Relationship between Map and Outline views; specifically, order in Outline

Thank you, Pat! This is exactly what I was hoping for (without realizing it), since it captures the pieces I want in the outline while leaving out those that don’t belong. Your template helps a lot.

This is what I did:

  • I added an agent ‘$MyNumber = n’ to each day’s Adornment. Day 1 is 1, Day 2 is 2, etc.
  • I added the $MyNumber attribute to the event prototype. The default is ‘0,’ and so these notes are not captured in the Sorted Outline. Nice.
  • I created an agent with these actions/settings:
    • Query: $MyNumber
    • Attributes/Sorting: Sort: MyNumber. SortAlso: YPos. SortAlsoTransform: original note. SortTransform: original note.
  • To view this newly-ordered list, I view the Events agent in a new tab, in Outline mode.

It’s working! Notes that aren’t added to an adornment with the MyNumber OnAdd are not included in the outline.

I am running into the issue that Andreas mentions: changing note positions in Map view doesn’t change their postion in the Outline. The YPos sorting may be affected by the position of the note in the agent, and not by the position of the note on the adornment?

(Looks like something like this is being discussed here.)