PlaNus User Guide v1.4

This user guide provides set-up instructions, and a detailed description of all the features available in the PlaNus application. You can also access this user guide on the application website with this link.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Set-up
• Features
  • 1. General Features
    • 1.1 Show all commands : help
    • 1.2 Clear the program : clear
    • 1.3 Exit the program : exit
  • 2. Create, Read, Update and Delete a Task
    • 2.1 List all tasks : list-task
    • 2.2 Add a deadline: deadline
    • 2.3 Add an event: event
    • 2.4 Mark a deadline as done: done
    • 2.5 Edit a task : edit-task
    • 2.6 Find a task : find-task
    • 2.7 Delete a task : delete-task
  • 3. Create, Read, Update and Delete a Lesson
    • 3.1. List all lessons: list-lesson
    • 3.2. Add a lesson: lesson
    • 3.3. Edit a lesson: edit-lesson
    • 3.4. Find a lesson: find-lesson
    • 3.5. Delete a lesson: delete-lesson
  • 4. Calendar View: calendar
  • 5. Time Analysis
• Glossary
• Command summary
  • General commands
  • Task related commands
  • Lesson related commmands
• Input format summary

Introduction

PlaNus is a desktop application that manages tasks for students in NUS with busy schedule, optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) with the benefits of Graphical User Interface (GUI). PlaNus reduces the time spent by students in task management as adding tasks and lessons is simple and quick!

Objectives of PlaNus:

1. Provide students with a detailed breakdown of how much time they spend on their tasks and lessons in their respective modules.
2. Allow students to have a calendar view of their schedule.

Set-up

(Done by: Gabriella)

1. Ensure you have Java version 11 or above installed in your computer.

2. Download the latest jar file from here.

   

3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for PlaNus.

4. Double-click the file to start the app. Upon launching PlaNus, you should see the following interface.

   

5. Alternatively, in command prompt (for Windows) or terminal (in MacOS), go to the directory where planus.jar is stored and enter java -jar planus.jar.To open command prompt (for Windows) or terminal (in MacOS), simply search for them in your computer.

6. You may try out some commands listed in the command summary to explore the app.

Features

This section is a comprehensive walkthrough of the features in PlaNus.

1. General Features

This section shows features that deal with the general functionality of PlaNus application.

1.1 Show all commands : help

(Done by: Gabriella)

Shows you a link to the user guide.

Format: help

1. Type in help into the command box.

2. A pop-up window with some sample commands and a link to the user guide will appear as shown below.

   

1.2 Clear the program : clear

(Done by: Gabriella)

You can clear all the tasks and lessons in PlaNus.

Format: clear

1. Type in clear into the command box.
   

2. All the tasks and lessons in PlaNus will be cleared as shown below.
   

   

1.3 Exit the program : exit

(Done by: Gabriella)

You can exit PlaNus.

Format: exit

1. Type exit into the command box.

2. The application window will automatically close.

2. Create, Read, Update and Delete a Task

This section shows features that deal with operation of tasks including creating, reading, updating and deleting a task. A task can be either a event or deadline.

2.1 List all tasks : list-task

(Done by: Beining)

You can list all the tasks in PlaNus.

Format: list-task

To show all tasks currently stored in PlaNus, you can do the following:

1. Type in list-task into the command box.

2. A success message will appear and list of all tasks will be shown in the task panel.

2.2 Add a deadline : deadline

(Done by: Beining)

You can add a deadline to PlaNus.

A deadline is a task that has a compulsory deadline date and time.

Format: deadline title:TITLE [desc:DESCRIPTION] datetime:DATE_TIME [tag:MODULE_CODE]

• Adds a deadline to PlaNus,
  • with the specified title in title:TITLE,
  • with the specified description in description:DESCRIPTION,
  • with a date and time in datetime:DATE_TIME of when this deadline should be completed before,
  • with a tag in tag:MODULE_CODE indicating the module of which this deadline belongs to.
• The added deadline will be tracked for time analysis if it has a tag.

