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waffles replied on May 13, 2008 01:31 to the question "Schedule weekly appointments with an end date" in I want Sandy:

I'm just wondering how things are going with making this happen? Right now I've got a semester's worth of classes set up for the fall and I'd rather not have to go in and archive over 12 items if I don't have to.

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jsummers replied on February 28, 2008 16:19 to the idea "Calendar view of events on start page" in I want Sandy:

The list of dates is ok I guess. Nothing like looking at a calender view. It helps me a lot. I have been using google cal and have the sandy feed but it is to much work to update things on sandys feed.

I would love to have a cal view that allows me to look at a normal cal view and have a list next to it of todo's or whatever.

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PolarLava replied on February 22, 2008 03:33 to the idea "Calendar view of events on start page" in I want Sandy:

I too would so like to see a calendar view.

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Billy Wingnut shared an idea in I want Sandy on January 10, 2008 04:52:

Calendar view of events on start page

I may be missing where this is, but what I'd like to see on the I Want Sandy start page for my account is a calendar view (most convenient would be a month view showing minimal information that's clickable to get details). Right now all I see is a listing by date.

It would also be nice to have day and week views that would show 24-hour blocks with what time Sandy has scheduled for the account holder.

These would all be akin to Outlook's various views or I've seen Airset add this as their Agenda view, I think.

Billy Wingnut marked one of Rael Dornfest's replies in I want Sandy as useful. Rael Dornfest replied to the question "Schedule weekly appointments with an end date".

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Billy Wingnut replied on January 10, 2008 04:14 to the question "Schedule weekly appointments with an end date" in I want Sandy:

Thanks Rael,

That functionality is fine (tag it @weekly and then @archive when done) though it would be sweet if Sandy could understand the recurrence end date and avoid the need for the extra steps altogether.

Either way, this is a really innovative product with great support. I'm glad my giving you what I tried helps. It seemed best to actually show you what I was trying for you to vet whether I'm even close to something!

Keep up the good work. If you need feedback on how people would try to phrase requests of Sandy for existing or future functionality, I'm happy to help. I'm amazed at how much she understands already!

-Billy

Rael Dornfest replied on January 09, 2008 23:36 to the question "Schedule weekly appointments with an end date" in I want Sandy:

Hi Billy,

I'm sorry Sandy stumped you on this!

If what you're asking is whether or not it is possible to schedule recurring appointments that recur until a particular date (e.g. every wednesday until March), you're right that Sandy doesn't currently understand that.

(What was very useful, though, was the set of examples of what you did try. We are always working with Sandy to improve what she understands (within reason, of course) and examples like those you provided are more helpful than you'll ever know.)

What you can do is schedule a recurring appointment (e.g. "Remember class on 1/9 5-30-8:30pm @weekly") and, when you'd like it to stop, just tag it with @archive and it'll stop -- without need of you deleting it or anything that drastic.

I hope this helps. If not, please do reply and let's see what we can do to help you and Sandy along.

-R

Billy Wingnut asked a question in I want Sandy on January 09, 2008 23:01:

Schedule weekly appointments with an end date

Initial attempt to Sandy was "Remember class every Wednesday until May 7 from 5:30-8:30pm". What I received back was an appointment starting 5/7/08 at 5:30pm until 1/9/09 at 8:30pm.

Second attempt was "Remember class from 5:30-8:30pm every Wednesday until 5/7/08". Same result as first.

Third attempt was "Remember class on 1/9 from 5:30-8:30pm @weekly until 5/7/08". This produced "Occurs every Wednesday effective 01/09/2008 from 5:30 PM for 2859 hours".

I'm beginning to think it's not possible to schedule a period of time in which to schedule weekly (or otherwise recurring) appointments? Am I right?