Summary
Highlights
The video introduces three new features in Obsidian: the 'group by' feature for organizing data by properties, table summaries for detailed overviews, and the new list view. It also briefly mentions a theme toggle hotkey and two other important features to be discussed later.
This section demonstrates the new table summary feature within a 'projects' base. It shows how different property types (e.g., numbers) offer various summary options like average, count, max, min, and sum. The video highlights how summaries work dynamically, especially when combined with the 'group by' feature.
The 'group by' feature is showcased by organizing projects based on their folder structure (active, simmering, sleeping). The presenter explains how this visual separation improves clarity and helps prioritize projects more effectively compared to a single, unorganized list. It also explains how to save these grouped views for future use.
The video introduces the new 'list view' as an alternative to table and card views. It demonstrates how projects are displayed as bulleted items, and how disabling 'displaying file links' can significantly clean up the view. The presenter shows how properties are comma-separated within each bulleted item.
This section explores customizing the list view, including changing bullet markers to numbered lists for easier counting and evaluation of projects. The 'nested' list view is introduced, which indents important properties below each project. The presenter also highlights the value of turning file links back on in nested view to see related notes and projects at a glance, and how the 'up' property can organize projects under a common 'area of effort'.
The video concludes by reiterating the three main new features: the 'group by' feature, table summaries, and the new list view. The presenter encourages viewers to share their ideas for using these new features in the comments and promotes an extended cut for members exploring more advanced uses.