Adding the right properties automatically

[kribor]

How do I make it so that when I move a file to a certain folder (for example a People folder), a certain set of properties are “loaded” into that note?

I might want these five fields for each person I add, for example:

Role
Organisation
Phone
Email
Interests

Alternatively, if I add a “supertag” (like in Tana), those properties show up in the file.

/ Kristian

[gino_m]

This is what templates are for.

Most people use the Templater community plugin.

A similar scenario was mentioned here:

Automatically trigger a templater folder template after having use templater to move the note in this folder

How about using a Prompt Template with <%-tp.file.include("[[template_name]]")-%> lines in an if - else if - else conditional trio? This way you can default back to a template that you can use for anything else. <%-* let filetype = await tp.system.suggester(["Auteur", "Contact", "Personnalité"], ["Auteur", "Contact", "Personnalité"], false, "Which template do you want to use?") -%> <%-* if (filetype === "Auteur") { -%> <%-tp.file.include("[[Templatename1]]")-%> <%-* } else if (filetype === "…

• There is a guide there as well. I think it’s better to learn a little bit about it (learn how to fish) than expect to be served a ready-made answer (the fish) each time.

[kribor]

Thank you! Feels like I need to become a programmer to make this work… Don’t know how many hours I want to invest.

[gino_m]

A couple of tips:
In the description of the video, there is a link to a GitHub account, where you can copy and paste code from or even download the full demo vault, so you don’t need to type stuff, only change some details.

[kribor]

Oh, that’s great!! Thanks.

[gino_m]

@kribor

need to become a programmer

I am no programmer, either.

But you can easily understand and tailor the logic of the meta template to your needs.

E.g. the important thing is that the last one under <%-* } else { -%> should be the one that doesn’t qualify for any criteria (trigger with a dash) set above, so it will be a normal or default template for everyday needs. And if you need extra templates, you add them in the middle with the else if bits.
E.g.:

<%-* /* Extracting the Trigger if there is one */ -%>
<%-*
if (tp.file.title.includes("-")){
	var trigger = (tp.file.title.split("-")[0]).trim()
} else {
	var trigger = ""
} -%>
<%-* /* In case it is not a meta-template picker note */ -%>
<%-* if (tp.file.title.startsWith("Weekly")) { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Weekly Review Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (tp.file.title.startsWith("Monthly")) { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Monthly Review Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (tp.file.title.includes("template")) { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Template for Template]]")-%>
<%-* /* If it is a trigger note then check which note */ -%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "webclip") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[WebClipper Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "z") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Simple Zettel Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "comp") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Computerese Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Comp") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Computerese Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Google") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Google iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "google") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Google iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "babla") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Babla iFrame]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Babla") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Babla iFrame]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Wikipedia") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Wikipedia iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Wiki") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Wikipedia iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "wiki") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Wikipedia iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Wiktionary") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Wiktionary iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Wikt") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Wiktionary iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "wikt") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Wiktionary iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "word") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[WordSense iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Word") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[WordSense iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Wordsense") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[WordSense iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "pallas") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Pallas iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Pallas") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Pallas iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "search") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Arcanum Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Search") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Arcanum Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "lsj") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[LSJ iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "LSJ") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[LSJ iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "greek") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[LSJ iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "Greek") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[LSJ iFrame Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "s") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Source Prompt Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "source") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Source Prompt Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "sbook") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Book Source Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "svid") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Video Source Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "j") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Journal Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else if (trigger === "journal") { -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Journal Template]]")-%>
<%-* } else { -%>
<%-* /* Default Note if it's not a trigger note */ -%>
<%-tp.file.include("[[Default Note Template]]")-%>
<%-* } -%>

In the individual templates you are calling, you populate those with custom information:
E.g.

---
obsidianUIMode: preview
obsidianEditingMode: live
tags:
  - greeketymology
  - LSJ
  - iframeforbrowsing
publish: false
date created: <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD")%>
date modified: <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD")%>
---

# <%-* tR += tp.user.getTitleSnippet(tp.file.title) -%>

<iframe width="700" height="900" src="https://lsj.gr/index.php?search=<%-* tR += tp.user.getTitleSnippet(tp.file.title) -%>"></iframe>

• In this one, e.g. I embed the search term so I get the relevant results in the iframe.

In my default template, I move the files into designated subfolders based on first character (I don’t want over 10k files in a single folder):

<%-* 
if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "A") {
    await tp.file.move("A" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Á") {
    await tp.file.move("A" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "B") {
    await tp.file.move("B" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "C") {
    await tp.file.move("C" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "D") {
    await tp.file.move("D" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "E") {
    await tp.file.move("E" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "É") {
    await tp.file.move("E" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "F") {
    await tp.file.move("F" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "G") {
    await tp.file.move("G" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "H") {
    await tp.file.move("H" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "I") {
    await tp.file.move("I" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Í") {
    await tp.file.move("I" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "J") {
    await tp.file.move("J" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "K") {
    await tp.file.move("K" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "L") {
    await tp.file.move("L" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "M") {
    await tp.file.move("M" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "N") {
    await tp.file.move("N" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "O") {
    await tp.file.move("O" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Ó") {
    await tp.file.move("O" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Ö") {
    await tp.file.move("O" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Ő") {
    await tp.file.move("O" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "P") {
    await tp.file.move("P" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Q") {
    await tp.file.move("Q" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "R") {
    await tp.file.move("R" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "S") {
    await tp.file.move("S" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "T") {
    await tp.file.move("T" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "U") {
    await tp.file.move("U" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Ú") {
    await tp.file.move("U" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Ü") {
    await tp.file.move("U" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Ű") {
    await tp.file.move("U" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "V") {
    await tp.file.move("V" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "W") {
    await tp.file.move("W" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "X") {
    await tp.file.move("X" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Y") {
    await tp.file.move("Y" + "/" + tp.file.title)
}
else if (tp.file.title.charAt(0) === "Z") {
    await tp.file.move("Z" + "/" + tp.file.title)
} 
-%>
---
title: <%tp.file.title%>
aliases:
  - <%tp.file.title.toLowerCase()%>
tags:
  - formatted🟢
publish: true
parent_topic:
  - <% tp.system.prompt("Care to add more parent topic?") %>
  - <% tp.system.prompt("Want to define parent topic?") %>
date created: <%tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD")%>
date modified: <%tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD")%>
---

# <%tp.file.title%>

<% tp.file.cursor(1) %>

One more:

<%-* 
var cleanTitle = tp.user.getTitleSnippet(tp.file.title)
var title = `${cleanTitle}`
await tp.file.rename(`${title}`)
await tp.file.move("999 Computerese" + "/" + `${cleanTitle}`)
_%>
---
title: <%tp.user.getTitleSnippet(tp.file.title)%>
aliases:
tags:
  - computer
publish: false
topic:
date created: <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD")%>
date modified: <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD")%>
---

# <%-* tR += tp.user.getTitleSnippet(tp.file.title) -%>


<% tp.file.cursor(1) %>