Re: problem with columnview and the match option

[Ihor Radchenko]

Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

> ** All groups
> #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 2 :match "H1"   :maxlevel 2 :skip-empty-rows t 
> :indent nil :format  "%5TODO(Status) %5Id(Group) %5Ex(Exercise) 
> %5Sheet(Sheet) %7ST1(Status){X/}"
> | Status | Group | Exercise | Sheet | Status |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> |        |       |          |       | [1/2]  |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | DONE   | G1    | E1       | H1    | [ ]    |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | DONE   | G2    | E3       | H1    | [X]    |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | TODO   | G3    | E2       | H2    |        |
> #+END
> I don't understand why the line 
> | TODO   | G3    | E2       | H2    |        | 
> appears in the table, it does not fit condition

Try on latest master ;)

> I deleted the maxlevel condition
>
>
> #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 2 :match "H1"    :skip-empty-rows t :indent nil 
> :format  "%5TODO(Status) %5Id(Group) %5Ex(Exercise) %5Sheet(Sheet) 
> %7ST1(Status){X/}"
> | Status | Group | Exercise | Sheet | Status |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | DONE   | G1    | E1       | H1    | [ ]    |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | DONE   | G2    | E3       | H1    | [X]    |
> #+END
>
> But now the row
>
> |        |       |          |       | [1/2]  |
>
> Is missing. I am confused, I thought maybe exclude-tags could help

This is expected. The first heading does not match the condition.

> #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 2 :exclude-tags  (H2)    :skip-empty-rows t 
> :indent nil :format  "%5TODO(Status) %5Id(Group) %5Ex(Exercise) 
> %5Sheet(Sheet) %7ST1(Status){X/}"
> | Status | Group | Exercise | Sheet | Status |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> |        |       |          |       | [1/2]  |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | DONE   | G1    | E1       | H1    | [ ]    |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | DONE   | G2    | E3       | H1    | [X]    |
> |--------+-------+----------+-------+--------|
> | TODO   | G3    | E2       | H2    |        |
> #+END
>
> But not really, help would be appreciated.

Add quotes around H2:

#+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 2 :exclude-tags  ("H2")    :skip-empty-rows t 
:indent nil :format  "%5TODO(Status) %5Id(Group) %5Ex(Exercise) %5Sheet(Sheet) 
%7ST1(Status){X/}"

Best,
Ihor