Dataview vs. Bases

[lxca]

I’m curious how people are using Bases in practice, especially if you already relied a lot on Dataview before.

Dataview has been one of my main ways of adding structure to a vault: metadata, dynamic lists, overviews, project views, that kind of thing. So I’m trying to understand where Bases really fit into that picture.

Are you treating Bases as a replacement for some Dataview setups, or are they solving different problems for you?

What I’d really love to hear are concrete examples:
reading lists, writing workflows, research material, project tracking, note archives, etc.

Basically, I’m interested in where Bases feel genuinely better, and where Dataview still feels like the stronger tool.

[Zodian]

For me , a replacement for dataview with a core plugin and a better UI.

Some of my use cases are ( with many more quite niche ones)

1. Audiobook library: Auto retrieve of metadata with web clipper, generation of correct file names and linking to the audiobooks on my NAS:
   

   

2. Projects and tasks:
   

   

3. Vault navigation: My main way to find files in my vault
   

   

4. Inventory management: track things I buy to have an overview and also know how many supplies I have for my hobby projects.
   

   

[LearningRabbitHole]

I’m switching to Bases. The major difference for me is that Bases only does note level. I used Dataview to pull all of my checklist items up for each page. I stylized my checklist items and sort by questions, highlights, todos… Bases doesn’t do inline properties, but I never used that.

I love that Bases makes views easier. I use it to track projects, reading/viewing lists, track note status… `file.hasLink(this.file)` I filter by this and then embed the view in note templates. Then I can see what source notes, tasks, daily notes… are associated with a project note. I did do something similar with Dataview too.