From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: Daniel Clemente <n142857@gmail.com>
Cc: Org-mode ml <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Agenda view: How many hours did I work today, and on what
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:51:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ws7lo9iq.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87eittu50i.fsf@CPU107.opentrends.net
Daniel Clemente <n142857@gmail.com> writes:
> El dl, jun 08 2009, Bernt Hansen va escriure:
>> In the agenda hit 'R' to get a clock report that only covers the period
>> of time displayed by the agenda.
>>
>
> I had tried this but found it too ugly and hard to understand and I
> abandoned it. Now I'm retaking it and searching what changes I
> should do to make it comfortable. Some notes:
>
> 1. I didn't want to group tasks by level-2 headers, but show all tasks
> instead (at any level). Therefore I should use: (setq
> org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist '(:link t :maxlevel 99 ))
I use (:link nil :maxlevel 2). This gives me totals for level 1 and
level 2 headings only.
My level 1 tasks tend to be categories mostly (Appointments, System
Maintenance, etc) and level 2 and deeper are the clocked items.
> >
> 2. The table is too wide and lines span into several visible lines. I
> should either learn to trim the table columns, or activate
> truncate-lines somehow when the table is bigger than the window.
Keeping task headlines short should help. The table can get wide but my
lines never wrap. For me truncate-lines is t in the agenda. I have a
function key (f7) to toggle truncate lines on and off.
>
> 3. I don't understand the table format. It is showing hierarchical
> information and thus would fit much better in an outline. It doesn't
> let me expand/contract sections and I would like this because there
> are too many. It doesn't recognize or highlight the keywords or
> priorities. Furthermore, the keys to move between cells (left/right
> arrow) have other meanings in the agenda view (ex: change days).
It's a data table of clocked items only. It's not folded or expandable
(like column mode).
I export the agenda view (C-x C-w) to a text file if I need a copy for
some other application.
>
> 4. It seems this report can't be easily extended; well, only
> with :formula lines, which may be complex to write by hand. Useful
> extensions would be: a) to show the effort estimate for each task (and
> so to discover whether you did the task in time). Or b) to show the
> exact time period(s) when you worked on each task.
>
The clock report in the agenda is mainly for reporting the time spent
working on items. If you want to compare estimates with clocked amounts
for a particular subtree I would use a dynamic clock table instead.
You can specify block times to limit the range to specific dates.
See http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#SavingEstimate
HTH,
-Bernt
>
>
> So: this clock report mode in the agenda view isn't still comfortable,
> but seems the base for what I want; I will go on from this.
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-09 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-08 17:30 Agenda view: How many hours did I work today, and on what Daniel Clemente
2009-06-08 19:30 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-06-09 9:32 ` Daniel Clemente
2009-06-09 12:51 ` Bernt Hansen [this message]
2009-06-11 8:50 ` Daniel Clemente
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