Ability to hide "future" tasks

[mkay82]

Hi,
sometimes i add to redmine tasks, which should be done in future (sometimes even few months after the date i've added it). it's just a reminder for me, bu unfortunately i see them all in dashboard...

it would be nice if dashboard has an option to hide tasks, which has start time in future

[janekska]

I am thinking about the same - I guess that it is a kind of icebox in agile terms.
I thought about it in a kind of different approach - it is more an issue, that has one or combination of properties:
Not assigned to any body,
Has no estimation of needed time,
Has status less then X.
If we look on first one it could be done already by changing the assignee filter. I guess that it could be also a bit logic, that "All assignees" will show all issues with assignee. Than we can use "unsigned" as icebox filter if any body will need them. But in my work for icebox search I would rather use issues list and form there put it them in the backlog/current state.
For second and third properties of icebox issue it would be good if it would be possible do not include them in dashboard at all.

[mhartung]

My approach to this idea is the wish to add any Redmine custom-field as a filter whether to show cards or not to show them.
For example we are using custom-fields that mark each ticket as "active part of the kanban board" (kanban=yes), to distinguish them from all other tickets that are just floating around collecting dust. I am aware that the categories could be used equally, just that we already use them in different ways.