Filtering supports "Include Tasks which don't have a value set" but saved views do not #657

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opened 2025-11-01 21:01:18 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @jonwedell on GitHub (Oct 8, 2025).

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When applying filters to a view, the "Include Tasks which don't have a value set" option is available.

When creating a new saved view it is not. I believe this makes it impossible to create my desired view.

My desired view is the filter startDate < now + "Include Tasks which don't have a value set" to show all tasks which either have already started or do not have a start date defined. (Filter out future tasks that are not ready to start.)

Which alternatives did you consider using instead?

I also attempted to see if I could filter against null, with a rule like startDate < now || startDate = null but filtering against null values is also not supported. I would prefer to filter against null than have "Include Tasks which don't have a value set" to created my desired filter, but the inconsistency of the presence of that option seems confusing and potentially worth it's own issue.

Originally created by @jonwedell on GitHub (Oct 8, 2025). ### Description When applying filters to a view, the "Include Tasks which don't have a value set" option is available. When creating a new saved view it is not. I believe this makes it impossible to create my desired view. My desired view is the filter `startDate < now` + "Include Tasks which don't have a value set" to show all tasks which either have already started or do not have a start date defined. (Filter out future tasks that are not ready to start.) ### Which alternatives did you consider using instead? I also attempted to see if I could filter against null, with a rule like `startDate < now || startDate = null` but filtering against null values is also [not supported](https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja/issues/1449). I would prefer to filter against null than have "Include Tasks which don't have a value set" to created my desired filter, but the inconsistency of the presence of that option seems confusing and potentially worth it's own issue.
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@kolaente commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2025):

This will work once we get filtering by null values.

@kolaente commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2025): This will work once we get filtering by null values.
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Reference: github-starred/vikunja#657