Thank you for the video! I was struggling with a big cluttered graph in Obsidian and completely missed the filter option and local graph view. Very useful and intuitive
Thank you for your kind words. It was tricky to use when I first started. I now do monthly clean ups to link up orphan notes and discover notes I once forgotten.
I use the term Source notes to describe the notes that I have summarised from different sources e.g. TH-cam, Kindle books and blogs. The Permanent notes are used to capture my ideas and content I have created off these source notes.
There’s a few mind map plug-ins, and drawing plug-ins that can do mind maps in Obsidian. Do any of them use the Graph? To me, the Graph with link structure is mostly any mind map you would want. A lot of the mind maps are built of doing heading or an outline in a file first, but using the links the Graph to build out the outline seems more natural. Something like this turns the Graph from being a toy to being something truly useful, along with the Local Graph and filters that have been added.
I use the mind map plug-in for outlining ideas. The drawing plugin I use to create workflows. I have found using the graph view to clean up my notes useful for finding new ideas.
Very nice video mate. Just checked this today. Just as feedback, I was struggling to find where to open the local graph view (on any notes, click on the 'more options' button - three dots at the top-right - and select open local graph view). I couldn't tell by just looking at the video where to go to open.
Hello, how can the "Depth" feature found exclusively in "Local Graph" and "Neighboring links" can be understood for optimal leverage? Also, how can settings adjusted in one, be unanimous for all? (annyoing to keep adjusting the same settings for every single file). - Grazie
Can I ask you to confirm that you have your Source notes and Permanent notes in the same Vault? Do you store the Source files in a separate folder or how do you distinguish between the Source versus the Permanent notes? Via Tags? Thanks in Advanced . . .
Great questions, will get a video out to cover my updated workflow. Short answers to your questions are 1) Source notes and permanent notes are in the same vault. 2) I do have source notes in a separate folder. I also uses the Zettelkasten date format at the start of all my source notes 3) I only use tags to describe a topic that is related to the note.
My 20 cents. 1. I like principal of getting away from the idea of folder structure (that you have to maintain), hence hanging all source and perm notes in the same vault follows this principle. 2. So you can use ‘just in time organisation’ by being good at searches. 3. I views Tags as multidimensional folders, so you still have structure but you can change it as you go and does not have to be maintained to make your notes useful. 4. Links are like natural structure while any tags is structure we impose on notes. 5. A Map Of Content is really a tag with detail I guess.
Details on my blog, remember to like if you find this video useful
sivwuk.com/2020/10/08/5-features-of-obsidian-graph-view-and-how-i-use-them/
Thank you for the video! I was struggling with a big cluttered graph in Obsidian and completely missed the filter option and local graph view. Very useful and intuitive
Thank you for your kind words. It was tricky to use when I first started. I now do monthly clean ups to link up orphan notes and discover notes I once forgotten.
Great video and very useful ideas . . . .Thank you . . . All the best!
Glad it was helpful!
Great Information.
I have a hard time differentiation between Source and Permanent Notes.
How do you differentiate?
I use the term Source notes to describe the notes that I have summarised from different sources e.g. TH-cam, Kindle books and blogs. The Permanent notes are used to capture my ideas and content I have created off these source notes.
@@SivWUK Thank you
There’s a few mind map plug-ins, and drawing plug-ins that can do mind maps in Obsidian. Do any of them use the Graph? To me, the Graph with link structure is mostly any mind map you would want. A lot of the mind maps are built of doing heading or an outline in a file first, but using the links the Graph to build out the outline seems more natural. Something like this turns the Graph from being a toy to being something truly useful, along with the Local Graph and filters that have been added.
I use the mind map plug-in for outlining ideas. The drawing plugin I use to create workflows. I have found using the graph view to clean up my notes useful for finding new ideas.
Very nice video mate. Just checked this today. Just as feedback, I was struggling to find where to open the local graph view (on any notes, click on the 'more options' button - three dots at the top-right - and select open local graph view). I couldn't tell by just looking at the video where to go to open.
Hello, thanks for commenting. I had a look today and its there for me. Perhaps you need to switch it on in Settings -> Core Plugin-> Graph View
Any idea how to hide the Zettelkasten prefixer (the date-time block) when viewing page-links and the graph view?
Hello, how can the "Depth" feature found exclusively in "Local Graph" and "Neighboring links" can be understood for optimal leverage? Also, how can settings adjusted in one, be unanimous for all? (annyoing to keep adjusting the same settings for every single file). - Grazie
Very helpful...
Glad to hear that.
Can I ask you to confirm that you have your Source notes and Permanent notes in the same Vault? Do you store the Source files in a separate folder or how do you distinguish between the Source versus the Permanent notes? Via Tags? Thanks in Advanced . . .
Great questions, will get a video out to cover my updated workflow. Short answers to your questions are
1) Source notes and permanent notes are in the same vault.
2) I do have source notes in a separate folder. I also uses the Zettelkasten date format at the start of all my source notes
3) I only use tags to describe a topic that is related to the note.
@@SivWUK Thank you, this is most helpful. I would really like to see your processes in an upcoming video. Like I said, previously . . . . Great Job!
My 20 cents.
1. I like principal of getting away from the idea of folder structure (that you have to maintain), hence hanging all source and perm notes in the same vault follows this principle.
2. So you can use ‘just in time organisation’ by being good at searches.
3. I views Tags as multidimensional folders, so you still have structure but you can change it as you go and does not have to be maintained to make your notes useful.
4. Links are like natural structure while any tags is structure we impose on notes.
5. A Map Of Content is really a tag with detail I guess.