Time to learn about Notion Databases!

Databases are at the core of the My Bride or Die Wedding Planner in Notion and is how your tasks, guest list, contracts and more will be organized.

Think of Notion as a Large Filing Cabinet. Each Database is a Drawer inside of that Filing Cabinet

This allows you to organize your pages easily inside your drawer. In the My Bride or Die Wedding Planner, there is one drawer, or database, for the Guest List and one drawer, or database, for the Task List.

Opening a Page Inside the Database

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Filtering a Database

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1. Select Filter in the upper right of a database

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2. Then…select how you wish to filter your database by. It could be by whether the task is complete or not (Status), who the task is assigned to ( Who is responsible for this?), a certain topic (Tags) or more!

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Add to a Database

You can easily add pages to your My Bride or Die Wedding Planner templates, such as adding tasks to the or guests to the .

Option A: Select New in Upper Right of a Database

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Option B: Select + New at the Bottom of a Database

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Option C: Via Buttons

We have added buttons just like these ones around the My Bride or Die Wedding Planner to easily add new pages to existing databases. By selecting these buttons, they will automatically assign the task to the noted individual.

Familiarize Yourself with the Databases

Now, get familiar with the various databases by filtering the , opening up the task pages, adding new tasks to the database, changing tags, etc. Play around and have fun!

Assignment for You:

Navigate to the GUEST LIST
Update the Bride and Grooms names on the respective pages
Update Your Information

Update the photo associated with the bride and groom page by selecting Add Icon in the Upper Left. Then select Customor and Upload a Photo of the Bride or Groom
Now that you’ve updated the Bride and Groom, begin to add guests who you know you absolutely want at your wedding.

Update the Properties of the database - such as the home address, whose side the guest is from, how many you expect and more! This is to get accustomed to playing around in databases.

Don’t worry…you don’t have to input all of your guests. There will be other tasks for updating the guest list database with your guests!

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