Examples:

To add a deadline with title “Return book”, and a date and time of “02-01-2020 18:00” to PlaNus, you can do the following:

1) Type in the command box the following command:

• deadline title:Return book datetime:02-01-2020 18:00

2) This adds the corresponding deadline to PlaNus. You can see the added deadline in the task list.

2.3 Add an event : event

(Done by: Beining)

You can add an event to PlaNus.

An event is a task that has a start time, end time and a date.

Format: event title:TITLE date:DATE from:START_TIME to:END_TIME [desc:DESCRIPTION] [tag:MODULE_CODE]

• Adds an event to PlaNus,
  • with the specified title in title:TITLE,
  • with the specified description in desc:DESCRIPTION,
  • on the date specified in date:DATE, starting from the time specified in from:START_TIME to the time specified in to:END_TIME,
  • with a tag in tag:MODULE_CODE indicating the module this deadline belongs to.
• The added event will be tracked for time analysis if it has a tag.
• Event must not overlap with existing events or lessons.

Examples:

To add an event with title “Project meeting”, and a date “07-11-2020” with start time of “09:00” and end time of “12:30” and with tag “CS2103T” to PlaNus, you can do the following:

1) Type in the command box the following command:

• event title:Project meeting date:07-11-2020 from:09:00 to:12:30 tag:CS2103T

2) This adds the corresponding event to PlaNus. You can see the added event in the task list and the calendar. The duration of the event will be recorded for time analysis.

2.4 Mark a deadline as done : done

(Done by: Beining)

You can mark a specified deadline in PlaNus as done.

Format: done INDEX:TIME_TAKEN...

• Marks the deadline(s) at the specified INDEX as done and records the time taken to complete the deadline.
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.
• The time taken refers to the time in minutes that you took to complete the specific deadline.
• The index and time taken must be a positive integer e.g. 1:20, 2:30, 3:120, …

Examples:

• list-task followed by done 2:30 3:60
  • Marks the 2nd and 3rd tasks in the results of the list command status to be done, and records that you have spent 30 minutes to finish the 2nd task, and 60 minutes to finish the 3rd task.
• find-task title:homework followed by done 1:20
  • Marks the 1st task in the results of the find command status to be done and record the time taken to complete the deadline as 20 minutes.

To mark the first deadline in the current task list as done and recording the time spent on it as 50 minutes, you can do the following:

1) Type in the command box the following command:

• done 1:50

2) The status of the deadline has been set to complete, and the time taken to complete the task will be used for time analysis.

2.5 Edit a task : edit-task

(Done by: Gangwei)

You can edit a task by a set of attributes given below.

Format: edit-task INDEX ATTRIBUTE_1:NEW_VALUE ATTRIBUTE_2:NEW_VALUE ...

• Edits the task(s) at the specified INDEX.
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.
• The index must be a positive integer e.g. 1, 2, 3, …

• Available attributes for both deadline and event in 4 include:
  • title: edits the title of the specified task
  • desc: edits the description of the specified task
  • tag: edits the tag of the specified task
• Available attributes for deadline only in v1.4 include:
  • datetime: edits the date and time of the specified deadline
• Available attributes for event only in v1.4 include:
  • date: edits the date of the specified event
  • from: edits the start time of the specified event
  • to: edits the end time of the specified event

Examples:

To edit the time of a task, you can do the following:

1) Display all lessons by typing list-task in the command box, and find the index of the task you want to edit in the task list. The index is displayed in the top left corner of each task.

2) Type edit-task and the index of the task, followed by the new date and time you want to update the task with. For example, if you want to change the start time of the sixth task to be an hour earlier, you can type edit-task 6 from:10:00 in the command box.

3) This changes the start time of the sixth task to 10:00 which is one hour earlier than the original start time. You can view the task with the updated information in the task list.

