Just in case anyone is following this, but it is starting to feel like my own personal thread.
>> 4 Improvements necessary to make it truly useful >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Solved. >> 2. Accumulate the time Remaining in the same way that CLOCKSUM does; >> it propagates upwards to higher level headings so that you can see >> (e.g.) how long Chapter 1 will take in total This is done using {:} in the column specification: #+COLUMNS: %10ITEM %5Effort{:} %5CLOCKSUM %5Remaining{:} So now (part of) my dynamic block looks like this: | ITEM | Effort | CLOCKSUM | Remaining | |--------------------------------------+--------+----------+-----------| | .1 Heading One | 4:28 | 1:46 | 2:48 | | ... 1.1 A sub heading | | 0:42 | | | . Inline ting | 1:00 | 0:42 | 0:24 | | ... 1.2 Another sub heading | | 1:04 | | | . Write this bit | 1:20 | 0:49 | 0:31 | | . Do something | 1:23 | 0:05 | 1:18 | | . This bit too | 0:45 | 0:10 | 0:35 | | ... 1.3 Heading with no inline tasks | | | | | ...... 1.3.1 a | | | | >> 3. Refresh all the Remaining properties automatically Any ideas? (Don't worry I'll work it out....) Myles