You can use the main interface and enable "show completed tasks".

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:22:25 -0500

Hi -

How can I see the entire history in Tasks Pro 1.71, not just the last 100?

Can I simply access the database directly?  If so, how?

Thank you,
Dudley

Tue, 6 Jul 2010 11:14:56 -0500

Now that you have the data in XML format, you can convert it to whatever other format you need using appropriate tools. I think there are a number of approaches that might work here, though I don't know if Excel supports RSS as a format.

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:14:12 -0500

I've seen the suggestion in several forum postings that UseTasks data can be "exported" for use in other applications using the RSS feed.

Using the RSS button from within UseTasks, I have managed to add an item to the Bookmarks menu in my Firefox browser that is entitled "Tasks for All Users &amp Groups".  It appears to list all of the tasks currently stored in my UseTasks database. But I don't have a clue what to do next to get the tasks and the associated notes, links, etc. into an app such as Excel on my computer.

What are the steps I must follow next?

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:30:06 -0500

Yes, the hierarchy is an issue. Manual ordering would only be applied at a per-tier level in the hierarchical views.

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:09:09 -0500

> Manual ordering of tasks isn't a current feature, but it's on the list

It seems like you'd have the same problem if you implement it as a feature. Were you thinking you'd just do manual ordering of siblings relative to each other (i.e. just for a hierarchical view), or would you allow reordering at a global level (e.g. in a sortable view)?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:59:34 -0500

> Some people choose to prefix the title field with a number so that they can sort by title

I'm already doing exactly that frequently for relative priority of sibling subtasks within a branch. That's pretty easy to manage for that case. (I typically use numbers like 10, 20, 30 so I can later insert tasks between others already prioritized, without having to renumber.) It seems like that might be harder to manage at a global level and it may be problematic or even impossible to do both (changing a priority prefix number to do what I want in the global sorted view could have unintended consequences for my sort order in the hierachical view.

I'll think about it some more and maybe give it a try.

I guess what I'm doing right now is using prefix numbers for sorting in hierarchical views and the real 5-level priority field for sorting in the global sortable view. The former I use for planning at the project level and the latter I use for "what to work on NOW" (juggling multiple projects).

Thanks,
Bob

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:53:06 -0500

Manual ordering of tasks isn't a current feature, but it's on the list. Some people choose to prefix the title field with a number so that they can sort by title.

Perhaps this will work for you?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:16:56 -0500

I have lots of tasks and find a 5-level priority scheme inadequate. I end to up with a lot of top priority tasks so I have to think repeatedly about which to work on. I could reduce the list by moving things down in priority but that then requires a process for deciding which lower priority tasks should move up in priority, which is essentially the same problem.

I think I would prefer to simply decide, once for each task, what it's priority is RELATIVE TO OTHER TASKS, and not have to repeatedly go through that mental process with a bunch of task at the same priority level. I think I could do this with a unique number for each task that can be big and that I can sort on (i.e. a big integer priority number).

I don't see any way to achieve what I want with Tasks. Is there a way to effectively do this?

The closest thing I can think of is to use (misuse) the Due Date, not thinking of it as a date at all but just a sortable priority "number" with more resolution than 5 levels. But then I can't use that feature for it's intended purpose, and it's awkward, and changing dates are multiple-field things so they're more cumbersome to modify.

Any ideas?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:06:05 -0500

We actually have an FAQ on this, I think it answers your questions:

http://crowdfavorite.com/support/faq/customize/

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:42:10 -0500

I'm a subscriber to usetasks now; but because of the limitations on customizing the interface and other aspects of Tasks, I'm considering purchasing Tasks license and host the application on my box; but I want to make sure that I can customze the following on my hosted version: add AJAX features to the user interface, being able to select multiple tags from a list of tags (instead of typing them in manually each time) that have been created, make the priority icon little bigger, hiding some of the icons (that i don't use) to the right of each task, and creating new keyboard shortcuts for adding sub tasks under a specific high level task

I know without purchasing the license you wouldn't give me access to the code exchange forum, but without knowing what other Tasks users are able to modify and customize and what code is readily avaliable on the forum that I can use, it is kind of hard to decide on whether to buy the license or not.

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:22:50 -0500

Yes, should be no problem unless you are using the SSL feature. For some reason iCal still doesn't support subscribing to SSL iCalendars.

The docs:

http://crowdfavorite.net/tasks-pro/docu ... cribe.html
http://crowdfavorite.net/tasks-pro/docu ... l_rss.html

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:47:01 -0500

Can I subscribe to my calendar using iCal.  I've tried unsuccessfully.

thanks!

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:37:16 -0500

Try using the Hide/Show Completed tasks drop-down:

http://kingdesign.net/tasks-pro/documen ... leted.html

There is also an FAQ on this here:

http://kingdesign.net/support/faq/view-completed-tasks/

Wed, 2 May 2007 10:40:30 -0500

I am looking for a way to view completed tasks, mixed in with tasks still in process.  We'd like to use Tasks as a simple trouble ticket system, and our Managers need to be able to login and quickly see completed tasks as well as those still being worked on.

I know there are custom searches available, but they complain it's too much work.  They just want to login and see the completed tasks along with everything else.

Any ideas?

Wed, 2 May 2007 10:38:50 -0500

It's not an ideal situation with two sets of forums, but generally there are more discussion of features, etc. in the King Design forums (per note in header).

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:16:25 -0500

I know, I'm really strange in this way but I've tried it both ways and I find that I work better when the structure is in the context. I find I have so much trouble breaking things down into finite projects, that I spend more time structuring my projects than actually doing the tasks within them.

I did search in the forums here for discussions related to emailing tasks, but not in the larger forum. If you have any links to specific threads I should review, I would appreciate it. Otherwise I'll keep looking. I know you must get tired of answering the same quesstions over and over again.

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:01:08 -0500

Interesting, most folks I know do the opposite - using the hierarchy to structure projects and using tags for context.

Parsing e-mails for data is on the list for the future. I think there may have been previous discussion of this feature elsewhere here in the forums and in the King Design forums if you're curious to read more.

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:54:04 -0500

Hi Alex,

I'm back to trying UseTasks after a bit of an absence. I stopped before because I didn't have a PDA that was always online. Now I have a Blackberry, so I think UseTasks will definitely suit my needs.

I have configured UseTasks with sticky tasks by context (I'm a GTD-type gal), using tags to categorize by project. I have set up email addresses for each context, and mailboxes in UseTask to match. Works nicely that I can get an email and just forward it to the appropriate mailbox to set a task.

However, is there any way to set a due date or tag in the body of the email? I know that I can have the mailbox use defaults, but that's just not practical as this is information that will change for each task and I don't want to set up that many mailboxes (one for each context, with that as the parent task, is more than enough).

Not a big deal, but it would be nice if Tasks could recognize something like "Due Date=04/22/2007" in the subject and set that date accordingly.

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:36:21 -0500

I did not have to do this on my Demo installation.

Got it, Thanks so much!

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:58:15 -0600