Obsidian 1.4.0 is currently in early access and it introduces Properties!

This is a game changer for me! I’ve had to use Dataview and other plug-ins to achieve something similar, so I look forward to the native support.

  • haulyard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Could you elaborate? I only just started using dataview to list meetings I’ve had with people, under a page for that person directly. It’s finicky though (probably an issue with me) and wonder if this will make it easier.

    • dakerDrawsOP
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      1 year ago

      Sure, I do something similar. I have a note for a person and I have a note for a recurring meeting. In a recurring meeting I have a Dataview field called Host.

      #Meeting
      This is my meeting note
      
      Host:: [[John Doe]] 
      

      In a Person note, I have a section for meetings the person hosts. I use Dataview to search for the Host field and see of it matches the current Person note.

      #Person
      This is John Doe's note.
      
      # Meetings
      
      dataview
      table without ID file.link AS "Meeting"
      from #Meeting
      where contains(Host, this.file.link)
      
      

      The new Properties feature sounds like it’ll be what Dataview fields are. Except now it’ll be in a native interface where I can easily change the information about the note.