiciary system sucks, so yes, simple tasks that the offices should complete in a day often take way more, forcing me to postpone my tasks A LOT. Hence my need to this particular filter.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Francesco
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
I'm not exactly sure what kind of tasks you would like to view later, but RTM tracks the postponed count for you, which you can search for with the postponed: operator.
For example, you can search for tasks that have been postponed more than 3 times that were added more than a week ago: postponed:">3" AND NOT addedWithin:"1 week of today"
Hope this helps! If you're having trouble searching for anything, let me know what you're trying to filter out.
For example, you can search for tasks that have been postponed more than 3 times that were added more than a week ago: postponed:">3" AND NOT addedWithin:"1 week of today"
Hope this helps! If you're having trouble searching for anything, let me know what you're trying to filter out.
papzadsl says:
Thanks for the answer, Andrewski. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve my problem.
I try to elaborate: I'd like to have a view of my RECENTLY postponed tasks (e.g., tasks I've postponed in the last X hours or X days), so that I can have a quick look on things I've "partially" done during the day.
In fact, I postpone tasks to the day after as well as to a month after; therefore, there's no easy preset view that let me know those tasks in a list.
As far as my logical operators knowledge goes, I'd solve my issue with an "postponedWithin:" operator.
Would adding this be doable, or is there any known workaround?
I hope I clarified things a bit.
I try to elaborate: I'd like to have a view of my RECENTLY postponed tasks (e.g., tasks I've postponed in the last X hours or X days), so that I can have a quick look on things I've "partially" done during the day.
In fact, I postpone tasks to the day after as well as to a month after; therefore, there's no easy preset view that let me know those tasks in a list.
As far as my logical operators knowledge goes, I'd solve my issue with an "postponedWithin:" operator.
Would adding this be doable, or is there any known workaround?
I hope I clarified things a bit.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Unfortunately this isn't currently possible; sorry for the inconvenience.
leah.shalom 
says:
says:I am wondering if you could do a simpler search on postponed items, for example:
postponed:"< 3"
If that works and shows you the more recently postponed items, then perhaps you could create a saved list that has the parameters of
postponed:"< 3" OR postponed:"> 3" that would show all of your postponed items. Of course, this wouldn't give you a time frame, but it may be a possible work around.
postponed:"< 3"
If that works and shows you the more recently postponed items, then perhaps you could create a saved list that has the parameters of
postponed:"< 3" OR postponed:"> 3" that would show all of your postponed items. Of course, this wouldn't give you a time frame, but it may be a possible work around.