Not long ago, Notion implemented the ability for their databases to create different kinds of Charts based on them.
When the Obsidian team started implementing the databases, I thought about writing a Feature Request for developers to consider adding the ability to create different Charts, including Timeline, based on the databases, but I never did.
I didn’t do it because the Feature Requests seemed too big to request, and the developers themselves are probably well aware of this feature in Notion, and will implement it if they see fit.
Anyway, the possibility to create different Charts, including Timeline, is missing for me too.
On the one hand I need a kind of requested “Timeline View”, and on the other hand I also want to be able to create Charts freely - that is, not as a visualization of existing notes. Now I have to use either Krita or draw,io for this, but unfortunately, for example, I can’t specify the links to notes in them…
The end result could be a replacement for Mermaid, only more visually appealing and user friendly.
But now I noticed that the Feature Request regarding Hand-Written Notes support has a “Valuable” tag on it, so I’ll just wait for that feature to be implemented, and draw all my Charts by hand =)
Anyway, +1!