Hi Sagar,

I think you either want a repeating task see
http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html

or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing

I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.

I hope that helps,
Chris.

On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> wrote:

> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled
> into something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
>
> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a
> specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task
> to repeat for 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be
> tracked for those 7 days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a
> base case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked TODO 7
> times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>
> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>
> ** TODO Work on XYZ
>    SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
>
> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also
> marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that
> instead of counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which
> is another thing I'd love to get explained)
>
> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot
> find anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows
> me to track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to
> be inserted into the agenda at a specific time only.
>
> Would really appreciate some advice!
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Sagar
>