# Subdeck Scheduling Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [January 8, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474 "2022-01-08T03:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/1 "2022-01-08T03:35:30Z")
I haven’t studied any cards today. Overview of the scheduling issue: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/f/ff5c879151d2c9396e688d2d6f3d5b39d5bccf50.png) Parent Deck: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/b/b4fde652fcab518322d10a710a3a20159ad8a8dc.png) Subdeck 1: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/d/dda73c7f6f8ec3816ba48c5954cd756c277598a4.png) Subdeck 2: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/d/dee3bc9b045e35df6f88f86ec298d83e3d038461.png) Anki Version/Info: > Anki 2.1.49 (dc80804a) Python 3.8.6 Qt 5.14.2 PyQt 5.14.2 > Platform: Windows 10 > Flags: frz=True ao=False sv=3 > Add-ons, last update check: 2022-01-06 19:55:03 > > ===Add-ons (active)=== > (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) > > ===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons=== > > ===Add-ons (inactive)=== > (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) > Anki Zoom [‘538879081’, 2020-04-03T17:20, ‘v1.1.3’, mod] > AnkiConnect [‘2055492159’, 2021-12-26T22:22, ‘None’, ‘’] > CrowdAnki JSON exportimport Edit history Collaborate on deck creation [‘1788670778’, 2021-12-18T16:21, ‘None’, ‘’] > Image Occlusion Enhanced for Anki 21 alpha [‘1374772155’, 2020-04-27T19:21, ‘None’, ‘’] > Improved Quizlet to Anki 21 Importer [‘538351043’, 2020-11-14T18:16, ‘None’, ‘’] > Syntax Highlighting for Code [‘1463041493’, 2018-10-06T18:31, ‘None’, ‘’] What am I doing wrong, is Anki not set up to handle sub-decks like this for new card scheduling? ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/2 "2022-01-08T03:47:05Z")
Subdeck limits do not affect subsubdecks. [The 2021 scheduler - Frequently Asked Questions](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/the-2021-scheduler.html#daily-limits) ---
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/3 "2022-01-08T04:18:42Z")
Ok so the solution here is to just break out “Real Estate” and “Series 7” to their own decks and the limiting of new cards should work? ---
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/4 "2022-01-08T04:19:14Z")
I’m a little bummed about this as interleaving has been shown to have great effects on memory. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/5 "2022-01-08T04:58:47Z")
It’s not clear to me exactly what you’re trying to accomplish. If you want cards from the subdecks of ‘real estate’ to appear, you need to give those subsubdecks their own non-zero limit. ---
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/6 "2022-01-08T18:01:12Z")
I’ve found it’s really nice to get a trickle of new cards. So, 1 new card from both “Real Estate” and “Series 7”; both of these subdeck’s new cards per day are set to 1. I set my “Finance” parent deck to new cards = 2. When I try to study new cards by clicking on the Finance parent deck I’m now prompted with 2 newcards from “Real Estate” subdeck and 0 from “Series 7”. I’ve read what you sent previously, I understand that I’m going to only get 2 new cards per day if I click on the “Finance” parent deck, my question is why are both of those new cards only from “Real Estate”? The initial issue I outlined above showed that the parent deck somehow wasn’t respecting the limits that the child decks have in place (as both child decks shouldn’t be able to “feed” any cards to the parent deck), I still don’t understand why this is. ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/7 "2022-01-08T18:53:49Z")
> [@wheelsjr](#): > > I’ve read what you sent previously, I understand that I’m going to only get 2 new cards per day if I click on the “Finance” parent deck, my question is why are both of those new cards only from “Real Estate”? Because “Real Estate” contains other subbdecks: > Previously each deck’s limit was limited by its parent limits, grandparent limits, and so on. This has been simplified to the following: > > - Each deck’s limit controls how many cards from that specific deck can be used. > - The deck you select controls the maximum number of cards that will be shown in the study session. Maybe the example in this section of the manual can make things clearer: [https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#new-cardsday](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#new-cardsday) ---
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/8 "2022-01-10T02:44:00Z")
I’m sure there was a strong reason to do this and I’m very happy with the software overall. This feels very unintuitive and I’m sure I’m not the only user who feels this way (likely the cause of the indepth explanation on the website). I’ll likely toggle off my check for the v3 scheduler as this should fix this issue right? I hope that there would be some switch to enable this v2 new cards limiting behavior in the full release of the v3 scheduler. I guess, [relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1172/). ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/9 "2022-01-10T05:20:57Z")
It may feels counterintuitive when you’re not used to that new behavior, but after a while it makes sense. You can deactivate V3 scheduler, but overall it offers many advantages and much more flexibility than V2, and you’ll loose that too. ---
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/10 "2022-01-11T03:26:53Z")
You set limits on things in order to limit them, this behavior makes no sense. ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/11 "2022-01-11T08:52:34Z")
Please, take a look here, in particular the last post: > [@V3 Scheduler: Parent/Child Review Limits and Deeply Nested Decks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/v3-scheduler-parent-child-review-limits-and-deeply-nested-decks/12076): > > (I am posting this message as a new thread and as a reply to a thread that seems relevant, if only outdated/about a different version, mods please feel free to delete either post/reply if they are misplaced!) I just upgraded to v2.1.46 from v2.1.35 on linux desktop; now using the v3 scheduler and I’d like to report a bug. I very much prefer the parent decks to respect the limits of child decks. If I’m not mistaken the v3 scheduler is supposed to do just that, as stated in the “the 2021 schedul… You still can use scheduler v2 if you want to keep the subdecks limit thing, but believe me, eventually you’ll get used to “One deck \> One limit” philosophy, and v3 offers so many improvements that going back to v2, doesn’t really worth. ---
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/12 "2022-01-16T17:14:23Z")
Believe me, I’ve given this “One limit” philosophy a fair shot for 9 months; and it was a constant frustration that limit rules weren’t being sensibly enforced. If anything this bug report you link proves the point that Anki is breaking a core piece of functionality. ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/13 "2022-01-16T22:52:07Z")
Well, to be fair that was not a bug report, but a feature request. The [change was intentional](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/v3-scheduler-parent-child-review-limits-and-deeply-nested-decks/12076/12) and the funcionality is still there, but you need to do things a little bit differently, that’s all. I fully understand your point, because I was also used to use parent limits, but after a few days, I really didn’t miss that at all. However, if using parent limits is important for your workflow, please remember that you can still use scheduler v2 with newer Anki versions ---
**Author:** ![wheelsjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a4c791/32.png) [@wheelsjr](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/wheelsjr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/14 "2022-01-16T23:31:08Z")
Ok, I understand. (I’m hoping to leave this thread on a better/sweet note after being confrontational.) I want to be clear, I’m very passionate about this software BECAUSE it’s so useful to me. It has substantially changed the course of my life for the better. There frankly is such a joy in learning things you’re interested in, and a simplicity in the approach SRS takes. I simply want to see this project (and SRS more generally) flourish, that’s the reason I wrote the bug report; not to waste anyone’s time, or drain/peeve contributors/maintainers. Damian and “cqg” thanks for maintaining/supporting Anki. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/subdeck-scheduling-issues/16474/15 "2023-05-01T04:36:01Z")