Bug 34682 - whish for a half-year view
Summary: whish for a half-year view
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: korganizer
Classification: Applications
Component: otherviews (show other bugs)
Version: 2.1
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
URL:
Keywords:
: 56547 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2001-11-09 10:33 UTC by Stefan Nobis
Modified: 2009-01-05 10:05 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Attachments
Mockup of a year-view (223.26 KB, image/png)
2006-05-02 13:24 UTC, M G Berberich
Details
year planner of lotus organizer (92.27 KB, image/gif)
2009-01-05 10:05 UTC, Martin Tlustos
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Description Stefan Nobis 2001-11-09 10:25:42 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           korganizer
Version:           2.1 (using KDE 2.2.1 )
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    Debian Package 4:2.2.1-14 (testing/unstable)
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.12-ac3
OS/Compiler notes: 

I would like to have a one your or a half-year view with all days marked (maybe different signs or colors for different categories) for which entries are saved.

Background: I'm computer teacher and i have some courses which are held once a week and last some week (for example 8 weeks). I want something to overlook all my courses for at least half a year so i'm able to plan new courses and the like.

I most like a format in landscape with 6 colums one colum for each month. This should be big enough to show (in each colum) one line with about 0.5 cm height for each day.

Of course this also should be printable.

Thanks in advance
Stefan.


(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
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Comment 1 Peter Biechele 2003-03-04 12:43:19 UTC
I would also like to see half year or even year views !! 
 
This can be very helpful, when you need to view all events ranging over a long 
peruiod of time, especially when filtered using categories: 
e.g. you can view all "ill" days you had over one year ! 
You can view (and count) all days you used public transportation to work, 
You can print all vacation days over a certain period ! 
etc. 
 
I think this yould be very useful !!! 
 
The View - List dialog together wirth the filters are already in place and serve for 
that purpose, but just for a maximum of one month !!!! 
 
(I am using KDE 3.1, so korganizer 3.1 on Debian Woody) 
 
 
Comment 2 Helge Hielscher 2004-04-27 22:12:22 UTC
see also: Bug 56547: 3-Month View to get a better overview
Comment 3 Carter Alvord 2005-02-28 20:53:01 UTC
A year view with selective/filtered highlighting would *really* be a distinguishing feature and *extremely* helpful I think...

To extend the suggestion above a bit, it would be handy to allow the user to type in a string to use as the filter in addition to the categor(ies).  That way one could catch events that the user might have forgotten to categorize ;), but might still want to filter from the database.

Maybe a pull down on the left and an entry field on the right in the year view, such as :

Filter       Value
---------------------------
All          *Filter on text entered in the entrybox on all fields*
Category1    If (empty) then *all* Category1, else *filter* Category1 on entry
Category2    If (empty) then *all* Category2, else *filter* Category2 on entry
Category3    If (empty) then *all* Category3, else *filter* Category3 on entry
.
.
---------
Custom          Kick off wizard to allow user to add custom filter to
                list which nails up the values of selected fields and
                selects the color to highlight the dates for the given
                filter.

... so the combination of the two would be very powerful.  The pulldown gives you a simple search if you will, that can be further refined by entering text in the textbox.  Further, the user can add new filters to the list and perhaps pass those along to others.  Don't know if there would be room, but if the user selects "All," then some color key with the filter/category names would be handy to show.
Comment 4 Carter Alvord 2005-02-28 20:54:37 UTC
A year view with selective/filtered highlighting would *really* be a distinguishing feature and *extremely* helpful I think...

To extend the suggestion above a bit, it would be handy to allow the user to type in a string to use as the filter in addition to the categor(ies).  That way one could catch events that the user might have forgotten to categorize ;), but might still want to filter from the database.

Maybe a pull down on the left and an entry field on the right in the year view, such as :

Filter       Value
---------------------------
All          *Filter on text entered in the entrybox on all fields*
Category1    If (empty) then *all* Category1, else *filter* Category1 on entry
Category2    If (empty) then *all* Category2, else *filter* Category2 on entry
Category3    If (empty) then *all* Category3, else *filter* Category3 on entry
.
.
---------
Custom          Kick off wizard to allow user to add custom filter to
                list which nails up the values of selected fields and
                selects the color to highlight the dates for the given
                filter.

... so the combination of the two would be very powerful.  The pulldown gives you a simple search if you will, that can be further refined by entering text in the textbox.  Further, the user can add new filters to the list and perhaps pass those along to others.  Don't know if there would be room, but if the user selects "All," then some color key with the filter/category names would be handy to show.
Comment 5 M G Berberich 2006-05-02 13:24:56 UTC
Created attachment 15876 [details]
Mockup of a year-view

I want to have a year-view too.
Comment 6 Reinhold Kainhofer 2006-11-02 19:08:45 UTC
Reassigning all KOrganizer bug reports and wishes to the newly created 
korganizer-devel mailing list.
Comment 7 Anthony LOISEAU 2007-01-19 17:58:21 UTC
I'm a student, and I think a year view is a good idea. In fact, I've found this webpage while searching a How-To for this purpose.

I think this can be laid out with a 12(or less colomns)×31(rows) table, each cell showing only first letters of the calendar entries. Maybe a tooltip should be useful too to show a complete day events. For my use in fact, the utility for this feature should be to quickly view my holidays, my exams, and deadlines for my school works..


So I also think the first column should not be locked to January for two reasons :

 - possibility to show only a few next months for small screen-size users

 - possibility to show a period like September to June (very useful for students, at least french ones)


Thanks for this software,
Anthony LOISEAU
Comment 8 Tomas Pospisek 2008-05-05 00:08:51 UTC
Here's a hack for all interested to expand on:

http://www.sourcepole.ch/2008/5/4/ical-to-timeline
Comment 9 Christophe Marin 2008-11-16 02:31:23 UTC
*** Bug 56547 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Martin Tlustos 2009-01-05 10:02:43 UTC
I definitely second this. This is one of the most important features for me in a calendar as I have to plan ahead for almost a whole year!
But I wouldn't like it like the mockup image below, as this is not expressive enough. A good example of how this feature could look like is Lotus Organizer.  One could add events, see week-long events, and the like...
Comment 11 Martin Tlustos 2009-01-05 10:05:52 UTC
Created attachment 29921 [details]
year planner of lotus organizer

a screenshot of how lotus organizer handles year planning. I loved it!