Buckets

Overview

Buckets is a planner view that groups work by bucket instead of by date alone. Each bucket becomes its own column, and tasks inside that column can still be separated into time-oriented sections such as Today, Tomorrow, or No Date.

In the current layout, the top bar lets you move between Kanban, Buckets, Calendar, and Analytics, while the Buckets-specific controls include All Buckets, Grouping, View Mode, Filter, and Auto-hide. Below that, each bucket column shows task progress, estimated and actual time totals, and the tasks currently assigned to that bucket.

How to Access It

• Open the Planner menu from the bottom navigation.
• Select Buckets.
• Use this view when you want to review work by category instead of only by date.

What You Can Do Here

• Review tasks grouped into bucket columns such as work, personal, learning, family, or other custom buckets.
• See per-bucket summaries for Tasks Progress, Total Estimated Time, and Total Actual Time.
• Add a task directly from a bucket column.
• Review time-based subgroups inside each bucket, such as Today, Tomorrow, and No Date.
• Start a timer directly from a task card.
• See source badges on tasks imported from connected tools such as Gmail, Trello, Todoist, Notion, or Linear.
• Use All Buckets to control which bucket columns are visible.
• Adjust Grouping, View Mode, and Filter to change how the board is displayed.
• Use Auto-hide if you want the header to take less space while working.

Common Tasks

Important Behaviors

• Buckets keeps category structure visible at all times, which makes it easier to spot imbalance between domains such as work and personal life.
• Tasks remain grouped by time inside each bucket, so the view still preserves near-term urgency.
• Bucket-level time totals help you estimate how much effort a category is consuming.
• Source badges make it clear when work is coming from external systems rather than being created directly in Fokus.
• Display controls such as grouping, view mode, hidden buckets, and filters make this view more configurable than a simple static board.

When to Use Buckets Instead of Kanban or Calendar

• Use Buckets when you want to organize work by category, project, or life area.
• Use Kanban when you want the primary grouping to be date.
• Use Calendar when you need to see work on an hourly schedule.
• Use Buckets when you are balancing different domains of work before committing them into a more precise schedule.

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