Notion Databases - Full Course for Beginners

This full course covers everything about Notion databases - layouts, views, filters, sorting, relations, rollups, formulas, and more!
✅ ULTIMATE TASKS (task manager template):
thomasjfrank.com/templates/ta...
🧠 ULTIMATE BRAIN (full second-brain template):
thomasjfrank.com/brain/
📚 NOTION FUNDAMENTALS (All Lessons, Resources, and Examples)
thomasjfrank.com/fundamentals/
Written lesson: thomasjfrank.com/notion-datab...
All Notion Fundamentals Videos:
How to Create and Edit Pages - • Notion Fundamentals: H...
Master Notion's Text Editing Tools - • Notion Fundamentals - ...
Block Basics - • Notion Fundamentals: W...
Page Layout - • Notion Fundamentals: P...
Page Links, Backlinks, and Sub-Pages - • Notion Fundamentals: P...
🛠 MORE COURSES AND RESOURCES:
thomasjfrank.com/templates/
thomasjfrank.com/courses/
💪GET STARTED WITH NOTION:
thomasjfrank.com/usenotion/ - (this is my referral link)
🐦Connect with me:
Twitter ➔ / tomfrankly (best way to interact with me)
Instagram ➔ / tomfrankly
⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
01:59 - What is a Database?
05:33 - Create a Database
08:12 - Database Views
11:30 - Add New Rows
12:51 - Database Properties
15:12 - Layout
16:13 - Sorting
19:00 - Filters
21:14 - Forcing Functions
24:02 - Relations
29:10 - Grouping
30:35 - Database Templates
32:54 - Linked Databases
36:29 - Rollups
39:11 - Formulas
42:52 - Database Locking
45:27 - Add a Tasks View to a Dashboard
Notion's database feature is incredibly powerful, and allows you to create your own custom tools and workflows inside of your Notion workspace.
This video provides a full beginner's course on Notion databases - it's the only guide you'll ever need. In it, we'll go step-by-step to create a simple task manager inside Notion, and along the way you'll learn about all of Notion's database features - including how to create a database, add filters and sorts, group rows, relate multiple databases together, and much more.

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Check out the written guide here! thomasjfrank.com/notion-databases-the-ultimate-beginners-guide/ What other Notion tutorials would you like to see me cover?

[@Goooogle]

A good idea would be Zettlekasten method to organize knoeledge and information inside Notion.

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[@mshi5826]

Thomas You forgot add CC for this Video. Could you pls add it?

[@luizafazzio]

Create a travel dashboard template from scratch.

[@jccarrasquillo3060]

Thank you!!!

[@razzle-dazzle]

My mind is absolutely blown by 1) your ability to create this type of content 2) your talent in teaching 3) how crazy powerful Notion is. I don't remember being this engaged in watching tutorial videos (maybe except for watching Webflow's tutorials).

[@pobe4699]

100 agreed 👍

[@kamel3d]

Exactly I did not know notion is this powerful

[@katwoods8514]

I love how excited you got when you were describing how much you can do with formulas. Makes me want to watch your video on that for sure.

[@neginhsab]

I'm a complete notions beginner and first was a bit overwhelmed haha - what really helped was I just watched your video once and then tried to do it off memory and then rewatched the whole thing while pausing and making the database! Super helpful

[@stefanyloren]

Is there any Notion-Award over there? If yes, you have earned it. What a tremendous video tutorial and course. I'm really impressed by your capacity to teach. And also, thank you a lot for this tutorial

[@blackcheetah4550]

You expressed my feelings about it

[@jntechreview]

This video solved all my probelms I've expereienced while using Notion as my main project manager. Thanks a ton!

[@AnindoSarker]

Man, I'm out of words to express how much you've helped me. Really excellent quality videos. I'm new to notion, I wanted to build my personal study tracker. What I was struggling was to create a task for a course topic which will automatically update my tasks page. Linked database section is the answer. But man, it was so hard to find out. Thank you mate.

