Query Support for Absence of Attributes in Tasks and Notes

[simone-viozzi]

Implement the ability to query tasks and notes in SilverBullet based on the absence of certain attributes, such as due or priority.

This functionality would allow users to identify items needing additional information or categorization more efficiently.

Use Cases

• Task Management: Identifying tasks that haven't been assigned a due date to ensure no task is overlooked in planning.
• Content Categorization: Finding notes that are missing specific attributes for a thorough categorization process.

Proposed Solution

Extend the SilverBullet query language to include syntax or operators that allow querying based on the absence of specified attributes. This could be through a straightforward syntax like not attribute "due" or through a more flexible query modifier that specifies missing attributes.

[simone-viozzi]

I found a way:

task select due, priority, name where ((due = null) or (priority = null)) and done = false render [[Library/Core/Query/Task]]

[zefhemel]

Simply eg not due will also work.