My Notion Dashboard 3.0

Tem Nugmanov

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Digital Opsessions

4 min readJul 29, 2020

Originally published at optemization.com on July 29, 2020.

Consider checking out the original post because the post contents are laid out much more intuitively there!

👋 Hello There

Context: I run optemization.com, a no-code productivity consultancy where I help busy people build organization systems and habits to free up more time and focus for getting important sh*t done.

3.0: This is the third version of my dashboard. Here’s version one and two.
Files: download the visuals of the dashboard below.

Dashboard 3.0.png
Dashboard 3.0.pdf

🗺️ Workspace Structure

My Notion workspace has 14 databases. I keep them all in one page and use linked views to interact with them on dashboards. I have one general dashboard that I spent 90% of my Notion time on. The rest are templated dashboard for specific tasks or client facing projects.

Sometimes I find it useful to open dashboard sections in a single view that’s arranged differently. That’s why some sections have a ⤢ character. For example, I can open my three column setup of meetings in a calendar view:

📋Dashboard Outline

🔺Top

Text block with text link to blocks below. Separated with “•” character (alt + 8)

💯 Tasks

Two columns of linked views of Tasks database

The `P.type` filter not showing up is a bug. It's filtering for this field being "not empty"

Two columns of linked views of Tasks database

Internal: task that are non-client focused

**Blocked**: tasks where I’m waiting for something or someone to take action

Internal: task that are non-client focused

A column of one linked view of Tasks database

**Complete**: tasks completed in the past week

Linked database calendar view of Tasks

📆 Important Dates

Calendar database in calendar view of everything that's not a meeting: project deliverables, internal achievements and events.

🩸 Client Projects

Projects database in table view filtered for client projectsProjects database in board view grouped by stage

Projects database in board view grouped by stage

💬 Meetings

Three column setup with Calendar database in list views filtered of all the meetings filtered and sorted by date

**Today:** calendar records filtered by primary type (meeting) and date today

**Upcoming Meetings:** calendar records filtered by primary type (meeting) and date in the range of next week

⚙️ Internal Projects

Projects database in table view filtered for internal projectsContent database in table view filtered by creation property but sorted by Status and edited time

`Content` database in table view filtered by creation property but sorted by Status and edited time

🔮 Future

Three column setup with Projects and Tasks linked database view and pages

**Ideas:** internal projects in “prospecting” stage

**Backlog:** task records that do not have a due date

🎁 Tips & Tricks

Icons

Super - Icons

Easily add simple, beautiful icons to your Notion workspace.

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Special Characters

The two buttons you see right justified on most sections allow me to navigate the dashboard and respective sections easier.

I used a bunch of spaces to put these buttons inline with section titles:

Open section in a full screen (see this): ⤢ → Show expanded view GIF
Go to the top of the dashboard: ⇪

New Windows

I often open Notion in multiple windows, here’s how:

cmd + shift + n: open current page in new window
cmd + shift + click : open selected page in new window
cmd + enter : open selected page in quick search in a new window

Screen Sizes and dashboards

I have a 13 inch Macbook hooked up to an XDR display. In full-screen mode, Notion adjusts to the dimensions of the screen, so I have two version of the same dashboard. That was the titles with a bunch of aforementioned spaces don’t overflow onto two lines.