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Mar 7

Custom Filter embeds within a page (DataView?)

Rather than use a separate function to find something pertinent to whatever you are working on - it’d be useful to have the ability to create custom filters and then embed/call the results these within pages. For example you could create a filter for finding tasks that are waiting on Person A and then create an ‘Agenda’ page for this person with the relevant filter embedded.
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Jun 13, 2024

This is the killer feature we do not have, I just love this feature for being able to query and embed data like tasks on things like a template.

Jul 31, 2022

I actually don't like the idea of breaking the core markdown compatibility of NotePlan by embedding this complex views *into* the text. Or do you mean that this would be embedded as an **image** that is rendered based on some data and the filename of that image would tell NotePlan the ID of the model of the data? But if so, images are not interactive, so it would be less capable than "Reviews" tab. Maybe what we actually need here is improve the "Reviews" functionality, and then just have the ability to insert the **deeplink** to a particular review into the note text?

Mar 8, 2022

Sounds quite like DataView like Jonathan Clark mentioned. I'll merge that with the other request. However, it depends a little on how comfortable you are using code at first (simple code really). But later it could be a UI on top of the code.

Mar 8, 2022

Eduard Metzger: I’m comfortable using code - just need a pointer in right direction. Look forward to it - would be a massive plus!

May 5, 2022

Jaipal Singh: Right now it's not possible, but feel free to jump into Discord https://discord.gg/D4268MT and help us build it into templating! The basic idea is that you use a template with a tag or even code which is then processed to pull out the information you a looking for and paste the text into the processed note.

Mar 8, 2022

Yes, I like this idea. It's a step on the way towards the sort of extensive DataView functionality in Obsidian. The upcoming Templating engine from Mike Erickson will open the door to more of this in NotePlan, and then I hope to be able to write new functions to return data from across NotePlan notes.

Mar 8, 2022

Jonathan Clark: sounds great - I find Obsidian too complicated but this kind of functionality opens up lots of doors for those looking to do more automation within their templates and workflows