Create a list of notes based on tag/link

Hello there! I use Obsidian for studying and I’m currently searching for a plugin/feature, if it exists.

I am trying to sort out notes based on Teacher. I have created a note for each Teacher.
In that ‘Teacher note’ I would like to create a list, where it links all notes of that mentioned name.

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Hello.

If you have the names as text in different notes, you can add a query to each teacher note to find all the files that mention that specific teacher. So if you have a teacher called, Nicolai, you can create the following query

```query
Nicolai
```

Does that work for your needs?

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Thank you, @Hampton

While it doesn’t look as neat, I believe it’s the closest possible solution

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If you are using properties / metadata in your files, other options such as Dataview open up for you.

https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/

The Obsidian team are also working on Dynamic Views as a core plugin, which might be of interest in the future. Much depends on how your data is stored. But if only plain text, then a simple query (as above) is the only way I know of to get the kind of results you need. Good luck with your studies.

EDIT: Backlinks are also worth exploring.

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Thank you very much. Very kind of you.
Currently my data is just stored in the body

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I am currently using Backlinks - only for the Teacher field and not for the Class, since I haven’t figured out, if I want to do it

I started using Obsidian within the last 2 months
I considered properties, but was able to create a good template using Templater thanks to a friend.

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Actually, I’m just posting this here, since I found it in the subreddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsidianMD/comments/16mbv4z/how_to_create_a_list_of_notes_that_backlink_to/

LIST 
FROM [[]] 
SORT file.name ASC
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Great, you have stored the names as links (not just plain text) and you’re using Dataview to create a neater list of backlinks. Looks good to me, and gives you more options. :+1: :smile:

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