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Simple Query

A single filter line that becomes a living view — no table, no upkeep

context & methodology

Cmd+K finds a block. A query holds that finding in place: you describe once what you want to see — and mium shows it to you from then on, on its own. Instead of a table you maintain, a filter line that thinks along.

Why tables go stale

A hand-maintained overview is a snapshot: the moment you save it, it begins to age. Every new block, every status change in the existing set has to be entered by hand — and in day-to-day work that rarely happens in full. A query turns this around: it re-queries the existing set on every glance, so the view is always of right now.

5 rules for Simple Query

  1. A query is a filter line, not a formula editor — type:meeting, status:open, autor:team-mut.
  2. The view is live: when a block meets the criteria it appears; when it no longer does, it goes away.
  3. The same query renders as a list, a table or a board — you choose the view, the data stays one source.
  4. Properties are the filter axis — what you don't maintain as a property, you can't query for.
  5. A saved query lives as a block on a page, not as an external dashboard — it is part of the knowledge.

What a query looks like

{{query (and (property "type" "meeting")
              (property "status" "offen"))}}
;; Ansicht: Tabelle · Sortierung: zuletzt-geändert

Before and after — table vs. Simple Query

StepHand-maintained tableSimple Query
Setting updefine columns, type in rowstype a filter line
Keeping currententer every change by handkeeps itself current
Switching the viewbuild a new tableswitch list / table / board
Source of truththe table (a copy)the blocks themselves
Upkeepongoingone time (the criteria)

An honest question

How many of your overviews are truly current today, and how many show the state of a fortnight ago because nobody updated them? The answer decides whether an overview takes work off your hands or becomes one more thing you have to maintain.

kpi dashboard
Upkeep per view (median)
0min/wk
WARN 10··CRIT 30
Currency of the views
100%
WARN 90··CRIT 75
Views per query
3
Empty queries (property gaps)
6%
WARN 15··CRIT 30

Search once, see it for always.

One filter line, and your second brain shows the view — and keeps it current while you work on something else. A partner that thinks along, not a table you feed.

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