Reaching flow while using Notion's databases (Block x Block)

Join Alex Sherwood (aNotioneer) to discover the hidden features in Notion that make navigating and updating databases a breeze.

Alex Sherwood -
Here's the timestamps for key sections in this video. If there's a 💎 after the timestamp, I've shared a hidden feature that'll save you time / make working with databases easier. Check out my re-recording for a clearer view of the shared workspace
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0:00 | About me
0:27 | What makes databases so powerful?
1:05 | What can make databases difficult to use?
2:06 | What I’ll cover in the talk
2:37 | When should you create a database?
3:21 | Creating a database
5:51 | When to create a separate database
7:07 | Creating related databases & comparing these with using a spreadsheet
9:23 | Adding rollups to your relational databases
11:07 | Creating pages inside relational databases
13:45 | Using linked database views to easily manage related pages
16:20 | 💎 The hidden ‘autocomplete’ feature that lets you fill in properties when you add pages to filtered linked database views
17:43 | Setting up a page template for your databases
18:38 | 💎 Adding self-referencing filters to your database page templates
19:52 | 💎 Automatically connecting pages in your linked database views to pages in other related databases
21:55 | Creating dedicated pages to manage particular processes / workflows in your workspace
22:49 | Distinguishing between Leads and Contacts in your CRM
23:53 | 💎 Dragging and dropping pages into filtered linked database views, in order to update their properties
25:02 | 💎 How the autocomplete functionality enables you to fill in page properties that can’t be populated from a page template
26:28 | Using timeline views to manage scheduling

[aNotioneer]

Here's the timestamps for key sections in this video. If there's a 💎 after the timestamp, I've shared a hidden feature that'll save you time / make working with databases easier.
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0:00 | About me
0:27 | What makes databases so powerful?
1:05 | What can make databases difficult to use?
2:06 | What I’ll cover in the talk
2:37 | When should you create a database?
3:21 | Creating a database
5:51 | When to create a separate database
7:07 | Creating related databases & comparing these with using a spreadsheet
9:23 | Adding rollups to your relational databases
11:07 | Creating pages inside relational databases
13:45 | Using linked database views to easily manage related pages
16:20 | 💎 The hidden ‘autocomplete’ feature that lets you fill in properties when you add pages to filtered linked database views
17:43 | Setting up a page template for your databases
18:38 | 💎 Adding self-referencing filters to your database page templates
19:52 | 💎 Automatically connecting pages in your linked database views to pages in other related databases
21:55 | Creating dedicated pages to manage particular processes / workflows in your workspace
22:49 | Distinguishing between Leads and Contacts in your CRM
23:53 | 💎 Dragging and dropping pages into filtered linked database views, in order to update their properties
25:02 | 💎 How the autocomplete functionality enables you to fill in page properties that can’t be populated from a page template
26:28 | Using timeline views to manage scheduling

[davidschmidt]

We need a larger view of the screen. Make the view of the speaker much smaller.

[NevilHulspas]

Video quality is too low, cannot read everything

[MrAshwin]

I love my notion app. Looking forward to learning some new features in Notion.

[alescdev]

Interesting but too bad you don't see anything on the screen. Are you nice but could you stay small in some corner?

[TheArtisticBiker]

You guys should just let Thomas Frank and Matt D'Avella do these videos for you.

[ErnestissesErnestoFerreira]

Couldn't understand how to create the databases to send a card from one place to another, why did he deleted everything?

[sanasdiary]

Hey notion hope you are having a great day, how do I contact you through email?