Submitted by thorsten on 2016/04/21 11:49
Hi Pierre,
 
I have a "ToDo" grid where all items tagged with "todo" are shown as a flat list.
 
Now, with 50-200 todos I would like to see at a glance which 1st, 2nd and 3rd level items the todos relate to.
 
Is there a way I could set up a field (e.g. called "1st level") which is automatically filled with the 1st level parent of the shown item?
 
Right now I am using a workaround: In all my grids, I have a field column called "Grid", a field column called "1st level" and a field column called "project" which basically means 2nd level. I fill those columns manually and the sub-items inherit the same values (as I set inheritance on).
 
In my "ToDo"-Grid, showing the fields "Grid", "1st level" and "Project", I can group my todo items according to those fields and therefore get a good overview of my todos.
 
The only annoyance is that I have to populate those fields manually. Is there a more elegant way?
 
Thank you in advance.
 
Kind regards
Thorsten

Comments

I think you already have the fields you are looking for as system fields: ItemParent and ItemGParent.
 
You can have an overview of which item belongs to which project by activating the "Context Parents" option.
 
A quick video of how I would achieve what you are after.
 

thorsten

2016/04/24 06:25

In reply to by ethanrox

Thank you for your quick and helpful reply, ethanrox.
 
I was not aware of the "Context Parents". This solved it for me.
 
Kind regards
Thorsten