[AmberV]

Kudos on the "template" like ability to have a task group with a recurring interval, and all of the children reset with the group parent. It would maybe be nice to have some feedback as to whether or not an item is recurring, or simply a one-time due; though I'm sure that is something you've already considered.

The biggest concern I have with the current implementation is that it generates a new copy of the task(s), rather than simply reseting its completion state and adjusting the due date. I suppose I can see the merit in that for some things, but for other things which happen daily (like reminders to review things), that could make this awfully cluttered. I wonder if perhaps this behaviour should merit a preference, maybe as default with the ability to do a local override in the Inspector.

[BwanaZulia]

It should create a new task, as that is what kGTD does and gives you some history (meaning you can go back and see when and how many of those things you do).

BZ

[AmberV]

That may be nice for people that used KGTD, but I never did, and I personally have no use for several thousand copies of "Morning Review." I'd imagine the XML parser wouldn't, either, eventually. It is going to severely gum up the archival end of things after a years of usage; not to mention I'm going to have to be archiving much more frequently than I may like, to clear up highly active projects, where I may still want to keep a visible record going in slower projects. This is compounded by the fact that I like to plan in project mode with "All" turned on.

[BwanaZulia]

You don't have to archive, it happens automatically, it is just done.

Also, if you are doing something daily, why not just throw it in iCal?

Even if you were to take 365 x 3 years, that would only be a thousand tasks and that is not alot. They are using a database in the background that should be able to handle tens of thousands of tasks.

BZ

[AmberV]

Because I despise iCal. If I really wanted to use some external program to remind me of GTD specific tasks to do in my GTD program, I'd use the UNIX tool, Remind. But I really don't want to do that. The lack of recurrence and the need to use an external calendar program was why I dropped ThinkingRock ages ago. It seems reasonable to keep everything together. I'm all for delegating to specialist applications as opposed to monolith applications and all that, but this really seems to be splitting specialist hairs. :)

You are right on the math, I didn't express myself clearly. The fact is, I have a couple daily reminders and a weekly reminder for reviews, which is well over 1,500 junk archives after two years.

And this still doesn't address the fact that I have no use for a record of repeating actions, even for ones less routine than these reminders. I can simply look at the action, see its interval, and know that I've done it five times in the past year. I don't need to actually physically have five identical copies in an archive to know that.

[BwanaZulia]

Still think OF won't care about 1,500 or 3,000 or 5,000 tasks. It looks like it has a nice database backend, with a XML front end that is well cached.

Here is why I NEED a repeated task history.

- I have tasks that are not every day, they are every month or two months or two weeks or 10 weeks or yearly (yes, I do) and I want to be able to see when I did it last. History is important.

- It will help with the statistics in OmniFocus I am SURE that Ken is going to build me any day now.

- If I mark it complete and it goes away and it doesn't slow down my system, I don't care how much history I keep.

BZ

[yngtor]

Greetings,
I feel rather silly here, but I cannot seem to puzzle out how to set up a task to recur in OF. I've checked through the forums but simply not run across the "set this to that" information.
If you don't mind would you let me know how OF does this?
Thank you.
Ad Astra Per Aspera,
Kevin

[curt.clifton]

Originally Posted by yngtor

I feel rather silly here, but I cannot seem to puzzle out how to set up a task to recur in OF. I've checked through the forums but simply not run across the "set this to that" information.
If you don't mind would you let me know how OF does this?

Repeats are set in the Repeat inspector. Just select the project, action group, or action in OF. Then edit the repeat info in the repeat inspector. If it isn't visible choose Inspectors --> Repeat from the menu bar.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by curt.clifton

Repeats are set in the Repeat inspector. Just select the project, action group, or action in OF. Then edit the repeat info in the repeat inspector. If it isn't visible choose Inspectors --> Repeat from the menu bar.

Ok, I did this (at least I think I did). I created a small project today that needs to be done 3 times each month. The I checked off repeat in the project inspector, but not in the individual actions. Then I performed the actions and checked them off.

I still have the original project with the original dates, with all the actions checked. Where's the new project? Will it not show up until the new start date?

I also tried clicking the Clean Up button, but that didn't do anything.

Being very new to this, I'm probably missing something obvious. :)

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OK, never mind. I read another old post and realized that I hadn't marked the project "Completed".

[Lizard]

right-click the project and change its status to "completed". Then you'll get a new project with a copy of all the actions but not checked off yet.