Some feature requests and how to obtain or implement them

Some feature requests and how to obtain or implement them

[Jurgen Defurne]

Dear,

In the last year I have been using org-mode fairly heavy for my day to day work and I am very satisfied with. However, there are two things that would make life somewhat easier wrt. my usage of org-mode vs. the reporting I need to for my job.

1) I have to enter my spent time in a separate application. While the agenda view is nice, it would be nicer if it was possible to show on the agenda view ONLY the features that I have logged, so that I just get a nice overview of what I have really done, excluding everything that has been entered or planned. I.o.w. to show only those things that appear in logging mode on the agenda view.

2) It would also be nice if it was possible to use reporting blocks which give percentages of time used in total, instead of only hours. This would make it easier for us to plan and predict.

Regards,

Jurgen Defurne

Re: Some feature requests and how to obtain or implement them

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Jürgen,

On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Jurgen Defurne wrote:

> Dear,
>
> In the last year I have been using org-mode fairly heavy for my day  
> to day work and I am very satisfied with. However, there are two  
> things that would make life somewhat easier wrt. my usage of org- 
> mode vs. the reporting I need to for my job.
>
> 1) I have to enter my spent time in a separate application. While  
> the agenda view is nice, it would be nicer if it was possible to  
> show on the agenda view ONLY the features that I have logged, so  
> that I just get a nice overview of what I have really done,  
> excluding everything that has been entered or planned. I.o.w. to  
> show only those things that appear in logging mode on the agenda view.

You can do this now (6.11c), by pressing `C-u C-u l' in the agenda.

> 2) It would also be nice if it was possible to use reporting blocks  
> which give percentages of time used in total, instead of only hours.  
> This would make it easier for us to plan and predict.

I am not sure if I understand, but you can define formulas for  
clockreport tables which can compute whatever you like.  To help more,  
I would need a better description what you want to do, with an example.

- Carsten

Re: Some feature requests and how to obtain or implement them

[Jurgen Defurne]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:26:20 +0100
Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:

> Hi Jürgen,
> 
> On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Jurgen Defurne wrote:
> 
> > Dear,
> >
> > In the last year I have been using org-mode fairly heavy for my day  
> > to day work and I am very satisfied with. However, there are two  
> > things that would make life somewhat easier wrt. my usage of org- 
> > mode vs. the reporting I need to for my job.
> >
> > 1) I have to enter my spent time in a separate application. While  
> > the agenda view is nice, it would be nicer if it was possible to  
> > show on the agenda view ONLY the features that I have logged, so  
> > that I just get a nice overview of what I have really done,  
> > excluding everything that has been entered or planned. I.o.w. to  
> > show only those things that appear in logging mode on the agenda view.
> 
> You can do this now (6.11c), by pressing `C-u C-u l' in the agenda.
> 
> > 2) It would also be nice if it was possible to use reporting blocks  
> > which give percentages of time used in total, instead of only hours.  
> > This would make it easier for us to plan and predict.
> 
> I am not sure if I understand, but you can define formulas for  
> clockreport tables which can compute whatever you like.  To help more,  
> I would need a better description what you want to do, with an example.
> 
> - Carsten
> 

When I create a report, I get a sum of everything. What would be nice is that indeed, everything is computed, but displayed as a percentage of the total. Since I have no clue how clock reports are implemented, I do not know if what I ask is even remotely possible.

Total : 100%

Entry 1 : 25%
Entry 2 : 10 %
Entry 2 : 15 %

Entry 1 : 30 %
Entry 2 : 10 %
Entry 2 : 10 %
Entry 2 : 10 %

Etc.

I hope this example is enough to understand (while thinking about it, a combination of total time & percentages would be nice also).

I am aware that, of course, first of all a total is needed, and that the percentages can only be computed afterwards. 

Regards,

Jurgen

Re: Some feature requests and how to obtain or implement them

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Jurgen,

I was mistaken when I claimed that formulas can be
added to the clocktable - this was so far not possible.

However, the feature you request seems very useful to me, so
I have added just that capability.  You need to get the latest
git version for this to work.

You have now two possibilities:

1. You can insert a TBLFM formula for an existing clock report.
    This formula will survive updates and will be evaluated
    after the new table has been created.

2. You can specify formulas with the new :formula parameter
    in clock tables.

As a special case shortcut for (2), you can write

#+BEGIN: clocktable :scope subtree :link t :formula %
#+END: clocktable

which will automatically construct and insert the correct formula
to add an extra column where the time percentages are listed.

Hope this helps, thanks or the great idea.

- Carsten

On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Jurgen Defurne wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:26:20 +0100
> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jürgen,
>>
>> On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Jurgen Defurne wrote:
>>
>>> Dear,
>>>
>>> In the last year I have been using org-mode fairly heavy for my day
>>> to day work and I am very satisfied with. However, there are two
>>> things that would make life somewhat easier wrt. my usage of org-
>>> mode vs. the reporting I need to for my job.
>>>
>>> 1) I have to enter my spent time in a separate application. While
>>> the agenda view is nice, it would be nicer if it was possible to
>>> show on the agenda view ONLY the features that I have logged, so
>>> that I just get a nice overview of what I have really done,
>>> excluding everything that has been entered or planned. I.o.w. to
>>> show only those things that appear in logging mode on the agenda  
>>> view.
>>
>> You can do this now (6.11c), by pressing `C-u C-u l' in the agenda.
>>
>>> 2) It would also be nice if it was possible to use reporting blocks
>>> which give percentages of time used in total, instead of only hours.
>>> This would make it easier for us to plan and predict.
>>
>> I am not sure if I understand, but you can define formulas for
>> clockreport tables which can compute whatever you like.  To help  
>> more,
>> I would need a better description what you want to do, with an  
>> example.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>
> When I create a report, I get a sum of everything. What would be  
> nice is that indeed, everything is computed, but displayed as a  
> percentage of the total. Since I have no clue how clock reports are  
> implemented, I do not know if what I ask is even remotely possible.
>
> Total : 100%
>
> Entry 1 : 25%
> Entry 2 : 10 %
> Entry 2 : 15 %
>
> Entry 1 : 30 %
> Entry 2 : 10 %
> Entry 2 : 10 %
> Entry 2 : 10 %
>
> Etc.
>
> I hope this example is enough to understand (while thinking about  
> it, a combination of total time & percentages would be nice also).
>
> I am aware that, of course, first of all a total is needed, and that  
> the percentages can only be computed afterwards.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jurgen