You wrote a Notion formula that returns HTML code such as <b>bold</b> but the output shows the raw tags instead of formatted bold text. Notion formulas are designed to return plain text, numbers, dates, or booleans — they cannot execute or render HTML markup. This article explains why Notion formulas ignore HTML tags and provides … Read more
You added a linked database view to a page expecting a formula column to calculate values from a source database in a different workspace, but the formula field shows an error or remains blank. This happens because Notion formulas are strictly scoped to the database they belong to, and linked views do not change that … Read more
When your company uses Notion for project management, data often lives in separate databases for each department. Marketing tracks campaigns in one database, Engineering manages tasks in another, and Sales logs deals in a third. Without connections between these silos, you waste time switching views and re-entering information. Notion Relation properties solve this problem. They … Read more
You have a Notion relation property that shows the wrong title or no title when two or more source database entries share the same name. This happens because Notion’s relation preview picks the first matching name instead of the correct record. This article explains why the relation display fails and gives you a reliable fix … Read more
You need to calculate the average of a number property from pages linked to a parent database in Notion. The Rollup property can pull a value from a related page and then apply a function like Average to it. This article explains how to set up the relation and rollup properties correctly to compute the … Read more
When you type a search term into a Relation property in Notion, the dropdown shows only the first 50 matching records from the linked database. This limit can be frustrating when you work with large databases containing hundreds or thousands of entries. The 50-match cap is a performance safeguard built into Notion’s relation search engine … Read more
When you create a relation between two Notion databases, the relation is one-directional by default. This means you can see linked records in one database, but not the other. A bidirectional relation shows linked records in both databases, which is essential for project management, CRM, or any cross-referenced workflow. The reverse name is the label … Read more
You have a Notion database with a relation column linked to another database, and you added a rollup to pull a property from the related page. The rollup column shows nothing — it is blank or empty — even though the related page clearly has the target property filled in. This happens because Notion rollups … Read more
When you link two Notion databases using a Relation property, you often need to filter the source database based on a value from the related database. Notion’s filter system allows you to write predicates that check properties inside the related row. This article explains how to build a filter predicate that targets a Relation property, … Read more
When you try to link a page inside the Trash folder to a Relation property in Notion, the relation picker does not show any trashed pages. This happens because Notion’s database engine treats trashed pages as soft-deleted records that are excluded from all property lookups. This article explains the technical reason behind this limitation and … Read more