Mansur
August 2, 2024, 12:08pm
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Dynamic views
Create dynamic tables using data stored in note properties.
This has been on the roadmap for a long time. This is the only thing that prevents me from fully enjoying Obsidian, and makes me use partly other applications where you can make database tables. All, absolutely all plugins for database tables are terrible, unfortunately.
It would be great to get an answer from the developers, at least when we can expect this feature.
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Sorry, we don’t provide timelines.
The roadmap is commitment that we will work on that at some point.
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The actual feature requests about dataview as core feature):
Even though Obsidian doesn’t natively provide database-like features (ala Notion/Airtable), the introduction of YAML attributes and a constellation of plugins have emerged to provide some support for this functionality (dataview, dbfolder, metaedit, metadata menu, etc) [Recently Obsidian Project].
It would be nice if Obsidian could provide direct support.
Specifically, Obsidian’s notes could be enhanced with type system and queries/views be generated over notes of a certain type.
Broadly spe…
I saw one similar request, but it’s already archived and OP’s use-case is not really the same as mine
Use case or problem
Dataview, DB Folder, Obsidian Query Language, and all those metadata manager plugins… Databases and metadata management are so widely used in the community, and Obsidian not having native support for them makes the app less future-proof.
Although unlikely, what if I one day wake up to find that all my Dataview queries are no longer working because of a pesky bug and the dev…
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October 31, 2024, 12:16pm
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