# Better Templates (Self-reference filters, Relative dates) **URL:** \ **Category:** Talk\ **Tags:** Templates, Filters, Automation\ **Created:** [February 12, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/better-templates-self-reference-filters-relative-dates/26701 "2025-02-12T10:16:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![C.c](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/c.c/32/10820_2.png) [@C.c](https://community.anytype.io/u/C.c)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/better-templates-self-reference-filters-relative-dates/26701/2 "2025-02-12T11:23:52Z")
It seems your use case is a combination of different feature requests: > [@Self-pointing placeholder filter in templates](https://community.anytype.io/t/self-pointing-placeholder-filter-in-templates/10165): > > WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND A placeholder in TEMPLATES, self-pointing to the object-to-come, itself. That could be used to create INLINE-SETS, where the new object (still not existent) could be used (once created) as the FILTER for that inline-set. REAL WORLD USE CASES Tom Cruise has a MISSION! whenever possible, he needs to report his actions, whether they are some steps achived, or struggles, or issues raised, or contacts made, or any other thing worth a NOTE. a NOTE is then tied to a MISSION, thr… > [@Date relation should create a Link relation to that date](https://community.anytype.io/t/date-relation-should-create-a-link-relation-to-that-date/25921): > > WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? It would be useful if a date relation would also set a link to that date in the “Links” relation like for example an object based relation does. REAL WORLD USE CASES I wanted to create a set that lists everything that links to today. It is nice that I can view the linked objects in a date object but if I could create an inline set for it (for my today page), that would be neat. If a date relation would also fill the Links relation I could create my own inline set for th… > [@Allow the Date type to have all the functionalities of a normal type](https://community.anytype.io/t/allow-the-date-type-to-have-all-the-functionalities-of-a-normal-type/25752): > > WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? As title says. Allow the Date type to have all the functionalities of a normal type, such as being included in a set + being attached to relations. See more here: [Date Is An Object Now! But--](https://community.anytype.io/t/date-is-an-object-now-but/25751)HOW COULD IT BE DONE? I’m not sure how the back end of all this works, but just make it so that Date can be opened as a normal object, linked to relations, and be included in a set. REAL WORLD USE CASES “I previously created a new type called “Day.” To it, I have attached a bunch of… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.anytype.io/t/better-templates-self-reference-filters-relative-dates/26701)._