Save and Mirror a Search Result

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Andrew Lovett-Barron

• March 10, 2021 12:10

Would hugely value the ability to Mirror a search result. This would empower transitional or interstitial action nodes that could be saved for sorting through information-dense work.

Use case 1:

Create a bullet with a mirrored search result (eg. #TODO) and a sub-node with a BOARD of TODOs. Drag #todo items into the Board, or better yet, populate the BACKLOG subnode with the #TODO mirror automatically

Use Case 2:

Create a "Today | This Week | Next Week" board for quickly reflecting on notes and making sure things don't get missed during reflection and review. Mirror other nodes for quick sorting as well.

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  Carlos Rebolledo

  • March 11, 2021 01:18

  👍👍

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • March 17, 2021 21:59

  Hi Andrew,

  Indeed, we are planning on mirroring search results... we're going to call this "Search nodes". It's a huge wish-list item for us as a team :-) 

   

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  Andrew Lovett-Barron

  • March 20, 2021 19:45

  This would be a huge deal for using Workflowy for research and review, would really value it!

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  Andreas Kåll

  • May 29, 2021 05:29

  +1 <3

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  Adam R Rose

  • July 08, 2021 00:29

  @Frank any idea when this feature might launch?  Agreed, this would be hugely beneficial...

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • July 08, 2021 11:21

  Hi Adam,

  We don't have a timeline for search nodes... right now we're building color. Internal chatter had color and search nodes as the top two features to build next. So search nodes might be next. It's a good possibility.

   

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  Sean A Standish

  • July 10, 2021 19:56

  Another vote for this.  As others have already stated, this would a powerful feature.

  What's also exciting about this feature is that it works very closely to WF's main design idea - lists within lists.  Mirrors were something I saw WF need years ago, and I am SO HAPPY that they are in WF now.  A stored search is precisely the kind of thing that is very true to the heart (as I see it) of WF's design.  (Just trying to exhort you all to doing this sooner rather than later.  I'm the kind of WF user who doesn't really care about fancy dates or whatnot - give me more power in organizing my lists, please!)

  Also, just to bring this to the surface, this would be a "stored search" that dynamically requeried every time one looks at it, right?  That's what I'm talking about, at least.  I don't want a snapshot of a search at a given time. I could see someone wanting that, which is why I mention this.

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  Frank (Workflowy Support)

  • July 11, 2021 20:49

  >  this would be a "stored search" that dynamically requeried every time one looks at it, right? 

  Yep... this 👆

   

   

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  RussF

  • July 15, 2021 21:07

  Excellent.  This and functionality for Recurring Tasks are my top two wishlist items.

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  Shlomi Bergida

  • August 17, 2021 19:57

  Search Nodes would be terrific !!! 

  Taking the opportunity to thank the Workflowy team for this magical tool.

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  alfredo arias

  • September 22, 2021 18:00

  Counting the days here!    ... pls make them so they can be shared the same way we can share branches in  workflowy to third parties securely and w/t access to the rest of content.

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  Alexandr

  • February 08, 2022 21:38

  Looking forward for search nodes, too

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  Chris

  • March 04, 2022 11:05

  Really hope this will become a WF feature <3

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  Max Yakin Bozek

  • January 01, 2023 20:00

  +1 This would be amazing and unlock a whole new level of possibilities!

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  adri

  • March 27, 2023 10:09

  Are search nodes still a "huge wish-list item for us as a team" for Workflowy?

  With Logseq, Tana and all the options in the market with that option, and having already the search-saved pages polished, seems that It shouldn't be too difficult to implement the same as a node.

  Can @Frank or @Rodolfo give us an update on this feature, please?

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