diff --git a/08f0d7ee7842c439382816d21ec1dea2/description b/08f0d7ee7842c439382816d21ec1dea2/description new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6bd3e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/08f0d7ee7842c439382816d21ec1dea2/description @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +figure out how to make useful reports + +In task-warrior we had a pair of custom reports, one to list things we +did last week and another to list things we were planning to do this +coming week. + +Docs here: +* custom reports: +* end date (brief): + + +# Done last week + +> report.weekly.prev.description='Tasks Completed Last Week' +> report.weekly.prev.columns=uuid,description.desc,project,assignee,end +> report.weekly.prev.sort=end+ +> report.weekly.prev.filter=+COMPLETED and -hidden and (end.after=sow - 1 week) and (end.by=eow - 1 week) + +The "done last week" report filters on a column called `end`, which is +a datetime made up by tw indicating when the ticket became COMPLETED. + + +# To do this week + +> report.selected.external.description='Tasks Selected for This Week' +> report.selected.external.columns=project,description.desc,assignee,due +> report.selected.external.sort=assignee+/,urgency- +> report.selected.external.filter=-COMPLETED and -internal and -hidden and (due.by=eow or +selected or +interrupt) + +The "to do this week" report looks for the tags "selected" or "interrupt", +or a due date this week. + + +# What is to be done + +## Done last week + +I can imagine finding the issues with state=done, running `git log` +on their state file, finding the datetime of the transition to done, +and selecting the ones where that datetime is in a particular time window. + +Not sure how to express to ent that that is what i want though. + +Maybe we can use git tags in the entomologist-data branch somehow? +`git log` between tags and look for "state: _ -> done". But how to +position the tags on the commits i want? Seems cumbersome. + + +## To do this week + +entomologist doesn't have due dates yet, but we should probably add that. + +entomologist doesn't have tags yet (there's an open ticket for it), +but once we have that it'll be easy to list "tags=selected,interrupt". +Or maybe we should just use "state=inprogress"? + + +## Misc thoughts + +It's nice that we can add whatever files we want to the +`entomologist-data` branch. We could add a directory of report +definitions, and have them be shared across the project, and not have +to type them out every time.