Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Convert your tasks to CSV with MilkScript

The best to-do list is the one you can take with you… and sometimes that means “data portability”.

While a full account backup is available in JSON format, a lightweight CSV can be an appealing option at other times. “Why not both?”

This week’s tip features a MilkScript that evanhahn cooked up to generate a CSV for selected tasks. Quick and convenient!

(MilkScript requires a Pro account.)

I built a basic version of CSV export using MilkScript. If you want to analyze your tasks in tools like Excel, now you can.

Here’s a video showing how it works.

To set this up, create a MilkScript containing all this code. Then you can select one or more tasks to be downloaded as CSV when you run the script.

Check out my blog post for more details.

Thanks for sharing your tip, evanhahn! You’re our Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner this week.

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