On my mac I sometimes group actions together within a project - however the title of these actions usually have meaning only when you can see the parent action. For example
Project: Prepare IT Budget
Action: Price new network switch
Children: - email Scott for price
- put price into spreadsheet
(I just made these up quickly so don't get all GTD on me)
The problem is - when I go to the iPhone and look, say for a flagged item - I see "email Scott for price", but I can't find a way to see the parent action that gives it a better context (price of what?)
I am trying to avoid for sakes of efficiency having to basically include the name of the parent action in every child action.
In the end I have gotten rid of nearly all my action groups and made them projects so that I can follow them better on the iPhone, but I think there is still valid a place for action groups, if only there was a way to move up the hierarchy.
An analogy in the Macintosh finder is where you are looking at an open folder window and you hit <Apple - up arrow> and it opens the enclosing folder. I'd love a way in OF for iPhone to "Show Parent"
Project: Prepare IT Budget
Action: Price new network switch
Children: - email Scott for price
- put price into spreadsheet
(I just made these up quickly so don't get all GTD on me)
The problem is - when I go to the iPhone and look, say for a flagged item - I see "email Scott for price", but I can't find a way to see the parent action that gives it a better context (price of what?)
I am trying to avoid for sakes of efficiency having to basically include the name of the parent action in every child action.
In the end I have gotten rid of nearly all my action groups and made them projects so that I can follow them better on the iPhone, but I think there is still valid a place for action groups, if only there was a way to move up the hierarchy.
An analogy in the Macintosh finder is where you are looking at an open folder window and you hit <Apple - up arrow> and it opens the enclosing folder. I'd love a way in OF for iPhone to "Show Parent"