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graphical description of data relationships in toodledo

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jamison	Posted: Apr 18, 2010 Score: 0 Reference jamison Posted: Apr 18, 2010 Score: 0 Reference Hello, I am a new user to toodledo and was wondering if anyone had any sort of a description (graphical or otherwise) as to the folder/structure and relationships for the data fields used in toodledo. For example, a nice picture of the folder/task/subtask relationship with the various attributes available to the user for each level and also how contexts, tags, goals work with each other. Or is it safe to say that everything is folder based and that is that. Sorry if this is difficult to understand.
Claudio	Posted: Apr 18, 2010 Score: 0 Reference Claudio Posted: Apr 18, 2010 Score: 0 Reference Hi. Folders and Contexts are data fields that are independent of each other, i.e. there is no connection between a folder and a context, only between a task and those fields. Goals, though, can be connected to each other through the "Contributes" field. (See http://www.toodledo.com/goals.php.) Each task can have only one Folder, Context and Goal. Tags are different in that one task can have multiple tags. The task/subtask relation is one level of internal one-to-many. One task can have multiple subtasks, but subtasks cannot have subtasks. Also, a Task can be "demoted" to subtask, and a subtask "promoted" to Task by dragging it. Explanation of subtasks here: http://www.toodledo.com/info/subtasks.php It's not correct to say that "everything is folder based" (at least, not if you mean a Folder in the Toodledo user interface) because you don't have to use folders for your tasks. Some Toodledo users use Tags instead of Folders and Contexts because multiple tags can be assigned to a task, but you can have only one folder and one context per task. Folders and Contexts, though, provide you with a pre-defined fields, whereas with Tags you would have to come up with prefixes or other identifiers to distinguish a Tag-Folder from a Tag-Context and from just a Tag. Hope that helps. This message was edited Apr 18, 2010.

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jamison

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jamison
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Hello,

I am a new user to toodledo and was wondering if anyone had any sort of a description (graphical or otherwise) as to the folder/structure and relationships for the data fields used in toodledo.
For example, a nice picture of the folder/task/subtask relationship with the various attributes available to the user for each level and also how contexts, tags, goals work with each other.

Or is it safe to say that everything is folder based and that is that. Sorry if this is difficult to understand.

Claudio

Posted: Apr 18, 2010

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Claudio
Posted: Apr 18, 2010
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Hi.

Folders and Contexts are data fields that are independent of each other, i.e. there is no connection between a folder and a context, only between a task and those fields. Goals, though, can be connected to each other through the "Contributes" field. (See http://www.toodledo.com/goals.php.) Each task can have only one Folder, Context and Goal.

Tags are different in that one task can have multiple tags.

The task/subtask relation is one level of internal one-to-many. One task can have multiple subtasks, but subtasks cannot have subtasks. Also, a Task can be "demoted" to subtask, and a subtask "promoted" to Task by dragging it. Explanation of subtasks here: http://www.toodledo.com/info/subtasks.php

It's not correct to say that "everything is folder based" (at least, not if you mean a Folder in the Toodledo user interface) because you don't have to use folders for your tasks. Some Toodledo users use Tags instead of Folders and Contexts because multiple tags can be assigned to a task, but you can have only one folder and one context per task. Folders and Contexts, though, provide you with a pre-defined fields, whereas with Tags you would have to come up with prefixes or other identifiers to distinguish a Tag-Folder from a Tag-Context and from just a Tag.

Hope that helps.

This message was edited Apr 18, 2010.

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