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From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.orgmode@olafdietsche.de>
Subject: Re: Journal versus clock tables: Opposing requirements?
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Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.orgmode@olafdietsche.de> writes:
>
>> Tommy Kelly <tommy.kelly@verilab.com> writes:
>>
>>>> OK, that might be what I need then. I thought clock tables grouped
>>>> things by headings, not by tags. I'll have a look at the manual.
>
> [...]
>
>> #+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 2 :scope file :tags "health"
>> Clock summary at [2011-11-08 Di 09:57]
>>
>> | Headline     | Time   |
>> |--------------+--------|
>> | *Total time* | *0:20* |
>> |--------------+--------|
>> | Exercises    | 0:20   |
>> #+END: clocktable
>
> I've lost the rest of this thread and I don't actually know who to
> attribute the original statement above...

Do you mean
<http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg48633.html>?

> In any case, I would like to have entries in the clock report by tag as
> opposed to headline (as alluded to above).  Is this actually possible?
> My logging approach is to have descriptive headings (the specific task
> undertaken) with tags indicating the type of activity (teaching,
> research, admin, personal).  I need a breakdown of my time spent in each
> category in one table. 
>
> I realise I can do N tables, one for each tag, but this is not
> particularly useful for me.  It'll do but if there's a nicer solution,
> I'll take it!
>
> The documentation refers to a :formatter entry, but I am not sure
> whether this is relevant as it says that this is for formatting an
> entry.  My problem is that I want tag based entries, not how they are
> formatted?
>
> Apologies if I've missed something obvious in the manual!

Regards, Olaf