Allow Logging Of Predefined Tasks Instead Of Active Notes

[dionvansevenant]

Having played with this a bit, I find that it is so close to my use-case. I'm wondering if a "slight" tweak would be possible. (I put slight in quotes, because I know in development that what seems simple is not also simple to implment).

Currently I use a QuickAdd Capture method with predefined tasks that I do during a workday. When I select one of those tasks it asks me for additional information, and then writes the start time, task, description, and Unix timestamp to the current daily note.

As I switch tasks through the day, I build up a log of my daily activity, ending up with something liek this (minus the ending column of the Unix timestamp for simplicity. I'll explain.):

| 08:30 | Start | Start of work day |
| 08:31 | EMails | . |
| 08:45 | Phone | Called Bob |
| 08:55 | Meeting | Daily Huddle |
| 09:38 | BRB | . |
| 09:42 | Phone | Customer called with questions |
| 10:45 | Other | Logging ticketd |
| 11:02 | Testing | PR for issue 35 |

Until the end of the day, when I record a "Done" entry.

These aren't "tasks" in that they get ticked off as they are completed, but tasks that I switch between during the work day

I implemented the Unix timestamps as I was trying to get a timing of each activity, but could not figure out how to do it on the fly, so was going to use Advanced Tables math functions to tally things up, but haven't gotten that to work yet.

In playing with Flexible Pomo, the logging option caught my eye, as I noticed that it would put in the time of each session in the log line.

However, it only logs the active Obsidian document (or specificed Obsidian document, if added using the Workbench feature).

For me, 90% of my work occurs outside Obsidian, so the 1 file that would ever get logged is simply my Daily Note.

However, if there were some way to incorporate a QuickAdd-style of menu list to prompt the user to specify what they are working on, I think this would help complete the time tracking setup that I have been seeking.

Is this something you would consider?

Thanks,

Dion

[grassbl8d]

Sorry, only saw this just now,

But if you could try to elaborate further then I';ll try to include.

THanks.

[grassbl8d]

So does this mean, that you just want a specific format ?

Thanks.

[dionvansevenant]

No worries about the delay. I honestly forgot all about this.

Possibly a specific format. I would probably have 5 common tasks, and then “other” to start with. If I started seeing too many “other” tasks in my logging, then I would review them and add additional specified tasks. That would allow for consistency, rather than trying to manually type in “phone call” or “meeting” every time.

I have to re-build my tracking again as I have shifted roles, so I may re-visit this concept again in the coming months.

Thanks,

Dion

[grassbl8d]

Ok is it like having a set task list ? So I just parse it ?

[dionvansevenant]

For my use case, yes, mostly a set task list. I know there are 5 or 6 main topics I cycle through, and then I would use “Other” as a catch-all and make changes to the list later if I see a pattern.

So parsing it could certainly be a possibility.

Thanks,

Dion

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Ok is it like having a set task list ? So I just parse it ?

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