I tried everything, I tested different notes to link them to ‘this.file.link’, it worked at first but after reopening the ‘this.file.link’ note it shows “0 results” and sometimes it shows all the notes in the “FROM” folder.
What I’m trying to do
Can someone help me solve this problem? I want this.file.link to have it dataview table with all notes whose category = ‘this.file.link’.
the dataview :
```dataview
Table file.mtime AS "Last Modified"
FROM "300 - Map of Knowledge"
WHERE contains(Category, this.file.link)
SORT file.mtime desc
```
All the notes in the “from” folder while in the dataview there is the “Where” :
Hi.
Your query have the correct syntax. So, it doesn’t seem a query issue.
I don’t know if all the other values (the source, etc) are correct. If yes, well, you need to check if any plugin is the culprit. (disable others plugins, relaunch obsidian and try again)
Other thing: in the file where you insert the query the desired backlinks are present in the backlinks pane? (don’t forget that all files where you insert the link are also backlinks - inlinks - to your note)
Another point I remember now.
I don’t know if it’s a dataview issue or not, but sometimes dataview doesn’t “like” that an inline field is the last content in the file.
In your both examples (“Untitled 1” and “Test 1”) give an enter and change the line after the link in your field.
I’m not sure how the contains function deals with links, maybe it’s safer to replace that with WHERE Category = this.file.link
To debug, I would temporarily add this.file.link and Category as fields to the table. Then you can maybe get more insight into why all the files in the folder are being loaded sometimes
