[APP][Pro] Tasks

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@Patrik_Nordelind nice catch I just submitted a fix to test (version: 1.1.1) together with your Swedish translations many thanks!

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Thanks, this will save me so much time! Now i have multiple variables to queue a notification, save the state if itā€™s been read etc etc. Have only been using it for a day now, but it looks promising!

Maybe i havenā€™t seen it yet, but is there a way to see which tasks currently are active, with IDā€™s and labels? For example in the settings of the app?

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  • there is a then card to fetch all raw data and then you can for example using a homey script process it as you wish
  • there is also a and task to check if a task with a specific identifier is open
  • and Iā€™m thinking of creating a app settings page where you can see all open tasks
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Hey @Sre thanks for the app, have been using it for a few months now and itā€™s super useful on my dashboard. I just came up with an idea for another use case for it but have hit a limitation I wondered if you might be able to help with.

I was hoping to create a task to change the battery in my battery powered devices when they run low. So I can easily trigger a flow when a deviceā€™s battery alarm is turned on, then I want to create a task for it. I could use just ā€˜batteryā€™ or similar for the task identifier but then I might have multiple batteries run low at the same time so I donā€™t think that would work. I was thinking it could work if it was possible to use tags in the identifier field of the flow card to create a task. Then I could set the identifier as battery-[device ID] or similar. Even better if I could use tags in the identifier field of the Complete task card as well to auto mark them as complete when the battery replaced if I forget to tick it off manually on my dashboard.

Would it be possible to adjust the app like this, or perhaps is there some easier approach Iā€™m missing?

Thanks in advance!

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@Jonathan_Draper I just realized you can skip the ā€œIdentifierā€ field entirely. Itā€™s not as cool as the solution involving tags, but it allows you to create multiple tasks without any ID conflicts.

Btwā€¦ congrats @Sre! Great app :rocket:

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Just wanted to mention that downside of skipping the identifier field is that you can only remove a task manually (from the widget) let me know if this is good enough for you and many thanks for all the compliments :heart:

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I think support for tags in the identifier field would be nice @Sre. And is there a way to create tasks from the UI? Maybe a button within the widget?

Let me know if I can help somehow (over on GitHub) :slight_smile:

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Thanks both, yes the ability to skip the identifier gives me a workable initial solution as I can create all the tasks I need and dismiss manually on the dashboard. Would be really nice to be able to dismiss them in flows though so being able to use tags in identifiers would be amazing

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I was thinking about creating a app settings screen for manually managing stuff but I didnā€™t spend time on that yet

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I will add the ability to apply variables to identifiers to my Todo list but i would first have to verify if existing tasks wil remain to work for existing users and if the solutions remains locally and not to nerdy for new users

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Hi!

Love the app (thanks!).

I was just wondering, we can add labels to a taskā€¦but is there a way to use said labels in a flow/script? Other than completing all tasks with a certain label.

I would like to filter tasks based on their labelā€¦but I donā€™t really see how to do that.

Also, the idea about adding identifier variables sounds awesome.

Thanks (again)!

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@clampr @Jonathan_Draper I have just published version 1.2.0 of the tasks app to test (can be downloaded here Taken | Homey
This version adds the ability to add item-ids to an identifier, this can be a hardcoded string or constructed from a variable.
Using other cards you can complete all tasks with a specific identifier or just the one with a specific identifier + item combination.
Feedback is more then welcome before I publish this to production.

  • note to self, I need to document this in the initial post-

@Jasr if you download the test version of the app you would have idā€™s, item idā€™s and labels

  • with idā€™s you can delete tasks from flows
  • with item-idā€™s you can create multiple instances of tasks that are grouped by there id allowing you to complete the whole group or a specific item
  • with a label you can tag a item, and filter out those labels in the widget. for example you can create a label for a person in your household and see that as a way to assign a task to a person and have a widget for that specific person to show his open tasks
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Fantastic thanks @Sre Iā€™ll have a play and let you know how I get on

EDIT: Tested and it works like a charm - can fully meet my use case and now Iā€™m thinking up various other use cases I could use it for given the new functionality.

Thanks again!

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You are more then welcome and thank you for your donation!
Iā€™m now going to work on a app settings screen :slight_smile:

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