[Orgmode] Re: Agenda view: How many hours did I work today, and on what

[Bernt Hansen]

Daniel Clemente <address@hidden> writes:

> El dl, jun 08 2009, Bernt Hansen va escriure:
>> In the agenda hit 'R' to get a clock report that only covers the period
>> of time displayed by the agenda.
>>
>
>   I had tried this but found it too ugly and hard to understand and I
>   abandoned it. Now I'm retaking it and searching what changes I
>   should do to make it comfortable. Some notes:
>
> 1. I didn't want to group tasks by level-2 headers, but show all tasks
> instead (at any level). Therefore I should use: (setq
> org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist '(:link t :maxlevel 99 ))

I use (:link nil :maxlevel 2).  This gives me totals for level 1 and
level 2 headings only.

My level 1 tasks tend to be categories mostly (Appointments, System
Maintenance, etc) and level 2 and deeper are the clocked items.

> >
> 2. The table is too wide and lines span into several visible lines. I
> should either learn to trim the table columns, or activate
> truncate-lines somehow when the table is bigger than the window.

Keeping task headlines short should help.  The table can get wide but my
lines never wrap.  For me truncate-lines is t in the agenda.  I have a
function key (f7) to toggle truncate lines on and off.

>
> 3. I don't understand the table format. It is showing hierarchical
> information and thus would fit much better in an outline. It doesn't
> let me expand/contract sections and I would like this because there
> are too many. It doesn't recognize or highlight the keywords or
> priorities. Furthermore, the keys to move between cells (left/right
> arrow) have other meanings in the agenda view (ex: change days).

It's a data table of clocked items only.  It's not folded or expandable
(like column mode).

I export the agenda view (C-x C-w) to a text file if I need a copy for
some other application.


>
> 4. It seems this report can't be easily extended; well, only
> with :formula lines, which may be complex to write by hand. Useful
> extensions would be: a) to show the effort estimate for each task (and
> so to discover whether you did the task in time). Or b) to show the
> exact time period(s) when you worked on each task.
>

The clock report in the agenda is mainly for reporting the time spent
working on items.  If you want to compare estimates with clocked amounts
for a particular subtree I would use a dynamic clock table instead.

You can specify block times to limit the range to specific dates.

See http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#SavingEstimate

HTH,
-Bernt

>
>
> So: this clock report mode in the agenda view isn't still comfortable,
> but seems the base for what I want; I will go on from this.
>   Thanks,
>
> Daniel