How to not set the done date on simple checklists?

[tdsimao]

Hi,

Currently, I have the following setup. I use a global query based on the headings having the word tasks, which lets me filter tasks without having a global filter:

(heading includes tasks)
NOT (path includes templates/)

This works very well to generate different Task query blocks. However, when I write a checklist item that is not a task (in a section without a task heading), the 'Set done date on every completed task' option treats it as a task and adds a done date.

Is there a way to avoid adding the done date in these cases and continue automatically setting the done date for tasks?

Cheers,

[claremacrae]

The thing is, the query itself cannot control whether something is a task or not, because vaults can have multiple queries in, with different filters.

So a task may match one query but not match another one...

You can adopt a Global Filter instead, if you wanted - and add the filter to all the tasks you want to track with Tasks.

Or you could use the built-in Obsidian commands to toggle the tasks that you don't want done dates on.

[tdsimao]

Dear @claremacrae, thanks for the clarifications. I was expecting this would be the case, but thought it would be good to check.