Yikes… characterizing this as “assertion” seems a little hostile. More like a premise, and perhaps a mistaken one…
When I described Dataview’s “sunsetting” I was drawing on a number of sources reporting over the past year that it was in maintenance mode, as blacksmithgu turned attention to Datacore. I apologize if I’ve mistakenly repeated unsupported gossip, and I appreciate @RoyRogers’ point.
Dataview’s ongoing development status aside, my request for a “core” solution in the form of a codeblock still offers merit, I think. Nontechnical users (like me) — who may find Bases easier to use than Dataview — are familiar with embedded queries and similar uses for codeblocks.