How I Use The Obsidian Graph View

[@FromSergio]

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[@50hzphotography66]

Also worth to mention - if you go to settings -> Files & Links -> Exclude Files, it will let you to exclude particular files and folders from the graph view.

[@ThelVadlee]

I had to pause in the middle of your video for a moment to say how much I appreciate you make eye contact to the viewers while you’re talking. I have problems focusing sometimes so it really helps me stay on track when I can see face-to-face !

[@FromSergio]

That's great! Thanks for letting me know! :) Happy new year!

[@matiaspizarro7960]

What you say in the last couple of minutes of the video is so so so important. Graph view is completely new paradigm that solves issues that a folder hierarchy can never solve. You'll never understand Obsidian's vision if you cannot see that. Great content.

[@FromSergio]

EXACTLY!

[@yifuzuo1429]

today is my first day using Obsidian and I have already watched 10 of your videos, thank you so much for taking your time to make this for us! I would be so lost without your videos

[@amanda-hibiscus]

This definitely helped me see what the graph view is actually useful for, thanks so much! I immediately went and added several "groups" and this is a gamechanger.

[@FromSergio]

Hi Amanda, just saw this, glad it was helpful! :)

[@blastav]

So many explanation about how set filters and I still didn't understand why do I need this graph view... So I disabled it. Thank you for a lot of useful videos and good luck.

[@IsmailElTahawy]

the orphan note tip is amazing, thanks mate

[@eyeojo]

Super Helpful, thank you! Nick Milo just showed how he now uses the new Obsidian bookmarks to keep graph searches like you were hoping for, too.

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful! I'm aware, very happy with that feature :)

[@lukajeliciclux3074]

Videos are phenomenal. I use both Notion and Obsidian as my note-taking app because they both serve different purpose. Obsidian for me is more for planning and gathering information while Notion is for finalizing the story.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Luka, I also use others tools, and I also use Notion and even Evernote. I have a future video where I will talk about this in these series. I like how you use notion to finalize the story, I take it your a writer or content creator of some sort?

[@lukajeliciclux3074]

Neither of those. I’m a computer scientist who loves to track different stuff in computer science like research, vulnerabilities etc. and takes a note of it.

[@ReneDiazJD]

I think you are one of the best, or at least one of my favorite Obsidian teachers.

[@tech6474]

​@@lukajeliciclux3074Hi. Sergio's content resonates with us both and I have a use case for both Obsidian and Notion. Could you tell me please, is there a particular Notion KZbinr that tops your list?

[@Toto-cologne]

Thank you bringing it nicely fast to the point: Action in the way of showing the use cases and examples. Thank you!

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@giepc8887]

Thank you! Very useful material. I'm glad I found it and will be able to use it. You're an excellent expert, Sergio

[@lotsa2000]

The Starred core plugin is now Bookmarks just in case you were left scratching your head not being able to find it like I was.

[@friklik25]

Thanks! This is substantial video... in sense you really learn great stuff watching it... many KZbinrs are wasting just your time... This is not like that.

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! Truly appreciated! :)

[@Zhouri]

Tip: for more clarity In Forces Tab: - Link Force all the way up - Link Distance all the way down

[@LusoCMD]

Sergio you are great at this...keep up the excelent videos!!

[@FromSergio]

Thanks so much for the kind words! It's a joy making these videos and I'm glad you find them useful! :)

[@ramyakannan7212]

Also, brilliant video! Did not know I needed this! ✨

[@toranshaw4029]

Ta for this, as I didn't know of a way to open a graph view for specific folders (like for my uni), so I had sub-vaults in the past, for this purpose. Makes things a whole lot easier! 🙂

[@FromSergio]

Thanks Toran, glad it helped!

[@DorotheaWolf-o7t]

Thank you so much Sergio! I appreciate your videos so much! By chance, did you figure out if it possible to export the graph view? as pdf or something else? thanks!

[@OnlineHistorian14]

How do I get the filter wiew to open up???

[@helpmenowmark]

Thank you for all the great info. I hope others understand the difference between videos and great videos. Applause, applause

[@FromSergio]

You've made my day with all the thoughtful comments across my videos! thanks Mark, wishing you the very best! :)

[@eintermedio]

Great video Sergio!

[@oz_jones]

Having an option for different sets of filters for graph view would be so great.

[@FromSergio]

Completely agree which is why I have a note for all my filters, a feature request was already submitted for that!

[@enkiimuto1041]

You have more options than I do, is it something i should have enabled?

[@kevinwang4261]

What a great video! Thank you very much! Could you do a video - if not already on your to do list ^^ - tackling the length of the notes? You often hear good pros and cons for either long and short notes and I try to shorten my notes, but sometimes it really gets long because I want to have them all in one place (e.g. One page to summarize a whole paper). So basically, how one can use Obsidian effrctively without going into zettelkasten /atomic notes

[@FromSergio]

Thanks for the suggestion Kevin. I did not have that on my list yet. I also try to shorten my notes as much as I can. Otherwise I easily get overwhelmed going back through them. I have added your suggestion to my list for these series. would love to have more suggestions as well. The series is roughly half way! Have a great one! :)

[@beulebeulentum7464]

Thank you for your very informative video! Perhaps you can help me with the following problem: I want to use Obsidian for history. I have created notes for the years 1700 - 1800 and linked them successively. Accordingly, in the graph view I see the numbers (= years), which are linked together. These numbers should represent a TIMELINE ascending from left to right. The idea is to connect the individual nodes (= year) later with notes that contain events in the respective year. Problem: I can’t get a straight line, not even by stretching the number nodes. The shape is always slightly curved or wavy. Do you know how / if I can create an absolutely straight line in the graph view?