[@kevindesir7511]

You're my kind of teacher. I'm brand new to Notion (I learned of its existence days ago) and this is the first video of yours I've seen after watching a lot of tutorials. I really like how this flowed and you go into just enough depth without making things too complicated. So, as a brand new user to Notion, I'd say you're THE Notion guy. Thanks very much for this video! I'm looking forward to watching more and learning about the powerhouse that is Notion!

[@juanchio]

Awesome video, Thomas. Like many here, I am kind of new to Notion and this video is, by far, the best. You are excellent at explaining things and the video production (script, content, flow, examples, video editing, sound, etc.) is outstanding. I was able to replicate most of the databse creation right from the start with brief or no video pause or replay.

[@forisadora7480]

This was the easiest to comprehend and most informative tutorial I’ve ever watched!!!!! Thank you

[@Hamizmad]

Man you're an example of a good youtuber, i really like your content and your approach. Well organized, time-stamp, don't waste time in intro, you get to the point right away and teach stuff in a structured step-by-step way. You ROCK Thomas

[@cloudneyderpy6990]

Such a great and detailed explanation video on Notion databases. I've learnt alot from this.

[@Carmilaaa]

Amazing tutorial. Straight to the point, clear, informative, educative and fun

[@theidriselijah]

This was an amazing video on Notion Databases. I literally was afraid of them until I watched this whole video. Thank you!

[@quentincaldway]

Absolutely Amazing! This was exactly what I've been looking to manage my projects and workflow. Appreciate the work put into this video and the awesome templates you've provided for us! Time to check out that formula video! - My mind lit up once I saw what's possible! Thanks once again! ~Blessings!

[@MsBHavenn]

Just wanted to say thank you for all of the videos. I am brand new to notion and haven't even set anything up yet, but have a million things I want to organize within it and your videos are teaching me, as well as giving me better ideas on how to sort my thoughts. As someone with ADD, I get distracted very easily and have a habit of not finishing what I start, so I'm hoping notion will be able to help with this. I look forward to more videos from you, as well as watching your previous videos.

[@sanjogpawar1874]

how is notion working out for you?? since I also have ADD, I wanna know if notion actually helps out with finishing and tracking tasks, or does the ADD result in you never adding tasks to the notion page?

[@gabrielcsantini]

Excellent video! Helped me a lot, thank so much

[@deatheternity666]

Okay, so far this is the most awesome video of the series. Now I know that all I need are databases for what I want to do. Thank you so much for this.

[@Semeda83]

I can't wait for the formula course ! I learned so much thanks to you, so thank you :)

[@tom_unseen]

Thank you for this great video! I have dealt with this topic extremely intensively today, as I am in the process of creating my own ultimate brain.

[@sanatbiswal9837]

Hi Thomas, this was an awesome demonstration of what Notion can bring to the table. Amazing work👍 Keep the videos coming in.

[@oeurnkoem7171]

I must say that this is one of the best step-by-step video tutorial on notion. Thank a great deal, Thomas. Cheers!

[@deryagungor1217]

Fantastic training!! So so so well-made. You DO have a talent for teaching!

[@thuanvo5063]

Right on its name. Super simple to understand and replicate for beginners like me. I watch a bunch of videos already and this is where I got it, in 1-time view. Thank you so much, Thomas.

[@marcinkroszel3533]

Really great video Thomas. Appreciate it. I can see that Notion is far beyond powerful, you can literally build inside it apps like Evernote or Todoist and there are not much limitations to the free plan which is super strange and great at the same time.

[@tokhirvaliyev631]

Bro, thank you sooooo much. I've been watching videos about databases to implement it into the notion and here comes your video, which is insanely useful😅

[@MaxWeir]

Thank you for this, I found this really easy to follow and super intuitive. Learning so much from this course.

[@lilisa8473]

Thank you for your amazing video, very thorough and useful, well organized, and beautifully scripted! It helps with my understanding of Notion and completely changed the way I manage projects!

[@vieiradan]

Excelent content. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Thomas! There is just so muchhh about database!! 🤯

[@hi_sayri]

This was a very helpful guide about Notion's databases! Thank you!

