Next Actions Report
You can produce a PDF file listing all the actions to be done in the
week ahead as well as all Do ASAP actions.
Parameters
- Show project/thought?: if checked, the thought description
is shown for single actions (between braces {}) or the project
description is shown (between square brackets []) for other actions;
- Use colour?: if checked, dates are shown using the same
colour convention as the screens;
- Font Family?: choose the font for the report from those
available.
- Remember these options: if checked, the selected parameters
are saved and restored the next time the report is run.
Layout
The report heading has the words Next Actions on the left-hand side and
the current date on the right-hand side.
The report has the following sections:
- Scheduled Overdue: overdue scheduled actions ordered by
scheduled date and time;
- Delegated Overdue: overdue delegated actions ordered by
follow-up date;
- Scheduled Today: actions scheduled today, ordered by time;
- Delegated Today: actions delegated with follow-up date of
today, ordered by delegated to;
- Do ASAP actions: grouped by context. Contexts are listed
alphabetically (except for None which is first) and actions are
ordered alphabetically within context;
- Scheduled This Week: scheduled actions with scheduled date
within a week from today ordered by scheduled date and time;
- Delegated Follow-Up This Week: delegated actions with
follow-up date within a week from today ordered by follow-up date.
The actions are listed with the following information:
- Do ASAP action: description, and topic (in underlined italic);
- Scheduled action: scheduled date (if not today) and time,
description, context (in italic), and topic (in underlined italic);
- Delegated action: follow-up date (if not today), description,
the words "Delegate To" with the person delegated to, context
(in italic), and topic (in underlined italic);
- Project/Thought description: under the action if any.
Output
The PDF file is saved in the folder specified within the user preferences (see
User Preferences).
The current date and time are used to generate a unique report file name.