Has anyone ever created an automated plot for current recurring tasks ?

[mathisgauthey]

Hi everyone. I recently created a similar discussion inside the obsidian-heatmap-calendar repo.

As stated in my obsidian workflow guide, or inside my example vault, I'm using recurring tasks query from the Tasks Plugin to show the recurring tasks inside my daily notes.

The real recurring tasks are inside a project file, along with each completed occurrence. It helps being able to create recurring tasks easily to achieve goals.

Now my question : Is there a way to automate a process of recurring tasks plotting using Tasks queries and Heatmap calendar viewing ?

Like :

1. Gather current recurring tasks description based on today's date and current recurring tasks due up to today.
2. Use this table to gather each task note origin.
3. Gather completions dates for each tasks using ✅ YYYY-MM-DD formatting
4. Plot each one using heatmap calendar

All of this inside a single script.

I think it doesn't yet exist but I see an opportunity for a useful feature. I'd be glad to then write up a guide or update the existing one I wrote a few days ago with this feature if I find something or if anyone has an idea on how to do it.

[claremacrae]

That's a nice idea. I think for Tasks to be able to help with this, its API would need to be extended to support running tasks searches.

[mathisgauthey]

Alright, so as of today I would not be able to query tasks description into a short JS script that would then use the heatmap calendar, at least not using tasks. I'll fiddle a bit with it when I get some spare time anyway, thanks !

[claremacrae]

I can give you an undocumented way that will break in the future if you want.

But I would not want it written up in public, or advertised in any way.

Your choice.

[claremacrae]

Nah, I can’t do that now because this link has been shared in Discord, quite reasonably. Ah well.

[mathisgauthey]

Thanks, I'll take it as an inspiration for making something work, but I'll be looking for a future-proof way of doing it because I'd like to incorporate these changes in my workflow template vault and share it with people !

Edit : Alright, not an issue I'll look for other ways. Thanks anyway it's nice taking the time!

[claremacrae]

Has anyone ever created an automated plot for current recurring tasks ?

I honestly cannot answer that. You could try asking in the #task-management channel of Obsidian Discord, for more eyes on the question...