From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Rigby Subject: Tracking time estimates for incomplete tasks Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 07:23:30 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1139a624b7aefb04ff774fcb Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39950) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XCjm0-0001iY-51 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:23:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XCjlz-00035f-4K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:23:32 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22a]:59770) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XCjly-00035b-VQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:23:31 -0400 Received: by mail-qg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id j5so3271278qga.1 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:23:30 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --001a1139a624b7aefb04ff774fcb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 (Apologies if you're received this message already - I can't seem to get the mailing list to accept my emails) Hi all, I've been using org-mode to track the time spent on various tasks in a project, by clocking work time. I'm now planning additional tasks, and for these new tasks I am starting to add time estimates. The columnview dynamic block gives a nice summary of the time I've spent on tasks, and the time estimates. I'm interested in tracking the time estimates for only the incomplete tasks. I've created an additional column for this in the columnview table. Is there a way to add up the estimated times of only the incomplete tasks? Maybe a table formula could populate the additional column using this pseudo-code: "if Status == TODO/NEXT then print estimated time else print 0" and then the sum could be calculated. Note that the time estimates can be specified in hours or days (1 day = 7 hours). The table already converts the clocked times and the time estimates into days using this rule, but the formula would have to handle it as well. A metric I would be interested in for tracking progress is (sum of time estimates for all incomplete tasks) / ((sum of time estimates for all incomplete tasks) + (clocked time of all completed tasks)), so maybe the table could calculate this as well. Hope this makes sense. Regards, Dan --001a1139a624b7aefb04ff774fcb Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 
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Hi all,

I've been using org-mode to track the time spent on various tasks in a
project, by clocking work time. I'm now planning additional tasks, and
for these new tasks I am starting to add time estimates. The columnview
dynamic block gives a nice summary of the time I've spent on tasks, and
the time estimates.

I'm interested in tracking the time estimates for only the incomplete
tasks. I've created an additional column for this in the columnview
table. Is there a way to add up the estimated times of only the
incomplete tasks? Maybe a table formula could populate the additional
column using this pseudo-code:

"if Status == TODO/NEXT then print estimated time else print 0"

and then the sum could be calculated.

Note that the time estimates can be specified in hours or days (1 day =
7 hours). The table already converts the clocked times and the time
estimates into days using this rule, but the formula would have to
handle it as well.

A metric I would be interested in for tracking progress is
(sum of time estimates for all incomplete tasks) / ((sum of time
estimates for all incomplete tasks) + (clocked time of all completed
tasks)), so maybe the table could calculate this as well.

Hope this makes sense.

Regards,
Dan
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