org-ql/examples.org

• Examples
  • Show entries with timestamps in the last N days
  • Listing bills coming due

Examples

Show entries with timestamps in the last N days

  (cl-defun org-ql-agenda-last-days (days &optional (type 'ts))
    "Show entries from previous DAYS days with timestamps of TYPE.
   TYPE may be `ts', `ts-active', `ts-inactive', `clocked',
   `closed', `deadline', `planning', or `scheduled'."
    (interactive (list (read-number "Days: ")
                       (->> '(ts ts-active ts-inactive clocked closed deadline planning scheduled)
                            (completing-read "Timestamp type: ")
                            intern)))
    (let ((from (->> (ts-now)
                     (ts-adjust 'day (* -1 days))
                     (ts-apply :hour 0 :minute 0 :second 0)
                     ;; Formatting isn't required, but it looks better in the header than a struct.
                     ts-format)))
      (org-ql-search (org-agenda-files)
        `(,type :from ,from :to ,(ts-now)))))

  ;; Show entries with any timestamp from last 7 days:
  (org-ql-agenda-last-days 7)

  ;; Show entries clocked in last 7 days:
  (org-ql-agenda-last-days 30 'clocked)

  ;; Show entries closed in last 7 days:
  (org-ql-agenda-last-days 30 'closed)

Listing bills coming due

This uses the example in the readme file, but maps across the elements returned by org-ql to present a simple list of titles and deadlines.

  (--map (list (org-element-property :raw-value it)
               (org-timestamp-format (org-element-property :deadline it) "%c"))
         (org-ql (org-agenda-files)
           (and (not (done))
                (tags "bills")
                (deadline <=))
           :sort deadline))
  ;;=> (("Electric bill" "Thu 23 Aug 2018 12:00:00 AM CDT")
  ;;    ("Rent" "Sat 01 Sep 2018 08:00:00 PM CDT"))

This could also be put in a script, which could use desktop notifications to remind of bills coming due: org-bills-due.el.