--- url: /guides/build-a-today-view.md description: >- Make a personal view that gathers today's tasks from your workspaces, and open it as your home page. --- # Build your own Today view Build a Today [view](/concepts/views) when you want one page that answers "what do I do today?" across all your lists and [workspaces](/concepts/hierarchy). Hule has no fixed Today page: you make a [personal view](/concepts/personal-and-work) with the [filter](/guides/filter-sort-and-group-a-view) you want, and set it as your home page, so it opens whenever you start Hule. ## Before you start You need tasks with due dates. To give a task one, see [Plan on the timeline and the calendar](/guides/plan-on-timeline-and-calendar#task-dates-start-due-and-time). ::: info Only you see it A personal view is yours alone: nobody else sees it, even when it draws from a shared workspace. ::: ## Create the view 1. Click **+** (**Create**) at the top of the sidebar and choose **New view**. The form asks **What view are you making?** ![The Create menu at the top of the sidebar, open on New task, New list and New view](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-1.light.webp){.light-only} ![The Create menu at the top of the sidebar, open on New task, New list and New view](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-1.dark.webp){.dark-only} 2. In **Name**, type: ```text Today ``` 3. In **Display Mode**, choose **List** (what each view type shows: [Views compared](/reference/views-compared)). 4. In **Type**, keep **User** (the default). Point at the ⓘ next to **Type**: the tip reads "A personal view, visible only to you. It pulls tasks from the sources you pick below." ::: warning Type is locked from a workspace, folder or list **New view** opened from a workspace, folder or list makes a view of that kind. Start from **+** (**Create**) at the top of the sidebar, or under **User Views**, point at the row with your name, click **+** and choose **New view**. ::: 5. In **Source**, pick each workspace you work in. You can also pick single folders or lists. ![The New view form: Name Today, Display Mode List, Type User, and both workspaces ticked under Source](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-2.light.webp){.light-only} ![The New view form: Name Today, Display Mode List, Type User, and both workspaces ticked under Source](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-2.dark.webp){.dark-only} 6. Click **Create**. The view opens with every task from those sources, and appears under **User Views** in the sidebar. ## Today's filter: due, open, yours The filter below keeps only your open tasks due today or earlier. Every field and operator is listed in [View filters](/reference/view-filters). ### Due today or earlier 1. Click **Filter** in the view's header. The filter strip opens. 2. Click **+ Rule**. A new rule chip appears on the strip. 3. Click the chip. Its editor opens. 4. In **Field**, choose **Due date**. 5. In **Operator**, choose **on or before / ≤**. 6. In **Value**, click **Relative**, then pick **Today**. The chip reads "Due date <= Today", and the editor says "When Due date is on or before Today". ### Not done 1. Click **+ Rule** again. A second chip appears. 2. Click the new chip and set **Stage**, **is not**, **Done**. The chip reads "Stage != Done". A [stage](/concepts/statuses) groups a list's statuses, so this rule works across lists with different statuses. ### Assignee: yours or nobody's Skip this part if every source is yours alone. In a source that is [shared](/concepts/sharing) with others, it hides tasks [assigned](/guides/assign-and-watch-tasks) to someone else. 1. Click **+ Group**. An empty group appears in brackets, with its own **+ Rule**. 2. Click the group's **+ Rule**. A chip appears inside the brackets. 3. Click the chip and set **Assignee**, **is**, **Me (current user)**. ::: warning The group's + Rule disappears after its first rule A group shows its own **+ Rule** only while it is empty. The second rule is added on the strip and dragged into the group (steps 4–6). ::: 4. Click **+ Rule** on the strip. A new chip appears outside the group. 5. Click the chip and set **Assignee**, **is empty**. 6. Drag the chip inside the group's brackets. An **AND** chip appears between the group's two rules. 