So I started with a new Project “Unfinished”
with a list of actions characterized by “Unfinished” because they are in this project.
Now I have other actions which have not been finished either, and I thought if I give them a tag “unfinished” they would appear in the main Project “Unfinished” if I only could set some tags (“unfinished”) in this main Project “Unfinished”.
But when I go onto the View context, all see is
In project show, …
What did I do wrong here?
/okn
You did not look at an OmniFocus intro? Sorry, what?
Alright, I should have a perspective instead, but can I still use my existing Project Unfinished.
So I need to set up the Project with a perspective?!
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best regards,
OmarKN
What is the idea? If you could tell where you’re heading…
You want to build a list for unknown stuff? Do these items belong together or are they totally unrelated items? Were you going for a single action project to place them together? Are you working via tag lists?
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Hey Logan,
THE SETUP
So here is the Project: “Unfinished (liv*) Jobs”
With OF I want to control/ see those actions which have been initiated, but because they take longer than ≈ 1 hour, they can’t be done in a day.
I could probably use the “Repeat” method, but it wouldn’t fit in this case.
THE PROBLEM
Then when going through some random actions, I found other actions which had been started, but buried in the rest.
THE AIM
If I could tag them (with unfinished) they would appear in the Project: “Unfinished (liv*) Jobs”.
I do have projects, perspectives and tags in OF, but this problem was too much!
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best regards,
OmarKN,
Projects, Tags, and Perspectives are three distinct types of things, they all have different jobs in OmniFocus.
Projects are a way to group actions which aim to help you get to an outcome. e.g. a Project called
Book a holiday to Greece
With the 4 actions below
Tags are a way to mark Projects and Actions because they have some form of similarity. In the example above, I could tag “Visit travel agent to get brochures” as an Errand, and if I also need to buy Milk, I can add that as an action and tag is with the Errands Tag. You can use Tags to denote Energy Levels, Priorities, or Locations for example
Perspectives allow you to set rules which then show you actions and/or projects which match those rules. (e.g, show all Available Tasks which have a Tag of Errands)
That Perspective then only shows me available actions tagged with Errands. When I’m in Town I open the Errands perspective and get reminded to buy milk and also to pickup some travel brochures for my Holiday to Greece.
If you want to see Unfinished actions, you need to set up a Perspective which shows Actions with an Availability of Remaining this will show you every action you’ve added which is not Complete.
As @Logan says, you should find some videos or tutorials on the basics of OmniFocus so you understand how it works.
Tags don’t affect what shows in a Project. but they can affect what shows in a Perspective.
This is it
Unfinished cannot be a project, it must be a perspective. Of course.
Anyways, thank you @Geoffairey / @Logan
