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Consolidated task list for Goals

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Folke 02/21/2014 14:19

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I would like to, when I click a certain Goal in the left menu, to have all the tasks that belong to any project in that goal listed in the main pane - exactly like the regular project view we have, grouped by Box etc, but with all the Next actions for the whole goal together as one group, then all the Waiting for actions for the whole goal etc.

At the very top of this list there could be a group containing a summary list of all the projects (project names) that belong to that Goal (like the list we see in the main pane today when we click a Goal).

Why? Because Goals can represent big "super-projects" or "areas" or "project folders" or anything similar that makes sense to the individual user and brings related projects together, and are a very natural starting point for reviewing your lists or even limiting your current scope of choices.

(This does not in any way preclude Goals also being made available as grouping and filtering options for other lists as well.)

wendy_only post on 02/22/2014 05:25#1

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@Folke
Hi,

Do you mean that you want to view all tasks belong to the goal in the Goal viewing page including the tasks under the project which is belong to this goal? And the projects belong to this goal are showed in a separated group at the top of the list?

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Folke post on 02/22/2014 11:01#2

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Yes, that sounds like what I meant. You managed to say it in a shorter and more efficient way than I did.
wendy_only post on 02/23/2014 15:01#3

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@Folke
Hi,

We will consider it seriously. Now it is designed like this: Goal—Project —Task —Subtask.
Folke post on 02/23/2014 18:09#4

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@wendy_only

Now you make me confused. Did we misunderstand each other? Of course I know that the hierarchy is Goal-Project-Task-Subtask, and I think that is perfectly fine. I like that :-)

What I meant was that when you click one of your goals in the left menu and then see the list of projects in the main pane, it would be very handy if below that list (below the list of projects in the main pane) you could also see all the individual tasks that are contained within those projects, in other words all the tasks that exist within the goal, grouped by Box etc just as in the project view.

And I still would like to keep the project view that we already have, i.e. see only the tasks that belong to a certain project. This view is excellent when you want to go through in detail that you have not forgotten to write down anything at all that needs to be done in that project. This is something you need to do now and then.

But very often, maybe even every day, I would like to look much more quickly what is happening overall within a particular goal (goal = group of related projects) - if there is anything obvious that I can see is wrong or missing; or just to remind me what is coming up. The I do not want to "hide" everything but just one project - I want to see the tasks from all these related projects at the same time - all the Next actions, all the Waiting for actions etc.

I hope this explanation was clearer
Folke post on 04/16/2014 08:23#5

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@wendy_only
Any news on this and other Goal related functionality?

(As it is now, we can assign projects to a goal, but all we can use that for is to compress the left menu by collapsing the long Projects list and use the Goal project lists instead. Apart from that there is absolutely nothing at all we can do with it. We cannot see the goal indicated in our task and project lists; we cannot group by goal; cannot filter by goal; and cannot even see the totality of tasks in a goal. The Goals feature could be such a great feature if you would just finish it.)
wendy_only post on 04/16/2014 08:57#6

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@Folke
Hi,

Now we are busy improving the program including making them running faster and the controls more easier to use. And adding Daily Plan & Daily Review to all platforms. Next month we plan to integrate with some apps such as Evernote.

We will consider it seriously and make the Goal related functionality as well as the Project and Context.