The Task Table view has powerful filters and smart sorting to help you find exactly the task you're looking for. Here's how the filters work together. ## Status Filter The status filter controls which tasks you see based on their lifecycle stage: | Status | What it shows | Best for | |--------|--------------|----------| | **Any** | All tasks except deleted | Finding a task when you're not sure of its status | | **Active** | Tasks you're working on (default) | Daily triage and getting things done | | **Completed** | Tasks you've finished | Reviewing past work, finding something you completed | | **Cancelled** | Tasks you've removed from your plate | Recovering a cancelled task | > [!tip] Quick Reset > Click **Clear all filters** in the filter summary line to return to the default view at any time. ## Bucket Filter Buckets reflect your [[Task Trust System]] priorities: - **All** -- every bucket at once - **@today** -- what you've committed to today - **@next** -- up next when today's work is done - **@later** -- future tasks and someday/maybe items - **@inbox** -- newly captured tasks waiting to be triaged ## Project Filter Shows only tasks belonging to a specific project. Projects appear in the order you've arranged them in your outliner -- your own priority order, not alphabetical. ## Updated Time Filter Narrows tasks to a specific time window: today, yesterday, this week, last week, this month, or last month. Useful for reviewing what changed recently or tracking progress over time. ## Search Type any text to filter by task title. Combines with all other filters -- for example, search within completed tasks to find something specific you finished. ## Smart Sorting The table automatically chooses the most useful sort order based on your filters: | When you're viewing | Default sort | Why | |---|---|---| | **Active tasks** (default) | Bucket order (@today first, then @next, etc.) | Matches your triage priority | | **Completed tasks** | Most recently updated first | You're probably looking for something you just finished | | **Cancelled tasks** | Most recently updated first | You're probably looking for something you just cancelled | | **Any status** | Most recently updated first | Recency is the best starting point when browsing everything | | **Updated time range** | Chronological (oldest first) | Read changes in the order they happened | | **Search results** | Most recently updated first | The task you're looking for is likely one you touched recently | You can always override the sort by clicking any column header in the table. ## Common Scenarios **"I finished a task last week but need to find it"** Set status to **Completed**, then use the updated filter for **Last week**. Tasks appear in chronological order. **"I want to see everything I worked on today"** Set status to **Any** and updated to **Today**. You'll see every task you touched today -- active, completed, and cancelled -- in the order you worked on them. **"I cancelled something by mistake"** Set status to **Cancelled**. Your most recently cancelled tasks appear first, so it should be right at the top. **"I need to find a specific task but don't remember where it is"** Set status to **Any** and type part of the task name in the search box. This searches across all statuses. ## Related - [[Task Trust System]] - [[Task Filters in Flow]] - [[Keyboard Shortcuts]]