Dashboard - Vault Health
Auto-generated status of the whole vault. Nothing here is written by hand — if a number looks wrong, the note’s frontmatter is wrong.
Parent: Home · Map: Encyclopedia Map · Database views: Encyclopedia.base
Requires the Dataview plugin (already installed)
If you see raw code instead of tables, enable Dataview and turn on “Enable JavaScript queries” is not needed — these are plain DQL queries.
1. How big is the encyclopedia?
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
2. Notes that are not finished
Anything whose status is not active.
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
3. Orphan notes (nothing links to them)
These are invisible in the graph. Either link them from a MOC or delete them.
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
4. Weakly connected notes (fewer than 4 outgoing links)
A note with almost no outgoing links is usually a stub or a dead end.
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
5. Notes missing frontmatter
Without type these notes never appear in any dashboard or base view.
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
6. Notes without tags
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
7. Most connected notes (the real hubs)
If a note here is not a MOC, consider promoting it.
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
8. Recently touched
Interactive view
This section is generated live by the Dataview plugin inside the Obsidian vault,
so it cannot be rendered on the website. Browse the folders in the sidebar instead.
Maintenance routine
- Weekly: clear section 3 (orphans) and section 5 (missing frontmatter) to zero.
- Monthly: pick the top five rows of section 4 and either expand or merge them.
- When a note reaches
status: active, it should have ≥1 backlink, ≥4 outgoing links, and a MOC parent.