Default Queries

This is my current default-queries setup in the config.edn

Scheduled - Shows me anything I have scheduled for today
Bento - This shows me a clean list of tasks that I want to focus on
Widgets - Shows me a list of tasks I prepared that I can do without thinking
On this day… - A look back in history

I removed the overdue query because for that I use my Tasklist page, and I might remove Next as well to clean it up even more.

Reminder - Empty queries in this overview disappear, that makes it nice and tidy. If you think it isn’t working you might not have any elements. I usually test the queries in a dedicated page first before adding them to config.edn

config.edn

To update these queries, you can open your config.edn and add them in between this section

1 ;; The app will show those queries in today's journal page,
2 ;; the "NOW" query asks the tasks which need to be finished "now",
3 ;; the "NEXT" query asks the future tasks.
4 :default-queries
5 {:journals [
6 ;; Add Queries here
7 ]}

Scheduled

These are mostly my routines and reminders that I need to follow up on something. Please note that for this to work you need to use the /schedule command with tasks.

 1{
 2  :title ["🗓 Scheduled" ]
 3  :query [:find (pull ?b [*])
 4    :in $ ?today
 5    :where
 6        [?b :block/marker ?marker]
 7        [(contains? #{"LATER" "NOW" "TODO" "DOING" "WAITING"} ?marker)]
 8        [?b :block/scheduled ?d]
 9        [(<= ?d ?today)]
10  ]
11  :inputs [:today]
12  :result-transform (fn [result] (sort-by (fn [r] (get-in r [:block/page :block/journal-day])) result))  ; Sort by the journal date
13  :table-view? false
14  :breadcrumb-show? false
15  :collapsed? false
16}

Bento

These are tasks that are marked with #bento, I limit them to max 3 per day and these are my big rocks for the day to get done. As the query allows you to see the subtasks it’s easy to break these big rocks down into steps.

 1{:title [:h2 "🍱 Bento Box" ]
 2:query [:find (pull ?b [*])
 3  :where
 4    [?p :block/name "bento"] ; name is always lowercase
 5    [?b :block/refs ?p] ; this block references ?p as oppose to being on ?p through :block/page.
 6    [?b :block/marker ?marker]
 7    [(contains? #{"NOW" "LATER" "TODO" "DOING"} ?marker)]
 8]
 9:result-transform (fn [result] (sort-by (fn [r] (get-in r [:block/page :block/journal-day])) result))  ; Sort by the journal date
10:table-view? false
11:breadcrumb-show? false
12:collapsed? false
13}

Widgets

All tasks marked with #W, are tasks I made actionable. This means I can do them in 5-10 minutes and the line is a clear thing I can do.

Things like

Send email to X about Y
Order new paperclips
Read this document

 1{
 2    :title ["🍣 Widgets" ]
 3    :query [:find (pull ?b [*])
 4    :where
 5      [?p :block/name "w"] ; name is always lowercase
 6      [?b :block/refs ?p] ; this block references ?p as oppose to being on ?p through :block/page.
 7      [?b :block/marker "TODO"]
 8    ]
 9    :result-transform (fn [result] (sort-by (fn [r] (get-in r [:block/page :block/journal-day])) result))  ; Sort by the journal date
10    :table-view? false
11    :breadcrumb-show? false
12    :collapsed? false
13}

On this day

This shows me the same day in the journal from the last couple of years, giving a quick glance back in years past.

 1{:title "⌛ On this day..."
 2    :query [:find (pull ?b [*])
 3       :in $ ?today
 4       :where
 5       [?b :block/page ?p]
 6       [?p :page/journal? true]
 7       [?p :page/journal-day ?jd]
 8       [(str ?jd) ?jds]
 9       [(subs ?jds 4 8) ?md1]
10       [(str ?today) ?td]
11       [(subs ?td 4 8) ?md2]
12       [(= ?md1 ?md2)]
13       [(< ?jd ?today)]
14	]
15	:inputs [:today]
16    :breadcrumb-show? true
17    :collapsed? False
18}