How to use queries and indentation in Logseq (with examples)

In this video I break down how to use queries, which is a key part of most of my Logseq workflows and will hopefully help you take your database to the next level. In conjunction with this, I also break down how to use indenting effectively.

The video is more suited to beginners, but there might be one or two tricks here for the old-hands (being optimistic here 🙂)

🤓 LOGSEQ COURSE
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If you're struggling to manage all your notes and information across personal, professional and academic life, then this is for you. I've built out a structured approach to mastering Logseq from the bottom-up, so that you don't need to navigate through a mass of disparate YouTube tutorials.

Logseq is a powerful combination of a text editor, an outliner, and a linked-network builder, but there is admittedly a learning curve. The course has a wealth of write-ups, videos and diagrams to smooth your transition and quickly master the set of tools available to you in Logseq.

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00:00 A typical rambling intro
01:10 Why do I indent?
01:42 Introducing parent and child blocks
02:46 The beauty of indenting
03:43 A quick note on sibling blocks
03:57 Linking in Logseq
04:29 Using queries in Logseq
05:00 Query syntax in Logseq and output
07:22 Using Boolean logic in Logseq queries
08:05 'And' logic in query
09:17 'Or' logic in query
10:30 'Not' logic in query
12:02 Why use a query rather than searching?
12:42 Query syntax for Properties
13:47 Query syntax for TODOs
14:51 Query examples
21:55 Until next time...

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[raphmvids]

Hint: Version 0.2.5 can display Queries as tables!

[elizabethpitts]

Great content - much appreciated. I am just getting started with Logseq and your videos are incredibly useful. Thank you!

[kurodesuuuu]

Your code for querying wake up times has been very helpful, thanks!

[axelrudolf]

Thanks for this video. Even two years later it's still very helpful for beginners. Just one question: why have you removed the tag:: property from the page properties? Is there a special reason?

[jonnyguitara]

Thank you! Such a great content,
all the best to you!

[crude]

The showstopper for this video was Maggieappleton hehe Thanks for all the wonderful sources you share.

[CB-wmmg]

A complicated topic that you clearly explained, great work! Looking forward to an even more advanced video on queries if that is on your #Work #Important #Urgent schedule ;)

[andyhuynh]

Will you explain why you stopped using "tags" as a property? I've noticed my queries don't play nice with tags..

[lucychen]

It's really helpful! Thank you very much!

I'm Sorry, but can you help me? If I want to do things like this: all page with property-tag named "Project" and without "Archived", and I wrote: {{query (and (property tag Project) not(property tag Archived))}}.
Then it does not work. (It finally found out all the page that without "Archived" but not contains "Project".)

Sorry for my basic English.

[alexandermuller]

Great video, thanks!
OT Question: What hardware did you use to write to the MS Whiteboard in this video?

[lewisknibbs]

I cannot get my query to work. I am trying to get a TODO list with Urgent marked blocks. My ultimate goal is to have a TODO page that lists tasks by Low, medium, urgent and done. Ideally, I want this in a list format instead of the reference with the date. Is this possible? I am still exploring Logseq and whether it is right for me. However, your videos are very easy to follow and I am considering the training you offer.

[eko_wolf]

very good explained! Please, can you help me with a query? {{query (and (Todo Todo) (not (priority A B C) (Scheduled)))}} -> what i want: all Todos without priority A or B or C and without Scheduled. The result is always: Todo without prioritys and with and without scheduling Date

[finbar]

How do I indent? iI try Shift & tab but not working

[andypassion]

There is no autocomplete when querying?

[antoniortega]

Is it possible to make Kanban board in logseq?

[jeffreyjflim]

at 12:21 (context 12:13) you talk about how "if you're doing things in the journal, it's not really recognizing the parent block". Could you elaborate on what that means, and whether it's still the case now?

Would you be referring to how if you have the following in the journal, the query `{{query (and #parent #child)}}` would not show the block?

2023_08_04.md:
#parent
#child foo

[VigilanceTech]

A slightly less confusing terminology might be to say: "parentheses, " "braces, " and "brackets"

[Good-and-Geeky]

You need a better microphone or get the one you have closer to the sound source (your mouth).

[tech]

The Eisenhower Matrix is rubbish unless you happen to be a General with people working for you that you can delegate to!