Refine Dataview dashboard layout rules

references/obsidian-literature-maintenance.md

@@ -78,7 +78,14 @@ TABLE rows.file.link AS 文章
 GROUP BY journal
 ```
 
-It creates one huge list per table cell and makes journal rows look sparse. Prefer:
+Also avoid the same pattern with other short grouping fields such as `year`, `status`, or `rating`:
+
+```dataview
+TABLE rows.file.link AS 文章, rows.journal AS 期刊
+GROUP BY year
+```
+
+These queries create one huge list per table cell. Short columns such as `year` then waste a large amount of horizontal space while the article list still wraps badly. Prefer a compact count table:
 
 ```dataview
 TABLE WITHOUT ID
@@ -90,7 +97,19 @@ GROUP BY journal
 SORT length(rows) DESC, key ASC
 ```
 
-Then add a separate detail table:
+For year grouping, use the same compact pattern:
+
+```dataview
+TABLE WITHOUT ID
+  key AS 年份,
+  length(rows) AS 篇数
+FROM "01 文献阅读/00 AI总结笔记"
+WHERE contains(tags, "literature") AND year
+GROUP BY year
+SORT key DESC
+```
+
+Then add a separate one-row-per-paper detail table:
 
 ```dataview
 TABLE WITHOUT ID
@@ -102,6 +121,17 @@ WHERE contains(tags, "literature") AND journal
 SORT journal ASC, year DESC, file.name ASC
 ```
 
+If the page is already organized by a short field such as `year`, use that field for sorting but do not repeat it as a wide table column:
+
+```dataview
+TABLE WITHOUT ID
+  file.link AS 文章,
+  journal AS 期刊
+FROM "01 文献阅读/00 AI总结笔记"
+WHERE contains(tags, "literature") AND year
+SORT year DESC, journal ASC, file.name ASC
+```
+
 ## Dataview Table Width
 
 Keep main dashboard tables narrow. Put wide fields such as DOI, authors, and file modification times into separate detail pages.