4) If the task that is being edited is an event, the calendar view will also be updated with the information.

Other examples:

• edit-task 1 title:play games
  • Edits the first task in the current displayed task list, changing its title to play games.
• edit-task 3 desc:This is very urgent!
  • Edits the third task in the current displayed task list, changing its description to “This is very urgent!”.
• find-task title:homework followed byedit-task 2 desc:Homework is difficult date:01-01-2020
  • Edits the second task in the results of the find-task command. If the task is an event, it changes the date of the event to 01-01-2020 and its description to “Homework is difficult”. Otherwise, PlaNus will notify you of the incompatible error.
• edit-task 1 tag:CS2103T
  • Edits the first task in the results of the current displayed task list, changing its tag to “CS2103T”.

2.6 Find a task by an attribute : find-task

(Done by: Gangwei)

You can find a task by a set of attributes given below.

Format: find-task ATTRIBUTE_1:SEARCH_PHRASE ATTRIBUTE_2:SEARCH_PHRASE ...

Available attributes in v1.4 include:

• title: finds all tasks that contain the search phrase in the given title
• desc: finds all tasks that contain the search phrase in the given description
• date: finds all tasks that happen or due on the given date
• status: finds all tasks with the given status
• tag: finds all tasks related with the given module tag (case-insensitive)

Examples:

To find all tasks with a title containing the phrase “CS” (case-insensitive), you can do the following:

1) List all tasks by typing list-task in the command box

2) Type the following command in the command box:

• find-task title:CS

3) This lists all tasks with a title including the phrase CS.

Other examples:

• find-task title:play games
  • Lists all tasks with a title containing the phrase play games.
• find-task tag:CS2040
  • Lists all tasks with the tag CS2040.
• find-task date:01-01-2020 .
  • List all tasks that happen or due on 01-01-2020
• find-task title:dinner title:lunch.
  • List all tasks with the title including either dinner or lunch.

2.7 Delete a task : delete-task

(Done by: Gangwei)

You can delete the specified task from PlaNus.

Format: delete-task INDEX...

• Deletes the task(s) at the specified INDEX.
• The index refers to the index number shown in the displayed task list.
• The index must be a positive integer e.g. 1, 2, 3, …
• You can provide more than 1 index at the same time, e.g. delete-task 1 2 3.
  • However, if one of the index is invalid, the whole command will not be executed and an error message will be shown.

Examples:

To delete the first task, you can do the following:

1) Type list-task in the command box to display all tasks.

2) Type delete-task 1 in the command box.

3) This deletes the 1st task from PlaNus.

Other examples:

• list-task followed by delete-task 1 2
  • Deletes the 1st task followed by the 2nd task in the results of the list-task command.

You can also delete tasks by first finding the tasks of interest, refer to feature 2.6 for more information. Sample usage:

• find-task title:homework followed by delete-task 1
  • Deletes the 1st task in the results of the find-task command.

3. Create, Read, Update and Delete a Lesson

This section shows features that you can use to manage lessons. A lesson happens in a recurring manner that have a start and end time, and a start and end date.

3.1 List all lessons :list-lesson

(Done by: Gangwei)

You can list all the lessons in PlaNus.

Format: list-lesson

To show all lessons currently stored in PlaNus, you can do the following:

1) Type list-lesson in the command box.

2) This displays all lessons in the lesson list.

3.2 Add a lesson : lesson

(Done by: Zijian)

You can add a lesson to PlaNus.

Format: lesson title:TITLE tag:MODULE_CODE [desc:DESCRIPTION] day:DAY from:TIME to:TIME start:DATE end:DATE

• Adds a lesson to PlaNus,
  • with the title specified in title:TITLE,
  • that happens on the day specified by day:DAY, from the time specified by from:TIME to the time specified by to:TIME, between the start date specified by start:DATE and the end date specified by end:DATE.

