RSS Feed from Microsoft To Do

Hi @SBrown 

Good question.

Things to check…

• Make sure your Zap is ON.
• Check your Zap Runs to see if the Zap is triggering, and to see the DATA IN/OUT for each Zap step: https://zapier.com/app/history/

If you still need help please post screenshots with how your Zap steps are configured in order for us to have more context, thanks.

Hey @SBrown! Were you able to get your Zap up and running? This sounds like a neat idea! I’d love to see how you implemented it, or if you weren’t able to I’d love to help troubleshoot 🙂

@TamRazzleDazzle, @Danvers , @Troy Tessalone 

My apologies for the delay! The problem was in the Newsriver app, Zapier was functioning just fine.

To share my “set up”;

1. Created lists on Microsoft To Do (Like Admin, Accounting, Data Entry) for tasks to fall under
2. Created a zap for each list
   1. Zap is triggered when new task is created in the MS To Do list (Like creating a task for “Log Emails” in the list for Data Entry)
   2. The task is pulled into an RSS feed using the Zapier RSS feed app.
   3. So I have 3 RSS feeds
3. Add the RSS feed to Newsriver App
   1. It’s a Mac app, but based on my research there are several Windows apps that do similiar: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/newsriver/id1604839858?mt=12
   2. For Newsriver you need to enable each feed you add before it starts pulling the info (That’s what I missed originally)
   3. Each Zap/List is it’s own feed in the ticker, with the tasks trailing the list title

      

The biggest problem is that when you remove/finish a task you can’t remove it from the feed unless you duplicate the zap and add back whatever tasks you didn’t finish. So, i made the lists overarching categories, the Tasks sub-categories, and I use the “steps” function in MS To Do for the actual tasks at hand.

Example: The picture above shows my List “Admin Tasks”, with sub-category “Add Stuff to Sharepoint”. I click on the link for the task and MS To-Do has steps of what the stuff is I need to add to Sharepoint. I can check off all the stuff I’ve done via the steps function without messing around with the RSS feed this way. Below is a picture from MS To Do. As you can tell by the task name discrepancy this is actually an old list that I don’t have the zaps to fix yet haha - Not a paying member unfortunately!! Love this product though.

I’m actually working with someone to turn this concept into a standalone app. It’s truly helped me and I think a lot of people who struggle with adult ADD could benefit. Anyone else too but, most people can just use a normal to-do list! My co-workers think I’m crazy for going through this effort haha I haven’t missed sending out an agenda or notes in two weeks though!

Hey @SBrown thanks for the follow up! That is an awesome idea to create a standalone app! Thanks for sharing your workflow 😊