show only top level TODO in agenda and ignore sub level TODOS in agenda?

show only top level TODO in agenda and ignore sub level TODOS in agenda?

[Xebar Saram]

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Hi all

i recently had some projects where i would define the overall project as a
TODO and then add some more sub headers with TODOS. the problem is that i
dont want to see all these sub TODOS in the agenda. For example:

* TODO start writing paper
** TODO  collect data
** TODO  add refernces
...

i would like only the * TODO start writing paper to show in the Agenda view.

obviously i dont want it to happen in any header-sub header in all files
but rather for specific headers.

is there a property drawer/other trick to achieve this?

best

Z

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Re: show only top level TODO in agenda and ignore sub level TODOS in agenda?

[Eric S Fraga]

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On Thursday, 22 Dec 2016 at 13:01, Xebar Saram wrote:
> Hi all
>
> i recently had some projects where i would define the overall project
> as a TODO and then add some more sub headers with TODOS. the problem
> is that i dont want to see all these sub TODOS in the agenda. For
> example:
>
> * TODO start writing paper
> ** TODO  collect data
> ** TODO  add refernces

[...]

> is there a property drawer/other trick to achieve this?

I don't know but I can suggest using checkboxes for this?
info:(org) Checkboxes
They work well and are appropriate for when you have sub-tasks for a
single task.

-- 
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 26.0.50.1, Org release_9.0.2-104-gf5b7de

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Re: show only top level TODO in agenda and ignore sub level TODOS in agenda?

[Xebar Saram]

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Thx stig. while thats an option i would prefer to keep the actual TODOS and
not use lists for this

best

z

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Stig Brautaset <stig.brautaset@icloud.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 22 Dec 2016, at 13:01, Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > i recently had some projects where i would define the overall project as
> a TODO and then add some more sub headers with TODOS. the problem is that i
> dont want to see all these sub TODOS in the agenda. For example:
> >
> > * TODO start writing paper
> > ** TODO  collect data
> > ** TODO  add refernces
> > ...
> >
> > i would like only the * TODO start writing paper to show in the Agenda
> view.
> >
> > obviously i dont want it to happen in any header-sub header in all files
> but rather for specific headers.
> >
> > is there a property drawer/other trick to achieve this?
>
> You could perhaps use checklists instead of TODOS for the "inner" ones?
>
> - [ ] some actionable thing
>
> If you put [/] on the immediate parent heading (your todo) then the todo
> will be updated with [4/6] once you action four out of 6 items.
>
> Stig

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Re: show only top level TODO in agenda and ignore sub level TODOS in agenda?

[Stig Brautaset]

Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com> writes:

> Thx stig. while thats an option i would prefer to keep the actual TODOS and
> not use lists for this

Another option is to use a different keyword, for example "PROJECT", for
things that have sub-TODOs, e.g.

,----
| * PROJECT start writing paper
| ** TODO Collect data
| ** TODO add references
`----

For that to work you may want to put something like this at the top of
the file:

,----
| #+TODO: TODO(t) PROJECT(p) | DONE(d@) CANCELLED(c@)
`----

Finally, a third option is to add a TODO (or TOPLEVEL) *TAG* and do
something like this at the top:

,----
| #+TAGS: { TOPLEVEL(t) SUBTASK(t) } 
`----

Then, you can do

,----
| * TODO start writing paper             :TOPLEVEL:
| ** TODO Collect data                    :SUBTASK:
| ** TODO add references                  :SUBTASK:
`----

You can filter for :TOPLEVEL: or :SUBTASK: from the agenda view. Of
course, you don't need both and it may be easier to just add one or the
other.

Hope this helps!

Stig

Re: show only top level TODO in agenda and ignore sub level TODOS in agenda?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2016-12-23, at 12:47, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Thursday, 22 Dec 2016 at 13:01, Xebar Saram wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> i recently had some projects where i would define the overall project
>> as a TODO and then add some more sub headers with TODOS. the problem
>> is that i dont want to see all these sub TODOS in the agenda. For
>> example:
>>
>> * TODO start writing paper
>> ** TODO  collect data
>> ** TODO  add refernces
>
> [...]
>
>> is there a property drawer/other trick to achieve this?
>
> I don't know but I can suggest using checkboxes for this?
> info:(org) Checkboxes
> They work well and are appropriate for when you have sub-tasks for a
> single task.

How about

(setq org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels nil)

?

Hth,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski

Re: show only top level TODO in agenda and ignore sub level TODOS in agenda?

[Xebar Saram]

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Thanks all for the ideas, i will try them over the next few days

best

Z

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:

> ש
> > On Thursday, 22 Dec 2016 at 13:01, Xebar Saram wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> i recently had some projects where i would define the overall project
> >> as a TODO and then add some more sub headers with TODOS. the problem
> >> is that i dont want to see all these sub TODOS in the agenda. For
> >> example:
> >>
> >> * TODO start writing paper
> >> ** TODO  collect data
> >> ** TODO  add refernces
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> is there a property drawer/other trick to achieve this?
> >
> > I don't know but I can suggest using checkboxes for this?
> > info:(org) Checkboxes
> > They work well and are appropriate for when you have sub-tasks for a
> > single task.
>
> How about
>
> (setq org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels nil)
>
> ?
>
> Hth,
>
> --
> Marcin Borkowski
>
>

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