# An Introduction to [[dataview|Dataview]] Overview: [[An Introduction to Dataview]] Slides: [[An Introduction to Dataview Slides]] This was the very first [[Obsidian Community Talks|Obsidian Community Talk]]. [[SkepticMystic]] gave a great overview of the [[dataview|Dataview]] plugin. ## Part 1: Basics This video covers the basics of using [[YAML frontmatter]] for providing explicit metadata in your Obsidian notes; introduces the basic components of Dataview queries and shows some advanced use cases. At the end, there is some live queries and debugging if you want more examples! <iframe width="100%" height="400px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sEgzrRNkgsE" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ## Part 2: Advanced The second part covers more advanced functionality of dataview, and discusses some in-depth examples. <iframe width="100%" height="400px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jW5pD4SioFM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> %% Hub footer: Please don't edit anything below this line %% # This note in GitHub <span class="git-footer">[Edit In GitHub](https://github.dev/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/blob/main/04%20-%20Guides%2C%20Workflows%2C%20%26%20Courses/Community%20Talks/YT%20-%20An%20Introduction%20to%20Dataview.md "git-hub-edit-note") | [Copy this note](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/main/04%20-%20Guides%2C%20Workflows%2C%20%26%20Courses/Community%20Talks/YT%20-%20An%20Introduction%20to%20Dataview.md "git-hub-copy-note") | [Download this vault](https://github.com/obsidian-community/obsidian-hub/archive/refs/heads/main.zip "git-hub-download-vault") </span>