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Making notes queryable
Obsidian Dataview: from field conventions to queries organized around your needs.
Start with the first articleFollow the question further.
Notes retain their prose; fields provide stable filtering entry points. This topic connects DQL fundamentals with dashboard practice, covering result formats, task hierarchies, grouping, and the limits of aggregation.
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Start with fields and types: distinguish pages from tasks, then understand sources, filtering, and sorting.
Define the fields first, then make notes queryable.
Start with YAML and inline fields, distinguish pages, tasks, and four output formats, then work through sources, conditions, sorting, and expressions.
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Apply queries to concrete questions: projects, recent changes, to-dos, grouped statistics, and data checks.
Turn projects, tasks, and reading into useful queries.
Build query pages around five practical questions, retain the full grouping and flattening process, and clarify time boundaries, task status, and missing fields.
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