Obsidian users struggle to explore filtered note relationships
Obsidian users with linked, structured vaults want to explore relationships within a filtered collection, but the global graph can feel overwhelming and Bases does not offer the embedded, dynamically generated graph views they want. Users also ask for linked timelines, tables, and other visualizations; current workarounds include drawing externally or writing custom scripts, which can make note links and updates harder to maintain. Most evidence is feature requests, so willingness to pay is not established.
For obsidian users with structured, highly linked vaults. Mentioned from Nov 2023 to Aug 2026 on Bluesky, product forums, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.
23 different people described this problem in 19 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 5.0/10
- Pain
- 5.2/10
- Frequency
- 10.0/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 4.4/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- Medium
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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Having the ability to visualize and segment graph nodes based on a base’s filter would be truly amazing, I completely agree with this
However, there is no built-in way to visualize outgoing links and backlinks between these files in a dynamic Canvas
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