[@khayemvlog4220]

Thank you so much for this thomas! This is so helpful to me. You're such a good professor to me

[@fusionpatisserie]

I was able to create everything I need for my content calendar and check-lists! I had to watch the linked Database several times especially how to put the tasks inside the template and link it because I have a template in a calendar not in my project lists, but I managed simply because I understood how it works thanks to your teaching skills. Thank you ! Liv

[@wwiras9865]

Thanks! This is the best notion KZbin video I have ever seen!!

[@olgabalunova8173]

Fantastic course!!! I can finally use notion in productive way!

[@yucherylyu]

The best notion guide i have ever seen! Thank you❤

[@melleamagic]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! 💕

[@kevinplatt]

Fantastic tutorial! Super helpful, informative, and engrossing.

[@shyneray250]

This is extremely helpful. Thanks a lot Thomas!

[@akashtyagi7245]

Beautifully explained, absolutely loved it.

[@s3thme]

This is great. Thanks for being so clear with this

[@lemonandgingervacationrent5975]

Huge thanks Thomas, this tutorial was very helpful.

[@JFWrighter]

Thanks for this! I'm new to Notion and this was a fantastic survey of databases.

[@rjvidalt1]

Thanks very much Thomas. All your videos are very clear, deep and helpful👍

[@ana-bh6rv]

this video is mind-blowing. i'm amazed with the content you create. keep it up!

[@LiamDangerPark]

Thanks Thomas. This is great. how wonderful to be able to watch lessons multiple times. theres a lot in here

[@JulieLandrieu]

Genius, I finally have the hope I can actually use Notion to get organised. Thank you 🙏

[@noirexox]

Awesome tutorial, thanks!

[@jcepri]

Excellent, excellent tutorial. Thank you. I run a college career services office and I recently learned that Notion provides students and faculty with free premium Notion accounts. I gave it a shot a few months ago, but it looked way too complicated. Luckily, I found your videos because I am now officially hooked. This application is so versatile and powerful. I'm working with faculty to introduce this tool to freshmen. I'm also planning to teach students how to use Notion for managing their job search pursuits. Our team will also be using Notion to plan our annual job fair. All of this came to fruition from your generosity here because I would have never been able to learn this on my own. I looked up several other tutorials, but yours are head and shoulders above the rest. Thank you again!

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Thanks so much for the kind words Jeff! I'm so glad my tutorials have proven helpful. P.S. I used to work in my college's career services office too! (Though I was just the front desk guy)

[@user-zh8dt3xc1g]

Thank you so much for the useful video. I really didn't know where to start, but now that I'm on track, I've learned a lot.

[@user-pn1pt9zg5c]

Wow, this Notion tutorial is amazing! It's the best one I've found on KZbin. Your clear explanations and step-by-step instructions made it so easy for me to set up and organize my Notion workspace. I've been struggling to keep track of my projects, tasks, and notes, but your tutorial has shown me how to create a customized system that works perfectly for me. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and helping me get my life organized! PS - I binge-watched all your tutorials

[@Dorner1909]

It's so helpful and nice that you teach us your knowledge for free, thank you Thomas

[@Goooogle]

Thank you Thomas! I bought your Second Brain template to support your great work. I have a request, I think it would be amazing if you did an in-depth tutorial on how to apply the Zettlekasten organization method inside Notion!

[@ThomasFrankExplains]

Thanks so much! I do have Zettlekasten on my list of potential topics, though I think it's pretty hard to implement due to the lack of an unlinked references feature like the one found in Obsidian or Roam. You can do a Luhman-style slip box manually though, and the page-level backlinks can help things somewhat!

[@elnh0rn]

I thank you so much! I watched 10 hours of Notion Videos till now and yours just made my brain click!

[@rojovillegasv]

Thank you! Great explanation... As usual!

[@zazakh7804]

At first I think it's a long video and I'm gonna get bored, but it wasn't slow and boring at all😍. It was amazing and you explained everything fast and clear and with mentioning all the necessary information. Thank you so much it was great!!

