Hi everybody. When planning projects I estimate the amount of time for tasks by filling the property EFFORT with an amount of time.
#+begin_src org ,*** Projekt :PROPERTIES: :COLUMNS: %30ITEM %8EFFORT{:} :END: ,**** effort planned/estimated :PROPERTIES: :EFFORT: 10 h :END: #+end_src After acceptance of this planned time the project will be executed and I sum the amount of time I really needed. #+begin_src org ,**** first effort done :PROPERTIES: :EFFORT: -2 h :END: ,**** secon effort done :PROPERTIES: :EFFORT: -3 h :END: #+end_src When M-x org-columns I'd like to see column view with the balanced sum of the hours planned and the hours really worked, but I get an error cond: Invalid duration format: "-2 h" I know I'm using old versions but this problem is also on newer versions. org-version: 9.2 GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) of 2017-09-12 on hullmann, modified by Debian I'm wondering why this doesn't work - many people are planning their whole life with org mode (as I'm doing as well), is any help available?