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Question: I have a task that I want to perform 2x per week, but only between May and October. I want this task to repeat yearly. I can't figure out ho to configure this task in the recurrence window.
Solution: There isn't a built-in feature for setting up such a yearly recurrence in MLO, but you can create the following workaround:
1. Set Weekly recurrence for your task:
2. Set 'End date' to the last day you plan to perform this task in October (see the screenshot)
3. Create a parent task for this recurring task and name it something like "Set up recurring task for next year."
How it works: Every week, the task will appear on your To-Do list twice. When you complete the last occurrence in October, the recurring task will mark itself as complete. At that point, the parent task will become active, reminding you to reschedule the recurring task for the next year.
Do you have creative workarounds for managing tasks in MLO? Share them in the comments!
Question: Is it possible to display subtasks from projects, when only the top level items are flagged? I want to avoid having to flag each individual step under the project, in order to get it to show up in the view.
Challenge: Enabling the normal flag filter may seem like a solution. But here's the catch:
Solution: Hierarchy Filters to the rescue!
MyLifeOrganized personal task manager offers robust hierarchy filtering options that allow you to display tasks based on the parent or child task's status. There are several ways to achieve what we need.
1. In the filter by Flag, tick the required flag.
2. Open the view "All Tasks"
3. In the General section click "Config":
4. Click ‘Include child items’’
This will display all subtasks from projects where the top-level task is flagged. However, this view shows individual flagged tasks as well.
To avoid cluttering the view, use option 2.
1. Discard any changes to the view to start from scratch.
2. In the Filter pane, open “General” and click "Config".
3. Click 'Set parent filter'
4. Add your filter by flag.
5. Click Ok.
This should display exactly what you need:
Result: The view displays all levels of subtasks within projects where the top-level tasks are flagged, providing a clear and concise view.
Try the latest enhancements in our task management app for Android with our recent minor update.
Aligning with the desktop version, our Android app now supports the following sorting options: by Context, Project Completion %, Parent, Path, Folder Name, Top Level Folder, Top Level Project, Time, Last Reviewed.
To apply sorting to a view, open the main menu > Edit > select the view > Sort by.
Tip: For assigning tasks to projects or folders specifically, you can still use the existing voice commands "to <ProjectName>" and "to <FolderName>". Here you can check the supported syntax for voice input.
As you may know, a quick tap on a search result takes you directly to the task in your list. But what if you just need a quick glimpse of the details?
Now, with a long tap on a task within a search result, you can preview the task details (and even edit them) without navigating away from your search results.
When you tap a task from your widget, you now have Prev/Next buttons for navigating to the task above or below in the list. Same as inside the app itself.
Another quick update on how things are going for the MyLifeOrganized team and me personally here, in Ukraine.
Thank you for supporting us in any way you can!
Andriy
Our brain is an amazingly intelligent tool capable of rationally prioritizing tasks. However, even the most organized of us sometimes get bogged down in the details. The built-in smart to-do list system in MyLifeOrganized can be your great assistant, calculating priorities for you. Let's see how it works.
The concept of importance is familiar to most people from the Eisenhower Matrix, where all tasks are divided into important and urgent. When applied to simple linear lists, this approach can be used and it will show correct results.
But what if there are many projects with subtasks, goals, recurring and one-time tasks? When all this is structured in a task tree with unlimited levels of nesting?
In this case, an effective way to determine priority tasks can be the approach used in the task management app for Windows.
The essence of this approach is that the importance of each task is determined directly for the "parent" task, project, or folder in which this task is located. In the case of using a large number of nesting levels, the importance for the final task, like a snowball, either accumulates or decreases along the chain. See the example below.
Suppose, we have a project called "Mountain Trip". In order to go on this trip, we need to buy tickets, get insurance, and pack our things. At this level, the most important task will be to buy tickets.
The task "Packing" will have the lowest priority. This is not because we don't need to pack our things. It's because even if we forget something, the trip will still happen.
However, “Packing” can have a subtask with the highest priority. For example, "Take glasses" is really important if you have poor eyesight and can't see without glasses.
If we switch to the To-Do tab, we will see the tasks in this order:
As you can see, the importance property affects the order in which the task will be displayed in To-Do. This way you can see which task needs to be done first.
Tip. To set a round value for importance/urgency in the app for Windows, activate the slider and press 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 on the keyboard, which corresponds to the values 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200.
Alternatively: Right-click on the slider and select a value from the drop-down list.
The overall priority of a task depends on many factors, such as Weekly Goal, Due and Start dates, Importance, and Urgency. Among these parameters, Importance takes the leading position.
In the menu Tools -> Options, you can find settings to set the influence of Weekly Goal, Due and Start dates, Importance, and Urgency factors individually. The higher you set the weight of the dates factors, the more the dates will affect the ordering of the list.
Give it a try and keep in mind that the key to high productivity is to consistently focus on your priority tasks.
