338 votes
Task grouping by project
planned
This would be so much easier than adding new tags to distinguish them. I could also make sharing tasks easier -- just share out all tasks in a project to the same set of users. Reporting, likewise, could see some simplification with the addition of project-based organization.
Tags as a catch-all heirarchy solution started off as a good idea, but as the site as grown and I've learned more about SlimTimer user usage patterns I now see a place for "supertags" or explicitly defining concepts like Project and Billable v Non-billable tasks. I'll have more on this soon.
- rrwhite
0 torbengb
I like your suggestion. I just want to note that there have been hints (I think it was in the blog) that SlimTimer is intended to be a lightweight, project-less tool and that there would come a bigger project-able tool (with a fee).
0 torbengb
The FAQ on http://slimtimer.com/help#faq_tasks states that "The concepts [users, customers, and projects] don't exist here. I don't believe in imposing a rigid hierarchy [...] You determine [details] on an individual task basis. You use tags to create a reporting hierarchy that works for you."
0 jnicol
Why would it be easier than tags? Instead of a big bunch of tags you would have a big bunch of projects - I'm not sure I see where the benefit lies. If a task belongs to Project X, give it a tag 'Project X', then you can run reports for just that tag. Easy. If you want to share all tasks belonging to 'Project X' with other users, you can do that with tags too.
4 yellowbkpk
I think I could live with using tags for hierarchy if we could do a better job using them. I'd like to pick some tags that would group tasks in the Timer. For example, if I have a few tasks with the "Project X" tag and a few with the "Project Y" tag, I'd like to see a collapsible group for the "project X" and "Project Y" in the timer. That way I can limit the list to the project i'm on.
2 tom_m
this really would allow people who are familiar with and use basecamp to also bring slimtimer into their work flow. ... because basecamp uses projects/tasks hierarchy. It would also be really cool if you could import tasks/projects from basecamp's rss feeds into slimtimer... making things just a little bit faster to manage/enter in.
0 youlicense
This helps thanks
3 mtodd
Right now, I treat my tasks as Projects instead and time based on each project instead of individual tasks. I started doing this because I was more familiar with products like XTT that did it this way.
I would definitely like to be able to add tasks under a Project or some sort. But also have default tags for tasks under those projects (billable and non-billable for respective projects, etc).