[hypnosimon]

I would appreciate some advice on how to filter the content in my omnioutliner view by rows which contain a specific pop up list value on one of my columns.

In a previous post there is a reference that this feature is in the tool bar, I've checked the toolbar preferences, however, can not see this feature.

Originally Posted by hypnosimon

... how to filter the content in my omnioutliner view by rows which contain a specific pop up list value on one of my columns.

Not directly possible in the current version - see the FAQ at

http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnioutliner/support/

(though you could use applescript to generate a filtered copy of an existing document)

Originally Posted by hypnosimon

In a previous post there is a reference that this feature is in the tool bar, I've checked the toolbar preferences, however, can not see this feature.

I wonder if this was a reference to OmniFocus ?

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[hypnosimon]

Thanks for the quick response

Originally Posted by hypnosimon

Thanks for the quick response

Using applescript to create a duplicate document, containing only the rows which match some criterion, is fairly straightforward. The key code might look something like this:

tell application id "com.omnigroup.OmniOutlinerPro3"
	-- get a reference to the selected document 
	set docFront to front document
	
	-- filter the rows using a WHERE statement
	-- e.g. Check box
	--    set refRows to a reference to (every row of docFront where state is checked)
	-- OR main text of row
	--    set refRows to a reference to (every row of docFront where topic contains "action")
	-- OR a text column
	--    set refRows to a reference to (every row of docFront where text of cell 3 contains "action")
	-- OR the value of a pop-up box
	--    (Cell 1 is the check-box, Cell 2 is the topic, Cell 3 the 1st user-defined column ...)
	set refRows to a reference to (every row of docFront where value of cell 3 is "Joe")
	
	
	-- duplicate the filtered rows to a new blank document
	set docFiltered to make new document with properties {name:"FILTERED"}
	duplicate refRows to the end of the children of docFiltered
end tell

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