[FR]: Add options to filter tasks for ICS

[ras0q]

Feature Category

Import/Export (data migration, backups)

Problem Statement

Currently, all tasks - including archived tasks, completed tasks, and tasks without due dates - are exported to a single ICS calendar.

Proposed Solution

We want to efficiently filter these to reduce complexity.

If the TaskNotes plugin already has a feature to set advanced filters, it's best to use that. However, I think it would be good to have an option to exclude individually archived tasks, completed tasks, and tasks without due dates.

Use Case Examples

Currently, tasks without due dates appear on the calendar, creating a lot of noise (in my personal opinion, displaying tasks without due dates should be opt-in).
Once this feature is implemented, you'll only see necessary tasks, increasing efficiency.

Priority/Impact

High - This would significantly improve my workflow

Additional Context

No response

[slipstyle]

Yes! this is the feature I've been dreaming of, thank you @ras0q for writing this up, I was just about to until I searched!

[slipstyle]

@callumalpass I see you've already created unit tests for this, I haven't dug too deep into the code yet, but I'm guessing this feature is already underway or possibly already finished...

I see the test you wrote includes:

/**
 * The ICSExportOptions interface should be extended to include:
 *
 * export interface ICSExportOptions {
 *     useDurationForExport?: boolean;
 *     excludeArchived?: boolean;     // New: exclude archived tasks
 *     excludeCompleted?: boolean;    // New: exclude completed tasks
 *     requireDueDate?: boolean;      // New: only include tasks with due dates
 * }
 *
 * The generateMultipleTasksICSContent method should filter tasks
 * based on these options before generating VEVENT entries.
 */

Is there anyway you could add one additional setting "requireScheduledDate" so that we could set:
requireScheduledDate = true
requireDueDate = false

Which would allow us to see all scheduled tasks, regardless if they have a due date? (I have lots of tasks that are not important to be done on a deadline (which is what I use the due date for), but I still track the tasks and schedule them)

[callumalpass]

Thank you for reporting this. This should be resolved in release 4.8.0, so I am going to close this issue now.