Repeating Tasks and Appointments

Tasks and appointments can be set to repeat as frequently as you like. It is possible to set up basic repeating tasks quite quickly, but it is also possible to set up some quite complex repeating patterns (if you feel like getting to understand JXCirrus' date handling very well).

Editing Repeats

To make a task or event a repeat (or to edit the repeats), edit the entry, and go to the Repeat tab.

Repeat Type

The first thing to select is the type of repeat you want:

Depending on the option you choose, different fields will be visible on the repeat tab.

At (Time of Day)

Pressing Expand next to the At field, lets you select the time of day for the entry repeat.  Enter the time in the HH:MM:SS field and press Add. The time will appear in the list. You can add multiple times of the day if you wish. Un-tick the time in the list to remove that time.

On (Which Days)

Pressing Expand next to the On field, lets you select day on which the entry repeats.

Only For

Pressing Expand next to the Only For field lets you set the repeat to be only on days with certain time types available.

Open/End

For tasks, this lets you set the "Start After" time. For events, this lets you set the "End" time. The following options are available:

Start and End

Pressing Expand next to the Start Repeating field lets you start repeating from a specific date.

Pressing Expand next to the Repeat Until field lets you stop repeating after a specific date.

Excluding Days

Pressing Expand next to the Exclude Repeating lets you exclude either:

Test Page

Pressing Expand next to the Repeat choice shows a page listing all of the predicted repeat times (based on other other fields in the repeat tab).
It also shows the repeat as an expression (which you can use for expression repeats).

Expressions

You can copy the expression from the Test Page into the Repeat Due field and modify it as required. NOTE: This is only for advanced use.

Create Sequence

This button allows you to turn a repeating task or event into a set of actual (non-repeating entries) for a time into the future. This button is only enabled once you set a date for the repeats to end (i.e. Repeat Until needs to be set). Once you press this, the repeat is turned off, and individual entries are created up to the Repeat Until date.