Automatically Inherit Properties from Parent Note to Child Note

[hjc]

What I’m trying to do

I want a child note to automatically inherit the same properties as its parent note, such as tags, aliases, and other metadata, as soon as I create it.

• I can create a new note inside an existing note using brackets like [[NoteB]]. By clicking that link, I can create Note B.
• When I insert a template into the child note (Note B), I want it to automatically pull in the properties (like tags, aliases, etc.) from its parent note (Note A) without needing manual duplication.
• I want it to be applied in the properties section, not just inside the note content.

Things I have tried

Currently, I’ve made this work using Dataview, but it only works when I explicitly specify the out-link in Note B. And it doesn’t apply in the properties
section, but just inside the note section.

NOTE A (Main or Parent)

NOTE B (Sub or Child)

• I would like the properties (such as tags, aliases, and metadata) to automatically sync in the properties section of the child note.

[auroratdunn]

Have you had any luck figuring this out? I’m currently in the process of trying to do pretty much the same thing, with the caveat of wanting a metabind button in my parent note to launch the creation of the child which would inherit many of the parents frontmatter properties.

[Yurcee]

There was a thread about this before:

How to automatically transfer tags and frontmatter to child notes when I split a note?

Here is the correct tutorial due to some mistakes: Here’s the full tutorial on transferring YAML frontmatter properties from a parent note to a child note using Note Refactor and Templater in Obsidian. Overview In this tutorial, you’ll learn to transfer metadata from a parent note’s frontmatter to a child note’s frontmatter in Obsidian. This process leverages Templater User Functions and Note Refactor to reliably handle metadata fields like type and tags that might otherwise encounter issues d…