Examples:

To add a lesson with title “CS2101 Tutorial” under module “CS2101” that happens on every Monday from 10am to 12pm, starts on 10 Aug 2020 and ends on 10 Dec 2020, you can do the following:

1) Type in the command box the following command:

• lesson title:CS2101 Tutorial tag:CS2101 desc:Most exciting tutorial in NUS! day:Monday from:10:00 to:12:00 start:10-08-2020 end:10-12-2020

2) This adds the corresponding lesson to PlaNus. You can then see the added lesson in the lesson list, calendar view and time analysis.

3.3 Edit a lesson : edit-lesson

(Done by: Zijian)

You can edit a lesson in PlaNus. When a lesson is edited, all occurrences of the particular lesson will be updated.

Format: edit-lesson INDEX [title:TITLE] [tag:MODULE_CODE] [desc:DESCRIPTION] [day:DAY] [from:TIME] [to:TIME] [start:DATE] [end:DATE]

Examples:

To edit a lesson, you can do the following:

1) Type list-lesson in the command box. This will display all lessons.

2) Choose the lesson you want to edit. Find its index which is displayed on the top-left corner. For example, if you want to change the first lesson to Tuesday, you can type edit-lesson 1 day:Tuesday in the command box.

3) This changes the day of the first lesson to every Tuesday. You can see that the Calendar View and time analysis is also updated.

3.4 Find a lesson : find-lesson

(Done by: Zijian)

You can find lessons in the lesson list by a set of attributes.

Format: find-lesson ATTRIBUTE_1:SEARCH_PHRASE ATTRIBUTE_2:SEARCH_PHRASE ...

Available attributes in v1.4 include:

• title: finds all lessons which contain the search phrase in the given title
• desc: finds all lessons which contain the search phrase in the given description
• date: finds all lessons happening on the searched date
• time: finds all lessons happening at the searched time
• datetime: finds all lessons happening at the searched date and time
• tag: finds all lessons related to the given module tag (case-insensitive)

Examples:

To find all lessons with titles containing the phrase “tutorial” (case-insensitive), you just need the following steps:

1) List all lessons by typing list-lesson in the command box:

2) Type the following command in the command box:

• find-lesson title:tutorial

3) This lists all lessons with a title including the phrase tutorial.

Other examples include:

• find-lesson tag:CS2040
  • Lists all lessons with a tag containing ‘CS2040’.
• find-lesson date:01-01-2020 .
  • List all lessons happening on 01-01-2020.
• find-lesson title:dinner title:lunch.
  • List all lessons with the title including either dinner or lunch.
• find-lesson datetime:01-01-2020 14:00
  • Lists all lessons happening on 01-01-2020 at 14:00.

3.5 Delete a Lesson : delete-lesson

(Done by: Zijian)

You can delete a specified set of lessons from PlaNus.

Format: delete-lesson INDEX...

Examples:

To delete the first two lessons, you can follow 3 simple steps:

1) Type list-lesson in the command box to display all lessons.

2) Type delete-lesson 1 2 in the command box.

3) This deletes the first and the second lesson from PlaNus.

You can also delete lessons by first finding the lessons of interest, refer to feature 3.4 for more information. Sample usage:

• find-lesson title:Lab followed by delete-lesson 1
  • Deletes the 1st lesson in the result lesson list of the find-lesson command.

4. Calendar View

(Done by: Marcus)

PlaNus has two application views:

• Task and Lesson view: interface where you can see the list of your tasks and lessons
• Calendar view: interface where you can see all your tasks and lessons in a calendar

You can switch between Task and Lesson View and Calendar View.

Switching from Task and Lesson View to Calendar View:

Format: calendar

Example:

1) Type calendar into the command box.

2) The Calendar View will appear as shown below.

With the Calendar View, you can have a clear and intuitive view of:

• how many events ans lessons you have on each day of the current month in the calendar’s Month View.
• what events and lessons you have for a particular day in the calendar’s Day View.