7. Click **AND** and choose **OR**. Tasks nobody is assigned to stay in view, from every source. ::: tip Build a group in one place The gear next to the strip (**Advanced filter**) shows the same filter as nested groups, where every group has its own **+ Rule**. Edits there sync to the chips. ::: ### Save the filter 1. Click **Save**. Only your open tasks due today or earlier are left, so anything overdue stays in sight. ::: warning Save stays greyed out while a rule is empty Point at **Save**: "Pick a value for every rule, or remove the empty one." Give the empty chip a value, or remove it. ::: ![The filter strip of Today: Due date <= Today, Stage != Done and a group of Assignee = Me (current user) OR Assignee is empty, with Save active](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-3.light.webp){.light-only} ![The filter strip of Today: Due date <= Today, Stage != Done and a group of Assignee = Me (current user) OR Assignee is empty, with Save active](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-3.dark.webp){.dark-only} ### Overdue first: sort by due date 1. Click **Sort**, then click **Due date** in **Available**. It joins the sort below **Manual**, sorting **Asc**. 2. Drag **Due date** above **Manual**, or remove **Manual**. Overdue tasks now come first. Until then, manual order decides. How several sort rules combine is in [View sorting](/reference/view-sorting). ## Home page: open Today at start 1. In the sidebar, right-click **Today** (or point at it and click **More actions**, **…**). Its menu opens. 2. Choose **Set as home**. Hule says **This view is now your home**. ::: warning Only your own personal views **Set as home** appears only on personal views you made (**Type** **User**). A workspace or list view can't be your home page. ::: The **Home** button in the sidebar now opens this view. To go back to the default Home page, choose **Remove from home** in the same menu, or pick **Default** in **User settings** → **Appearance** → **Home page**. ## Two workspaces, one Today: an example Say you are Anna. Your Today view draws from your own workspace, "Anna Smith's workspace", and your company's, "Acme", with the filter and sort above. ![The Today view with three tasks, sorted by due date: Pay the overdue invoice from Acme's Finance list first, then Call the dentist from Personal and Send the client report from Clients](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-4.light.webp){.light-only} ![The Today view with three tasks, sorted by due date: Pay the overdue invoice from Acme's Finance list first, then Call the dentist from Personal and Send the client report from Clients](/shots/guides/build-a-today-view-4.dark.webp){.dark-only} On Tuesday morning, yesterday's overdue invoice from Acme's Finance list sits at the top. ## If it doesn't work * **Save is greyed out.** Point at it: "Pick a value for every rule, or remove the empty one." A rule has no value. Pick one, or remove the rule. Every field's values are in [View filters](/reference/view-filters). * **Tasks without a due date are missing.** That is the filter at work: they have no day to be due. Plan them in a [GTD session](/guides/run-a-gtd-session) or on the [calendar](/guides/plan-on-timeline-and-calendar). * **Done tasks still show.** Add the **Stage** **is not** **Done** rule, as in [Not done](#not-done). What a stage is: [Statuses and status templates](/concepts/statuses). * **There is no Set as home in the menu.** Only your own personal views can be your home page. Check that **Type** was **User**, or [create the view](#create-the-view) again from **+** (**Create**). * **Type can't be changed in the form.** You opened **New view** from a workspace, folder or list. [Create the view](#create-the-view) again from **+** (**Create**) at the top of the sidebar. * **Someone else's tasks show up.** The source is shared and the filter has no assignee rule. Add the group from [Assignee: yours or nobody's](#assignee-yours-or-nobody-s). * **The view is empty after the Assignee rules.** The **Assignee is empty** chip sits outside the group, so it is ANDed with **Me (current user)**. Drag it inside the group's brackets, as in [Assignee: yours or nobody's](#assignee-yours-or-nobody-s), and check the chip between them reads **OR**. ## Related * [Personal and work tasks in one place](/concepts/personal-and-work): why one view can draw from several workspaces. * [Focus day with a timer](/recipes/focus-day-with-a-timer): work through your Today view. * [Views as lenses on tasks](/concepts/views): why a view shows tasks it does not own. * [View filters](/reference/view-filters): every filter field, operator and relative date. * [Filter, sort and group a view](/guides/filter-sort-and-group-a-view): filter, sort and group any view.