Script to select random task from current perspective - on iOS

dynamitleo · November 12, 2023, 8:06am

Hi

I use this script almost daily in Omnifocus on my Mac - and I love it:

flight16/OmniFocusScripts/blob/master/Select random task.applescript

-- Run this script to select a random task in your current view.  It probably won't work with nested tasks.
tell application id "com.omnigroup.OmniFocus2"
	tell default document
		tell the front document window
			set theTasks to tree of content
			set randIdx to random number from 1 to the length of theTasks
			repeat with aTask in theTasks
				set aTask's selected to false
			end repeat
			set theTask to item randIdx of theTasks
			set theTask's selected to true
			return theTask's name
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

Is it possible to get the same functionality on my iPhone with a plugin? Or are there limitations that prevent obtaining the number of tasks in the current perspective on Ios?

unlocked2412 · November 12, 2023, 1:48pm

Which OmniFocus version are you using on your iPhone ?

dynamitleo · November 12, 2023, 2:07pm

Version 3. I will update to 4 when its available.

Do you know if it possible in some way to pick a random task on the phone?

Sometimes when my Mac is not available, I manually count the number of tasks in my perspective on the phone and use a random number shortcut on my phone to pick a random task. If i get 1 its the first task, and if its 2 its the second task and so on.

I would love to use automation to avoid this tedious process 😅

unlocked2412 · November 12, 2023, 2:40pm

I can’t test because I am using OmniFocus 4. However, I can give you an idea. You can access the root TreeNode for the tree that this node belongs to with:

document.windows[0].content.rootNode

That object has a children property (to obtain a list of top-level descendants of type TreeNode).

You can generate a pseudo-random number using Math.random() method. With this, in turn, you could use it to derive a random OF task.

I hope that is useful. Not sure what’s your current programming level.

dynamitleo · November 15, 2023, 7:32pm

Thank you. Im no programmer, but i will give it a go with chatGPT.