Changing back to Task and Lesson View:

You can change back to Task and Lesson view (which is displayed when the app starts) by issuing a list-task command or a list-lesson command.

5. Time Analysis

(Done by: Marcus)

You can use the pie chart and list of modules to visualise how much time you spent on each module in the past week. PlaNus calculates the time spent on each module based on the module code in its tag.

How does it work:

• Each module has a time spent on tasks and time spent on lessons.
• When a deadline is marked as done, it contributes towards time spent on tasks for that module.
• When an event has occurred, it contributes towards time spent on tasks for that module.
• When a lesson has occurred, it contributes towards time spent on a lesson for that module.

Example:

• The first lesson in the list:
  • Title of “CS2105 Lecture”
  • Only occurred once in the past week
  • Last for 2 hours from 14:00 to 16:00

Therefore, the time analysis for the week will show that the time spent on lessons with the CS2105 tag as 120 minutes (2 hours).

Glossary

• Task: An event or a deadline.
• Event: Consists of a start time, end time and the date which it occurs on.
• Deadline: Consists of the date and time which the deadline falls on.
• Lesson: Consists of events that repeat every week for specified time period.

Command summary

General commands

Action	Format, Examples
Help	help
Calendar View	calendar
Clear all	clear
Exit	exit

Task related commands

Action	Format, Examples
List task	list-task
Add Event	event title:TITLE [desc:DESCRIPTION] date:DATE from:TIME to:TIME tag:MODULE_CODE e.g. event title:CS2103T Group meeting date:23-10-2020 from:20:00 to:22:00 tag:CS2103T
Add Deadline	deadline title:TITLE [desc:DESCRIPTION] datetime:DATETIME tag:MODULE_CODE e.g. deadline title:Assignment2 submission datetime:23-10-2020 18:00 tag:CS2103T
Delete task	delete-task INDEX... e.g. delete-task 3, delete-task 3, 4, 5
Mark Task As Done	done INDEX:TIME_TAKEN... e.g. done 1:20, done 1:20 2:60 3:120
Find task	find-task ATTRIBUTE_1:SEARCH_PHRASE ATTRIBUTE_2:SEARCH_PHRASE ... e.g.find-task title:dinner date:02-02-2020
Edit task	edit-task INDEX [title:TITLE] [date:DATE] [desc:DESCRIPTION] [tag:MODULE_CODE] [datetime:DEADLINE (deadline only)] [date:EVENT_DATE (event only)] [start:START_TIME (event only)] [end:END_TIME (event only)] e.g. edit-task 1 date:02-02-2020 12:00 tag:CS2101

Lesson related commands

Action	Format, Examples
List lesson	list-lesson
Add Lesson	lesson title:TITLE tag:MODULE_CODE [desc:DESCRIPTION] day:DAY from:TIME to:TIME start:DATE end:DATE e.g.lesson title:CS2103T Lecture tag:CS2103T desc:Most exciting lecture in NUS! day:Mon from:12:00 to:14:00 start:01-01-2020 end:01-05-2020
Edit lesson	edit-lesson INDEX [title:TITLE] [tag:MODULE_CODE] [desc:DESCRIPTION] [day:DAY] [from:TIME] [to:TIME] [start:DATE] [end:DATE] e.g.edit-lesson 1 start:10-10-2020
Find lesson	find-lesson ATTRIBUTE_1:SEARCH_PHRASE ATTRIBUTE_2:SEARCH_PHRASE ... e.g. find-lesson title:Tutorial
Delete lesson	delete-lesson INDEX... e.g. delete-lesson 1 2 3

Input format summary

All the keywords mentioned in the command should follow the format stated below:

keyword	Format, Examples
date	dd-MM-yyyy e.g. 23-10-2020
time	HH:mm e.g. 10:00
datetime	dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm e.g. 21-10-2020 10:00
day	Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday
from, to, time	HH:mm e.g. 18:00