[makesense]

Originally Posted by whpalmer4

Rob Trew's Where in OF script handles all of these requests with relative ease.

projects where (status is active) and number of available tasks > 1 --sh  gr=folder st=next

produces a window which selects only active projects with at least one available task and shows them grouped by folder, displaying only next actions

"does not equal" is also handled. As an example:

projects where name does not contain "omni" and its estimated minutes is not missing value and estimated minutes is not 10

finds all projects that don't contain "omni" in the name, have a duration estimate, and that estimate is not 10 minutes

Use the assisted search editing to get an idea of how to write the expressions.

The result of the script execution is a pop-up window with uneditable contents? Is there a screenshot available?

[whpalmer4]

Originally Posted by makesense

The result of the script execution is a pop-up window with uneditable contents? Is there a screenshot available?

The script by default will put up a window showing all of the matching items, allowing you to pick and choose none, some, or all of them to be displayed in OmniFocus. You can add options to the search (as I did in the first example) which bypass this and just show you everything.

The chooser window might look like this:



After I pick and choose from the bunch, I hit the OK button (or click the other button or hit ESC if I want all of them) and my display is generated in OmniFocus. If I just hit OK without selecting any items, the default selection is taken, which is to show none of them.

[makesense]

whpalmer4, thanks a lot for the insight.

I think it is rather complicated and will require quite many extra moves from the user which is me as I need to run this script multiple times (for each item that needs to be processed). Not Equal To criterion is used when processing the database mostly.

Anyway Not Equal To criterion should be able to work with filter items and not projects/actions names. For examble, Perspective which shows all 'not stalled' projects.

Originally Posted by makesense

I think it ... will require quite many extra moves from the user

Well, it requires two clicks ...

• Launch the script (could be an assigned keystroke)
• Choose the custom view from the script's menu.

That's it.

If your custom view description includes '--sh' (shortcut), it will jump straight to an OmniFocus view focused on the specified list of projects.

(and with the specified filters, groupings, and sorts).

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[makesense]

Originally Posted by RobTrew

Well, it requires two clicks ...

• Launch the script (could be an assigned keystroke)
• Choose the custom view from the script's menu.

That's it.

If your custom view description includes '--sh' (shortcut), it will jump straight to an OmniFocus view focused on the specified list of projects.

(and with the specified filters, groupings, and sorts).

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What can I do with this window except for looking at it?

I never need to filter all the projects, containing 'omni' in the title. What I need is to have a perspective inside OF main window which shows 'Projects:Not stalled projects' so I can process/edit dozens of items.

Originally Posted by makesense

What I need is to have a perspective inside OF main window which shows 'Projects:Not stalled projects' so I can process/edit dozens of items.

That is exactly what you get. A focused perspective inside the OF main window, in which you can process dozens of items.

It sounds as if a couple of misunderstandings may have arisen. Things will make more sense if you download Where in OF and try running the saveable search which whpalmer4 suggested:

projects where (status is active) and number of available tasks > 1 --sh gr=folder st=next

This will take you straight to a projects view in OF itself (not a script-generated list like the one pasted in an earlier posting) which is grouped by folder, and has the Status filter set to Next Action.

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[makesense]

Originally Posted by RobTrew

That is exactly what you get. A focused perspective inside the OF main window, in which you can process dozens of items.

It sounds as if a couple of misunderstandings may have arisen. Things will make more sense if you download Where in OF and try running the saveable search which whpalmer4 suggested:

projects where (status is active) and number of available tasks > 1 --sh gr=folder st=next

This will take you straight to a projects view in OF itself (not a script-generated list like the one pasted in an earlier posting) which is grouped by folder, and has the Status filter set to Next Action.

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OK, I will give it a try. Thanks.