Re: [Semediawiki-user] [SCQ] calendar for different fields

[Shadi A. <sh...@ak...>]

Hi Yaron
It works great now. I just had to upgrade to Semantic Mediawiki 1.7.
The only aesthetic point I have is that the "(Next action date)" or
"(Deadline)" text showing up next to the event name is redundant in my
case because I'm color-coding "Next action date" in yellow and "Deadline"
in purple.
Thanks for the fix!
--Shadi

> Hi Shadi,
>
> Okay, that's good news - because that's what the software now supports. I
> made some improvements to both Semantic Compound Queries and Semantic
> Result Formats, so if you're able to get the latest SVN version of both
> extension, you should actually be able to do this.
>
> What I added to the 'calendar' format was a new parameter, "colors=". It
> takes in a set of property names, and the corresponding colors for each -
> so, for example, you could have "colors=Next action
> date=>red,Deadline=>purple". (Note the formatting.) I think this is
> actually a pretty necessary component of event displaying, and I don't
> know
> why I didn't think of it before.
>
> The overall call to #compound_query could then look like:
>
> {{#compound_query:
>  [[Category:Quotations]] [[Status::Pending]];
>  ?Next action date;?Deadline;colors=Next action
> date=>orange,Deadline=>purple
>  |[[Category:Quotations]] [[Status::Pending]] [[Importance::Hot]]];
>  ?Next action date;?Deadline;colors=Next action date=>red,Deadline=>purple
>  |format=calendar
> }}
>
> I removed the #calendarstartdate and #calendarstartdate checks because, if
> an entry has its "Next action date" in a different month from its
> "Deadline", those won't work. (Unless you use an OR in the query, but I'm
> not sure how to do that. :) )
>
> If you can try this out, please do, and let me know if it worked for you.
>
> -Yaron
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:48 PM, <sh...@ak...> wrote:
>
>> Hi Yaron
>> That's what I've been trying to do: display the four colors. E.g. red
>> for
>> hot items, orange for medium importance items, yellow for cold items,
>> and
>> purple for the items' deadlines (regardless of importance). In my wiki
>> snippet, I meant to simplify and hence I only left the part with the hot
>> items and the deadline for all.
>> --
>> Shadi
>>
>> > Hi Shadi,
>> >
>> > I've been working on fixing up SCQ and the 'calendar' format to work
>> > correctly again, but now I'm curious: why is it that you only want the
>> > property "Deadline" for regular entries, and the property "Has action
>> > date"
>> > for high-importance entries? Is that only due to current limitations
>> with
>> > SCQ and 'calendar'? In other words, if you could show both properties
>> for
>> > both types of entries, using four colors altogether, would you do that
>> > instead?
>> >
>> > -Yaron
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:19 AM, <sh...@ak...> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Yaron
>> >> Yes your understanding is correct. Thank you for your efforts!
>> >> --
>> >> Shadi AKIKI, MSc
>> >> Akiki Engineering Est.
>> >> Phone: +961 70 110 538
>> >> Email: sh...@ak...
>> >> Web: www.akikieng.com
>> >>
>> >> > Hi Shadi,
>> >> >
>> >> > If I understand your question right, you're trying to show the same
>> >> page
>> >> > in
>> >> > two different locations on the calendar - unfortunately, that
>> doesn't
>> >> > work,
>> >> > and it seems like a bug. And while looking into this problem, I
>> >> discovered
>> >> > that the 'color' param itself no longer seems to be working - I
>> think
>> >> > that's a bug that came in with SMW 1.7. I'll look into both issues.
>> >> >
>> >> > -Yaron
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:09 PM, <sh...@ak...> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hi
>> >> >> I have templates with a "Next action date" field and another
>> >> "Deadline"
>> >> >> field. I am trying to create a calendar with both fields overlaid
>> in
>> >> >> different colors. My wiki code looks something like this
>> >> >>
>> >> >> {{#compound_query:
>> >> >>  [[Category:Quotations]] [[Status::Pending]]
>> >> >>  [[Deadline::>{{#calendarstartdate:}}]]
>> >> >>  [[Deadline::<{{#calendarenddate:}}]];
>> >> >>  ?Deadline;color=purple
>> >> >>  |[[Category:Quotations]] [[Status::Pending]] [[Importance::Hot]]
>> >> >>  [[Next action date::>{{#calendarstartdate:}}]]
>> >> >>  [[Next action date::<{{#calendarenddate:}}]];
>> >> >>  ?Next action date;color=red
>> >> >>  |format=calendar
>> >> >> }}
>> >> >>
>> >> >> but it shows entries (with the deadline in the current month)
>> located
>> >> at
>> >> >> the _next action date_ day. Can anyone shed some light on this?
>> >> >> Thanks in advance.
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Shadi AKIKI, MSc
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>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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