TimeEstimate search for none entered yet
brownpresar says:
I want to do a search to check whether the timeEstimate field has a value entered so I can catch tasks where I have overlooked entering a time estimate. I do not see anything on the advanced search terms which tests the time estimate field for this -- similar to how "isLocated:true" or "isTagged:false" to test for tasks with locations or no tags entered would be used. I tried some variations like isEstimated and istimeEstimate, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas on how to do either a boolean or empty string search for null time estimates?
njwilson says:
I'd like to see something like hasTimeEstimate but I don't believe anything like that exists. Use this for now:
NOT timeEstimate:"> 0"
NOT timeEstimate:"> 0"
Try NOT timeEstimate:"> 0"
A popular query; might be time to add it to the FAQ:
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/605/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/1261/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/3823/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/5848/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/7115/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/7238/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/7820/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/7966/
A popular query; might be time to add it to the FAQ:
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/605/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/1261/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/3823/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/5848/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/7115/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/7238/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/7820/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/7966/
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
NOT timeEstimate:">0 min" should return the tasks without time estimates as you wish.
benb says:
I use
NOT timeEstimate:"> 0" AND NOT timeEstimate:"0 minutes"
That way you can enter "0 mins" or "0 minutes" into tasks that really are 0 for time - ones with nothing in will show up in this search.
NOT timeEstimate:"> 0" AND NOT timeEstimate:"0 minutes"
That way you can enter "0 mins" or "0 minutes" into tasks that really are 0 for time - ones with nothing in will show up in this search.
brownpresar says:
Thank you for the idea -- it worked like a charm!
Now if I could just have some more powerful sorting capabilities, I would be a happy camper. :-D
Now if I could just have some more powerful sorting capabilities, I would be a happy camper. :-D