[@TheJoshtheboss]

Thank you for the video .

[@johansvid]

Gave me some good ideas to organize my notes 👍

[@FromSergio]

I’m glad! :)

[@davelewis7534]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@FromSergio]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@Hackanhacker]

When you see in movies a detective thinking in front of his pinboard where all sort of document and picture are connected with strings .... Graph View From Obsidian is EXACRLY THAT

[@st.armanini9521]

Very useful info, thanks!

[@ramyakannan7212]

7:40 The new Bookmarks feature let's you have Custom filtered graphs saved !!

[@calde77]

You can create bookmarks to save your filters. Right?

[@tech6474]

11:23 Just beforehand you explain how you can just view orphan notes in order to create links. However, I don't undertsand how you can create links if the notes that you coukd potential link to are hidden? The only method I can think of is that you go into each note and look for unlinked references. Could you please briefly elaborate?

[@tech6474]

11:16 Upon listening to this the first few time I thought that an "Existing File" was a note that 'had a connection but had no content'. This puzzled me but I eventually reasoned that I probably got it the wrong way round and that the definition applied to non-Existing Files, ie. a non-Existing File is a note that 'had a connection but had no content'

[@DodefiEnglish]

Once again I learned so much.

[@FromSergio]

Saw your other comments! Glad you're enjoying the series :)

[@nikitakluchnick3716]

Thank you very much

[@hgalao]

I´m still not sure how to turn my explorer files into a graph view where I do not need to worry about organizing files on hierarchic folders anymore. Got a video explaining that?

[@ColoradoCody1]

Definitely learned something new; thank you!

[@FromSergio]

I'm glad! Thank you!

[@gwilpurchase196]

Really great video. I am new to Obsidian and your videos are very helpful in navigating all of the functionality available. On your use case 3, I can't seem to locate the "local graph view" option. Has this been disabled in the latest version of Obsidian? Or is there a different way of finding it/actioning it?

[@FromSergio]

Thanks! CMD P - Graph view:open local graph - does that not work?It works on my end with the latest version installed 1.0.3

[@gwilpurchase196]

@@FromSergio Thanks! It is working now

[@sipan_pb]

Thanks, these videos are helpful.

[@FromSergio]

Glad you like them!

[@whschopke98]

what do you mean by "MOC"? For me, it stands for Management of Change, which is a type of document used in companies to handle changes in processes, products, etc. But I don't think this definition fits what you are refering to in the video.

[@TheReadWellPodcast]

Very helpful

[@scollurio]

I seem to fail to grasp the usefulness of looking at my files in this fancy way. Any support?

[@TheJoshtheboss]

For some reason my local graph shows nodes but no names when in the corner.

[@rookiecookie9537]

dumb question but is there a way i can change the size of one specific node? I like to filter my node importance by size or to easily use it as a subject visual

[@milos4779]

No, maybe with some addon

[@borg_cube]

I find it a huge disadvantage that canvas' doesn't show up in graph-view.

[@kina9971]

hey there, im new to obsidian how do i get local graph view on the sidebar?

[@FromSergio]

CMD/CTRL + P - local graph

[@surajmujawar8178]

it shows all nodes in one size what should I do??

[@Cyterous]

Hey do you know if there is a way to filter by dates? if I want to find all nodes from last year for example, can I use date range in filter? Thanks

[@FromSergio]

I use dataview for that. Feel free to check out my dataview video! And sorry for only getting back to this comment now, busy week!

[@shmanutd]

I tried to use 'Recently Files' plugin to star my graph view filters files but the file didn't appear in 'Recently Files'' lists. Did I make a mistake at somewhere?

[@shmanutd]

I watched this again and find the answer 😂😂😂😂

[@FromSergio]

Thanks for updating it!

[@salman_babar]

Can Obsidian make graph view of items within a note? So not to another note Maybe a plugin

[@FromSergio]

Not that I'm aware of!

[@helpmenowmark]

Thanks!

[@FromSergio]

At a loss for words Mark, thank you. You're my first, second, third and fourth donation. Thanks a lot for the kindness, truly :)

[@barmarcelo]

I do not have this Depth filter options on my Obsidian... maybe they got rid of it ? Plus i have the animation feature...

[@FromSergio]

Are you checking on the local graph? (Not the main one?)

[@barmarcelo]

@@FromSergio Oh, just found it. It only was working with the local graph on a new pane, not at the side window maneu. But i figure out ...just a mattter of drag and drop it there.. :D Thanks!

[@elodiegradlife6904]

6:19 graph view exclude from 13:10 local graph view

[@arete_]

This was just extremely confusing to be honest. You are not explaining what problem you are actually solving...