- Contexts define a set of properties and views for any space.
- Contexts are great for specific projects, types of information like media library or across your system as an organization system
Creating a Context
- Each space comes with a context, you can add properties directly to the context and it will be associated with all of your notes.
- You can find the context view inside the space view.
Context Properties
- Add new properties or import your existing metadata to your contexts.
- Choose one of the following properties which each gives you unique ways to represent your data both visually and systematically.
- Context Property Types
- Text
- Number
- Enter any integers or decimal numbers
- Date
- Choose a date from the date picker and customize the format to display it in
- Options
- A list of options that can be selected through dropdown
- Support for multiple values
- Yes/No
- Toggle between a checkbox
- Lookup
- Look up a property of another Link/Context/File field
- Link
- Context
- Create an option from one of your Contexts
- Image
- Choose an image in your workspace or online to show in your context
Adding Existing Metadata to Contexts
Note: this feature is currently unavailable and will be readded.
- Open the Context Properties
- Select add metadata.
- Select the metadata properties that you want to add
Customizing Properties
- Open the Context Properties
- Toggle which properties you want to display
- Drag and drop the order you want to display the properties in
Viewing your Context
Customizing your Context View
- Visualize your contexts with different views that tailor to your data and workflow.
- Each view opens up new use cases for your needs.
- List View
- The standard view for contexts is a great way to quickly find what you're looking for with just the information you need.
- Card View
- A compact yet versatile view, the card view creates cards that lets you visually preview your notes or group into a Kanban view.
- Table View
- Built for data, the table view gives you quick access to view and edit your data as well as shortcuts to sorting and filtering.
- Flow View
- Turn your context into a continuous document, the flow view lets you edit all the notes in your folder seamlessly.
Switching Views
- Try different views for your data by switching views in the View Options menu.
Create a Kanban Board in Card View
- Quickly create a kanban board using the Card View and Grouping By the property.
Search, Filter and Sort your Context
- Quickly find your data with a combination of search, filter and sorting.
Searching your Context
- Easily search from the search bar in your contexts and to search through all your properties.
Filtering your Context
- Add filters based on different properties in your context.
- Each property type offers different fitlers, use a combination of filters to create the view you're looking for.
Sorting your Context
- Select the sort by in the options menu and select the field you want to sort by.