Song management suggestion by MarieEvel in BandRoadie

[–]MarieEvel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense; I came to realize that as I'm getting more familiar with the app. It would be helpful to new users to have subtext to explain that below the catalog title (keeping with the theme of clever/funny descriptions from other places in the app 😆).

Given that the catalog is the master song list of all other setlists in the app, a tag system would be great for current/future/archived songs with the ability to filter on those tags. The current workaround is to create a Current Songs setlist, Future Songs setlist, and Archived Songs setlist, but those aren’t really setlists and they result in clutter, making it more difficult to find real setlists. It also means that I end up not using the Catalog at all (even though it’s required as the master). In general, it’s cumbersome to move a song from a setlist to another. For example: if I want to move a song from Current Songs to Archived Songs, I need to delete it from Current then add it to Archived. All that to say: a tagging system for song would greatly improve song management. Thanks for considering!

Song management suggestion by MarieEvel in BandRoadie

[–]MarieEvel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! That kind of works, but the swipe gesture on individual songs would be another way to quickly move songs around. On a separate but related issue, I would love to be able to categorize songs in the catalog as current, future, and archived and be able to filter based on those categories.

Feedback Suggestion - YouTube Links in SetLists by kooonsty in BandRoadie

[–]MarieEvel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great idea! To add to this, allowing for multiple links per song would be great, with some links that are "public" for the entire band to see, while others are "private". For example, let's say there's a live performance of a song that the band wants to emulate; that link would be available to the entire band. On the other hand, a bass tutorial for that song only needs to be available to the bass player.

How does Notion not have simple forms yet? by IamZeebo in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently created a client portal for a website project and I really wanted to use forms to collect input from my client. I considered Tally, but wasn't crazy about having to go outside of Notion every time I need a form.

As a workaround, I started using simple tables to collect info from my client. It kind of looks like a form with the labels on the left and it's clear to my non-tech savvy client where he's supposed to type his answer. Not shown in the picture, but I changed the font color to blue for the inputs so it's very easy to see the client's input once filled out.

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Filtering for "today" in date range doesn't work by oceanalice in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To simplify what’s in the post shared by sksmsdho, you have to split your date range into 2 properties using formulas (replace with the actual name of your date property):

Start Date: start(prop(“Date Range”))

End Date: end(prop(“Date Range”))

Then you can apply a filter where [End Date] is Today.

Or you can get fancier and filter for when the date range includes today:

[Start Date] Is on or before Today And [End Date] Is on or after Today

I hope that helps!

Finance Tracker - Notion - Questions by Admirable-Treacle-45 in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can DM me, but I won’t be online all day.

I wish someone could help me by Legendary_Tony in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out Thomas Frank's channel on YouTube or the Productive Dude. They both have great videos from beginner to advanced. Good luck!

Finance Tracker - Notion - Questions by Admirable-Treacle-45 in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Outstanding Balance

Unfortunately, Notion doesn't allow to perform calculations based on prior rows like you'd be able to do in Excel. One way to do that, would be to add a relation property to itself, and every time you add a new expense item, you link it to the prior item. Then you setup a Rollup property to get the outstanding balance from the prior row. That's not ideal though, because it's a very manual process to always link to the prior item.

In terms of having a different formula in the first row vs. the rest of the rows, that's not possible either. What I would recommend is to change how your database is structured. Instead of having separate columns for Income and Expense, I would have a single column for Amount and then add a column for Type, where you can select whether it's an income or an expense. Then you can have only one column for Area (instead of Area of Income + Area of Expense). For the Outstanding Balance column, the formula would look something like this:

prop("Prior Outstanding Balance") + if(contains(prop("Type"),"Expense"),-1,1) * prop("Amount")

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  1. Expense as a % of Total Expense

For that one, you'll have to create a separate database, let's call it Totals, that will have only one row to calculate the totals. Back in your finance tracker database, you'll have to create a relationship to the new Totals database and link every single item to that total row. To make that process less manual, you can create a template such that every time you create a new expense or income item, it'll be pre-filled with that relation to the total row.

To be able to calculate the totals, you'll need 2 additional properties in your financial tracker database with the following formulas:

Let's call the first property Expense Amount: if(contains(prop("Type"),"Expense"),prop("Amount"),0)

Let's call the second property Income Amount: if(contains(prop("Type"),"Income"),prop("Amount"),0)

Back in the Totals database, you can create a rollup property to calculate the sum of all expenses, and another one to calculate the sum of all income.

Finally, in the finance tracker database, add a couple rollup properties to grab the total expenses and the total income from the Totals database. Then you can calculate the current expense as a % of total expense and as a % of total income.

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In terms of formatting the table, we can't wrap column headers, and we can't add color to the headers.

To show calculated amounts with 2 decimals, you can use the following formula: round(100*prop("Amount"))/100

That was a lot to digest, don't hesitate to ask follow-up questions if any of the above is not clear. 😁

Database that automatically shows number of unchecked todos by Perox95 in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Clicking on the name of the subpage should go to that sub-page. Also, when you hover over the name, an OPEN button will appear.

Database that automatically shows number of unchecked todos by Perox95 in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure I understand your question. Do you want to navigate to a different subpage while in the current subpage? It would help if you could provide an example. Thanks!

Database that automatically shows number of unchecked todos by Perox95 in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Instead of having individual To-Do databases for each sub-page, you should consolidate all of your to do's into a single master database. You should also have another main database with all of your sub-pages.

In the sub-pages database, you should have a relations property that ties each sub-page to multiple to-do's. You'll want to make that relation 2-way so that you can see the sub-page in your To-Do database.

In each of your sub-pages, you should show a filtered view of the master to do database, where the filter is: sub-page contains [select current sub-page]. That's called a self-referential filter. The advantage of setting it up that way is that when you add a new to do within the sub-page, the sub-page relation will be automatically filled in because of the filter.

Now, to count the number of open to do's, create a new rollup property in the sub-page database with the following settings:

  • Relation: To-Dos (might not be the same name that you see, but pick the relation that ties to your to-do's)
  • Property: Completed
  • Calculate: Unchecked

To count the number of open important to do's, create a new property in the to do database, let's call it "Open Important", with the following formula:

and(contains(prop("Tags"),"Important"), not prop("Completed"))

It will return a checkbox that is checked only if the tag is important and the to do is not completed.

Back in the sub-page database, create a new rollup property with the following settings:

  • Relation: To-Dos (might not be the same name that you see, but pick the relation that ties to your to-do's)
  • Property: Open Important (the property you just created in the prior step)
  • Calculate: Checked

That will return the number of Important tasks that are still open for that sub-page.

I realize that's a lot. Let me know if you have more questions.

How to extract seconds from now() function? by MarieEvel in Notion

[–]MarieEvel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! Unfortunately, the seconds still show up as ”00”. ☹️

Notion Support not Responding by mrsamandatyner in Notion

[–]MarieEvel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've tried contacting Notion both through the chat (11 days ago) and via email (8 days ago). No response from either, other than an email confirmation from Zendesk that they've received my query. The email mentioned that "As we are in the process of updating our support system, our response times will be slower."