[@esperanzalopez7768]

Thank you so much Sensei! You are a blessing!

[@aron9550]

THANKYOU SO MUCH 😭❤!

[@natthaphobnimpitiwan7935]

Thank you so much!!! You help me have a very good start with Notion.

[@leocarmopereira]

Thomas is the man with the best Notion. Amazing work!

[@adamjensen6254]

Thank you very much for this. The best Notion Databases tutorial on KZbin!

[@charlieliverbk]

Excellent overview!!! Thank you! 😊

[@developermind7784]

Just awesome! And professional teaching. I shared your channel and videos in my community.

[@littleoddboy]

Finally, we are done! thank you Tomas :)

[@dobroFM]

This is so much helpful! Thank you very much!

[@giulianas5285]

Just wanting to say thank you so much. :).

[@Matteo_Della_Rocca]

I didn't know your channel but you are really a good teacher! Thank you 🙏

[@roky1050]

The way you correlated a Spiderman theme to your tasks was creative. Thank you for the tutorial. Cheers Thomas.

[@DoctorHouse999]

i can only imagine the work that you put into this video. so great.

[@tioudeng]

YOU a LEGEND, thank you for your work

[@sociofilka]

It's more than useful, thank you so much!

[@amanvermalh]

This was very helpful. Thanks a lot.

[@Linda-gb6zh]

Thanks! Awesome lesson!

[@DoctorAzmain]

I clicked on this notification SO FAST. 🔥😍 Saving this for future reference! My main database is keeping track of my KZbin videos - a few too many still tagged "Scripting" 😂 I have attempted to make databases of anatomy/physiology/pathology notes but it is a Herculean task haha

[@carnaby13]

Amazing job on that lesson, thanx!

[@joel.osei-asamoah]

Not even done with the video, but wow 🤯. This video is great! Everything is explained clearly and in a concise manner!

[@glowupnook]

Thank you so much,I learned so much. I am finally going to start using notion effectively❤

[@nestnnurture]

Bless my heart, reincountering you here after CIG just when I need you most... Notion is another beast!! Both your new channel and this app are feeling like abundance-culture 2.0, it's a good day!

[@vahoraenterprises6177]

i never comment on youtube videos, but this one was truly mindblowing and well made. Keep it up!

[@weekendwarrior3814]

Great video, thanks for spreading the knowledge.

[@zongklodtonpanich]

Thanks Man, Looking forward to Formula's tutorial.

[@abdelrahmanhussien]

That was very useful. thank you very much

Greate explanation. It is very simple and understandable and free, thank you a lot :)

[@FinanciallySavvyParent]

You are the man. THANK YOU for making this video.

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Wow. Amazing job!!! Thank you!

[@funygameur]

What The Heck, that's incredible, there's no limit on that thing !

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An amazing video thank you so much, very clear

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Great lesson!

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Phew, that's a lot of contents but great work btw. Thank you for uploading this video

[@alanhill6852]

Awesome 🔥

[@kamilawolyniec5124]

Fantastic video, thank you!

[@hamdanrejees3632]

You're a gem, thank you so much

[@blackcheetah4550]

You're really the Notion grand master 💜

[@aatiya19]

much helpful..its an exhaustive one

[@khayemvlog4220]

this is the first time i watch youtube without fast-forwarding and I follow your sample task and it makes me feel smart after doing this lol

[@david1492]

wow, your teaching skill is superb

[@sungmonica1294]

Thank you Thomas!!!

[@obsidianwing]

Wow , my mind is blown thanks for explaining. M h head smokes with all this opions on link and backlinking tables

[@utschb18]

thanks for that, Thomas! I've used to use Excel to manage a data base that did not need any math to be done. Notion is such a better way to keep all on record.

[@trade-lion]

hello，Thomas, thanks for your guide video for notion tutorial. For me, a detailed video guide on "formula" is vital for my work. Anyway, i shall keep watching and learning from your video . And a big thank you from China.

[@SelfHelp-kv4yg]

I dont know how to say thanks. your presentational and tutoring skills are next level.