I’m currently using Dataview to compile all of my to-do tasks into one checklist. As I have quite a few tasks, I limit the number of tasks that can be seen in the list just so it doesn’t seem so daunting. However, I would like to know if it is possible to sort this list in a random order? The defaul…

I posed this question on Reddit and, with help from u/emehlya, the following set-up using Dataviewjs can randomize tasks: dv.taskList(dv.pages("#Tasks").file.tasks .where(t => !t.completed <= luxon.DateTime.now()) .sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5) .limit(3)) However, the dataview is refresh…

I’ve figured out why some tasks that have been completed were showing up in the results, and this updated dataviewjs works if I delete the luxon.DateTime.now: dv.taskList(dv.pages("#Tasks").file.tasks .where(t => !t.completed) .sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5) .limit(6)); However, I have not found…

By the nature of dataviews being dynamic, they’ll keep on returning different results when randomised. If you don’t change how you randomise the order, or store the query result. One idea, could be to shuffle the list related to something which changes, but not too often. One idea could be to rando…

That’s such a creative way of solving the problem. So basically you’re suggesting to use a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) that takes the date as seed, right? But will this give every task on the list the same probability of being selected over, say, the course of a month? In any case, I have …

[image] tophee: So, I think the easier solution would probably be to find a way of writing the first result into the note and sticking to that result, rather than updating the query. But I don’t know how to do that either… The issue with this is still that if you make it “permanent”, and not …

[image] holroy: The issue with this is still that if you make it “permanent”, and not a query, which could be done using template functionality you’ll end up duplicating the tasks, LOL, good point. Didn’t think of that. Haha, I really like figuring this kind of stuff out and finding all those…

[image] tophee: I really like figuring this kind of stuff out and finding all those pitfalls. Speaking of which: It just strikes me: can’t we just “cache” the results in a constant, as in const dueTasks = dv.pages().file.tasks .where(t => !t.completed) .where(t => t.due && t.due.day == d…

[image] tophee: One problem that I haven’t solved yet is to “randomize” the tasks instead of their files. So I’m in kind of a strange mood, and had an idea, which I went on to implement. The idea was that if you gather all the tasks, and generate a hash based upon the task text, it should be …

How can I sort tasks in a random order using Dataview?

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Craig November 28, 2022, 10:15pm 7

I implemented a PRNG to order page results from Dataview that don’t re-order every time a page is changed. You might be able to do something similar with tasks?