Re: [O] Tracking time estimates for incomplete tasks
By the way, apologies for the multiple messages. I didn't receive any feedback after sending them so I thought my emails were being silently ignored.
[O] Tracking time estimates for incomplete tasks
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
[O] Tracking time estimates for incomplete tasks
(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
