Search - what am I doing wrong...
(closed account) says:
I'm trying to list all tasks that are either in my Inbox or not in one of the lists that I review (i.e. tasks that have fallen outside the GTD flow).
This is the search criteria:
isTagged:false OR NOT tag:now OR NOT tag:pending OR NOT tag:reference OR NOT tag:sometime OR list:Inbox
But I'm getting results containing the tags spec'd as NOT in the above...
Grateful as ever...
This is the search criteria:
isTagged:false OR NOT tag:now OR NOT tag:pending OR NOT tag:reference OR NOT tag:sometime OR list:Inbox
But I'm getting results containing the tags spec'd as NOT in the above...
Grateful as ever...
(closed account) says:
Sussed it out:
isTagged:false OR list:Inbox AND (NOT tag:now OR NOT tag:pending OR NOT tag:reference OR NOT tag:sometime)
isTagged:false OR list:Inbox AND (NOT tag:now OR NOT tag:pending OR NOT tag:reference OR NOT tag:sometime)
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
spaceplan,
You may also wish to change the parenthetical portion:
(NOT tag:now OR NOT tag:pending OR NOT tag:reference OR NOT tag:sometime) will show any task that doesn't have all of those tags listed, whereas
NOT (tag:now OR tag:pending OR tag:reference OR tag:sometime) will show only those tasks that don't have any of those tags.
It may be that you do want the former, but it sounds like you're looking to find any tasks that don't have any of those tags.
Hope this helps!
You may also wish to change the parenthetical portion:
(NOT tag:now OR NOT tag:pending OR NOT tag:reference OR NOT tag:sometime) will show any task that doesn't have all of those tags listed, whereas
NOT (tag:now OR tag:pending OR tag:reference OR tag:sometime) will show only those tasks that don't have any of those tags.
It may be that you do want the former, but it sounds like you're looking to find any tasks that don't have any of those tags.
Hope this helps!