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Design, Planning, Database, Program Functions
How to create a one-click checklist using Notion. This includes a free template that can be used for personal or professional tasks. The recurring checklist is designed to simplify the process of adding checklists and completing projects, allowing you to focus on what needs to be done rather than spending time recreating repetitive to-do lists.
For those looking for an easy way to manage their travel information, this Notion template for airline tickets can provide a great solution. This template is designed to help users keep track of airline tickets and associated information. It includes sections for collecting and organizing information like flight number, departure and arrival times, airline, layovers, and more.
This address list Notion template is a great tool for organizing places you’re going, places you’ve been, or places to catalog. In this post, we'll look at how the address list can be used to keep track of address information for individuals, businesses, or other places. The template includes properties that describe an address’s name of place, building status, and country, in addition to generating links to Google and Apple maps.
Notion formulas can now be used to create clickable links that make constructing and navigating URL links a breeze. Creating clickable links in Notion formulas only requires inputting the correct code that results in a url syntax (https://www.website.com/…). Below are instructions on how to generate clickable links in Notion formulas for maps, social media searches, Twitter profiles, Wikipedia, Goodreads, and Amazon.
This is a weekly spread between Monday and Sunday that will auto-populate from a Notion calendar. All days are spread into two rows of four columns. For those who like the presentation of a non-database weekly spread but also like the convenience of a database manager, this is the best of both worlds, and it takes a few minutes to setup. There is also the option to duplicate the Notion template below the tutorial.
If a task is overdue, push the due date in Notion to today, and show the new due date in a calendar. If the task is not overdue or complete, show the original due date. We also explore how to see this new date formula in a calendar view. Calendars can only see one date at a time so it is important to join all dates you want to see into one Notion formula. Here is how it works.
The contains() and test() function in Notion conduct similar tests on database properties. Both functions allow the user to check for strings in another property. For example, to check for the string “Hello” in a string property named “Name”, call contains(prop("Name"), "Hello") or test(prop("Name"), "Hello"). Both codes will return a true boolean. What exactly is the difference between these two functions then?
Program Functions, Database, Templates
There are many reasons why Notion is a great note-taking app. For starters, it's extremely user-friendly and easy to use. The interface is clean and simple, making it quick and easy to find what you're looking for. There are also tons of features and customization options available, so you can tailor the app to your specific needs. Here is how you can get started.
With the addition of Notion’s new progress bar feature, habit trackers can now include analytical properties with rollups. Notion allows the rollup property to produce progress bars, and this is how I would use the new functionality to create an analytical habit tracker to track both completion rates of individual habits and determine what weekdays produce the best results.
Create a note-taking database in Notion that’s both easy to use and navigate. In this short tutorial I show you how to create a hierarchical structure for your notes using the relation property. For example, all parent notes have children notes that help describe the parent. This connection is made with a relation.
Design, Database, Dashboards, Planning
Claim your free copy of 2022-2023 calendar covers for Notion in 6 color way themes. Below is a collection of calendars between September 2022 and December 2023 with weekly pages included too. The template, available to duplicate at the bottom of the article, nests all corresponding weeks with their parent month in the body of every month page.
In this comprehensive Notion tutorial, I’ll show you how to build a web clipping database from scratch with a free template at the bottom of the article. A web bookmark dashboard is an essential addition to the native Notion web clipper or other third-party browser extension that help you bring web pages into your Notion workspace.
Looking for more design elements for your Notion pages? The Notion app can be used for more than a productivity tool. It can be a canvas for your web pages, public wikis, and more. This small collection of dividers can customize your text to suit your style. There are options for dark-mode and light-mode compatibility as well. Download the free images below.
Learn how to use Notion’s dateBetween formula function to calculate between two dates in your database table. This function is very useful for task managers, deadline alerts, timesheets, and more. I’ll show you how to calculate between two dates in your table, between a single date and now, and between dates in a date range.
Ever wonder how to incorporate flashcard decks into Notion? Here is a method to build flashcards with Notion’s boardview database. Simply use every database page as a new card in a flashcard “deck” with the front of the card as the title and the back as a database property. And with one formula, you can turn any Notion page into a flashcard to study.
Create a smart checklist in Notion that incorporates connected tasks and projects into a grouped view to quickly add, edit, and check off tasks without navigating to another page. Also, make projects and their subtasks disappear into an archive upon completion. This is a page design that utilizes the linked database and formulas to help organize and prioritize tasks in your Notion checklist.
Notion’s minimal page design is the perfect place to build your resume. Build resumes with different block styles from callouts to quote blocks to tables and more. This example uses several nested columns in Notion to showcase a narrow stream of professional experience and skill descriptions down the center of the page.
Only the best Notion courses and tutorials to guide you through the program. Whether a beginner or novice, these brilliant teachers can show you how to master Notion with ease. Some of the courses have a price. These options will have a star next to the title. Others are completely free on YouTube or in a well-executed article about Notion workspaces.