Plan a task multiple times / Handle longer tasks
Felix Garriau
I'd like that the task duration and the time blocked in the calendar for that task did not match. So I can plan a task multiple times, like in Sunsama.
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Stefania
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Long-term Tasks
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Fernando Adrián García Sánchez
Akiflow's current features are excellent for daily task planning. However, long-term tasks can be a bit confusing. Time management methodologies (like GTD) often suggest breaking down large tasks into smaller sub-tasks or turning a big task into a project. This usually works well, and Akiflow excels at this. But sometimes, tasks can't be completed in a day. For example, when I'm working on a painting, it takes more than a day, and I don't want to create a project or break it down into daily sub-tasks.
Currently, I can set a deadline for the task, but it shows as overdue if I don't complete it within a day. This is an issue for tasks like taking courses, finishing a series, or any task that spans multiple days without a clear end date.
I would love Akiflow to have features for medium to long-term tasks that require more than a day. A possible solution is a list for long-term tasks that don’t show as overdue unless the deadline passes. It would also be great to track task progress as a percentage without sub-tasks and allocate specific time slots for these tasks. For example, during "free time," Akiflow could suggest tasks like "finish series 'X'" or "work on painting."
Most tools lack this feature, and adding it would complete the project and task management experience. Akiflow is the perfect tool to implement this, and I hope to see it soon. Thank you!
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Vince
I like the idea of putting in a long duration for big tasks and having this split across multiple slots. At present I lost out all the sub tasks and put those into slots but that can take a while for long, but routine, tasks.
Jeson P
Vince: Thank you for sharing how this feedback is a must for you!
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Vladislav
Something like "continue task" would be good too (if it's not how it works in this suggestion)
Current workaround is to just duplicate task and fill it like this. But if adding info to task, this is not really stable and info can be missing.
Jeson P
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Time Tracking and Task Hierarchy Support
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To enhance usability and meet user needs, please add the ability to track time over multiple sessions for a single task, allowing users to start, pause, and resume timers, and implement task hierarchy support to manage tasks and sub-tasks. These features will enable accurate time management across different periods and provide better organization for complex projects, making the app more suitable for advanced time tracking and task management.
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Livia Farkas
Yes, very good idea! Task duration can still be set as 3 hours or so, but if we could set chunks for it, we could schedule it in 3 1-hour chunks for example. It could even say 1/3, 2/3, 3/3 automatically.
Stefania
Livia Farkas: Thank you so much for your message Livia! Makes sense, I'll let you know when we start working on this :)
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Jaime
I really, really hope this happens. Most of the time I can do tasks in one sitting but don't want to have duplicates of the same tasks.
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Garrett
Morgen has this, and I really appreciated that feature! Would really love to have this in Akiflow as well.
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John Campbell
This is a huge, missing feature in Akiflow. Love the way you can split a task in Sunsama. Is this being planned in the near future @akiflow ?
Stefania
John Campbell: We're considering this! I'll keep you posted John :)
Stefania
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Partial Completion + Reschedule
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B.
Would love something like an Option+Complete that shows the task as partially complete and prompts a reschedule. This would allow a more accurate tracking of work done at the end of the day and week, as opposed to forwarding incomplete tasks as though nothing were done.
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Louis Isaac
YES!! Imported tasks should also be able to exist on multiple days.
Currently when you click "done" the task is always marked as done. I want to import a task from Clickup and do a few hours each day until the task is completed.
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