Bases (Obsidian plugin)
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Pros
- As everyone here, I love bases.
- This is going to be incredibly useful. Thanks!
- I am glad Obsidian is doing Bases but I really think they should make some of the features on canvas native to actually be useful.
- I used to use Dataview and DB Folder for this (still has some Dataview use cases for non-table things). But, bases made it so easy. I like it more because the learning curve is really low. My non-techie friends can easily learn it withou...
- In contrast, I find it easy to use bases because I'm choosing between options that I presented in pull down menus rather than having to write code.
Cons
- at least until Bases comes out and I can mess with that
- Using Dataview or Bases aren't an improvement since they're far slower than simply typing "ctrl+shift+F #GRANDMA".
- Try some plugins (omnisearch, datacore, Dataview, bases, ...)
- I would not use Bases for this, though you probably could. In experience, something that’s easy in Dataview is often challenging to impossible in Bases (with the exception of very simple things where the UI of Bases comes in handy). Calc...
- Bases is what I do for small scale stuff bc it's not a real database. However recipes profit from some functions and I am honestly too lazy to program them even with templater, so I rather integrate it with a recipe manager.
Sentiment
167 positive (73%) · 32 mixed (14%) · 29 negative (13%)
Trust + time weighted score: +60% · raw score 61%
What redditors said (10 of 228)
As everyone here, I love bases.
at least until Bases comes out and I can mess with that
Using Dataview or Bases aren't an improvement since they're far slower than simply typing "ctrl+shift+F #GRANDMA".
This is going to be incredibly useful. Thanks!
I am glad Obsidian is doing Bases but I really think they should make some of the features on canvas native to actually be useful.
I used to use Dataview and DB Folder for this (still has some Dataview use cases for non-table things). But, bases made it so easy. I like it more because the learning curve is really low. My non-techie friends can easily learn it without any problem.
In contrast, I find it easy to use bases because I'm choosing between options that I presented in pull down menus rather than having to write code.
In contrast bases requires no coding knowledge.
I am hoping that Dataview will be replaced by Bases soon.
Essentially, you can use the Bases official plugin to create pseudo-databases. In reality, these are table-like views of your notes and YAML properties as seen through the given Base's filters, but databasing skills fully translate here.
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