Sort By Happens

[702573N]

With the new happens query it's now possible to filter all dates no matter if start, scheduled, or due. Unfortunately it is not possible to sort a query by "happens".

Please add "sort by happens" as sorting option!

[schemar]

Thank you for the idea @702573N

[claremacrae]

I've been thinking for a while that it would be nice to make consistent which fields can be searched for, sorted and (soon) grouped by...

And the grouping code will probably need to be aware of the sort order for some fields... (and could perhaps benefit from a 'reverse' field too...

So maybe it might be worth exploring creating a class/concept.bucket-o-stuff to represent a 'property' or 'value' and to provide the logic for searching and grouping, as appropriate...

Then when new options are added, there would be fewer locations of code that would need updating...

just wanted to jot down the suggestion for now...

[claremacrae]

What date should be used for sorting by “happens” if there are multiple types of date?

In my own “group by happens” I picked the highest priority date (use due if set, then scheduled if set, else use start)

would this work, or should it use the earliest of any values for those 3 fields @702573N @schemar ?

[702573N]

It should be the earliest of any values, for me and my routine. I need a way to display all the tasks I currently have to deal with. It doesn't matter if the task is due today or if this task starts today. Because it is a task which is currently in the row.

[schemar]

Good question, @claremacrae. I don't feel there is a "right" answer here. So we should probably do what's most useful in practice and make sure it's documented.

[claremacrae]

There has been another request for this in #740.

[702573N]

It should be the earliest of any values, for me and my routine.

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[claremacrae]

Thanks. Already understood from your earlier message.

[claremacrae]

I've implemented this - see #1419.

It will be in the next release.

[claremacrae]

Just released in 1.21.0.