Can't wait to try! Queries was one of those features when I started Roam I said to myself "this is not possible with notes, but it is!" Never thought anything other than search, but queries show a promise of a new dimension possibilities. I like new toys. #roamcult unite!
https://twitter.com/Conaw/status/1334600910027177985
Man I am excited about this. Great work Team @RoamResearch. Query like tools are fundamental if the notes we write today will still be useful in 30 years. People often think the key feature of a note-taking app is full-text search. But that is only (small) part of the equation.
As your corpus of knowledge/information/writing/research grows to massive-multi-year database you need more advanced tools to get to what your looking for.
Queries are so important to the future of Roam. Those with experience with query languages know that it takes a real investment to learn a query language, its unique syntax, capabilities, limitations and workarounds.
However once you know the syntax, you can slice and dice your data in many dimensions with just a few simple commands. Imagine every paragraph (block) and page (collection of blocks) being available through queries to select what you want back, sorted, aggregated (sum,avg, count)
Queries can serve as the basis for simply defining much more complex ways of viewing your data and then fed into other features: Lists, tables, kanban boards, charts, timelines and more.
I can see a time where our Roam queries behave like Excel pivot tables. Real-time analysis and summarization. Kind of wild when you think about that being combined with multiplayer mode.
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