Database, Relations

How To View Grandparent Relations In Notion

The relation is a Notion property that can do one of two things. The first is connect one database to another. The second is to relate one database entry to another within the same database. This is called a parent-child relation. I want to show you how you can view grandparent relationships using the latter technique with rollup properties.

Dashboards, Relations

Free Notion Template: Employee Directory

Start here if you’re new to Notion, using the program to build a team workspace, and organizing employee directories. This template has properties for basic information, contact information, onboarding statuses, and birthday tracking. The following dashboard uses two databases; one for Employees and another for the Departments those employees are associated with.

Relations, Dashboards

Notion Template: Apartment Hunting Database

Since I’ve been looking for apartments to move into, I figured I’d share an apartment hunting database in Notion. I’ve been using this to help me gather information about potential apartments and their Amenities, Expenses, Nearby Transit Access, etc. Here is how I made the simple setup, the properties included, and how to use the template for your own apartment hunting needs.

Design

Free Notion Template: Online CV (Database And Non-Database)

It’s become increasingly popular to create a CV landing page in Notion. The clean UI, different design techniques, and ability to publicize pages are just a few reasons why. If you’re looking for some inspiration or a jumping off point to create your own CV page, I made the following two templates. One uses a database and the other uses only headings and bullet points.

Planning, Database

How I Made A Pomodoro Planner In Notion

While wondering what types of productivity methods are compatible with Notion, I realized that I never tackled the pomodoro technique. Of course, you cannot create a pomodoro timer with a database that would be remotely useful, but you can use a Notion database to track and/or plan a set of pomodoro sessions. This is my take on a pomodoro tracker that returns the number of daily and total minutes/hours spent on projects.

Planning

Free Notion Template: Story Outline Database

Breaking a story down into broad groupings before or during the writing process is something that Notion can be a great tool for. In this database I include a handful of potential methods to divide a story with scenes, acts, and chapters. As well, character arcs and inner/outer character journeys. Here is how I used a combination of select and multi-select properties to make this process a breeze.