# Base on list and tasks/ todo

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/base-on-list-and-tasks-todo/106176>\
**Category:** Feature archive\
**Tags:** dataview, bases\
**Created:** [September 27, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/base-on-list-and-tasks-todo/106176 "2025-09-27T03:16:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![cmukesh19](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@cmukesh19](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/cmukesh19)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/base-on-list-and-tasks-todo/106176/1 "2025-09-27T03:16:35Z")

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### Use case or problem

Currently we filter the information on the document level. We can’t do a more granular base. Suppose we want to get bases that contain tasks which contain certain properties. Or list items (such as a line or paragraph) which has a specific tag.

As a intuitive scenario, let’s build a base where the list item

- is a task/ todo
- contains a due property
- due is before or equal to today
- not done yet  
In the list of tasks which are visible now, we can show due, done status etc. We can change the due, mark the task to done.

### Proposed solution

Dataview could return metadata for list items. We will need a way to specify if we are filtering the markdown file or the list items (which includes todo).

### Current workaround (optional)

Not without DataView

### Related feature requests (optional)

[Bases : Support for tasks - Feature requests - Obsidian Forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/bases-support-for-tasks/103074)

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**Author:** ![WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/whitenoise/32/11_2.png) [@WhiteNoise](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/WhiteNoise)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/base-on-list-and-tasks-todo/106176/2 "2025-09-27T04:10:29Z")

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This FR is overlaps with the one you linked. Please continue the conversation there.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/base-on-list-and-tasks-todo/106176/3 "2025-10-25T04:11:00Z")

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Closed on October 25, 2025, 4:11am UTC

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