Inline dataview query ( “-” as output)

[makizar]

I ran into the exact same problem as this post:

Inline dataview query ( "-" as output)

What I’m trying to do I’m trying to extract the YAML metadata from the current file into the same file via inline dataview query. The dataview plugin is enabled Inline dataview queries are enabled Markdown YAML --- date_start: <%tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD")%> class: book type: tags: cover: --- Code Last modified: `=this.file.mtime` Last modified date: `=this.file.mday` Tags: `=this.file.tags` Aliases: `=this.file.aliases` Class: `=this.file.class` Result [Screen Shot 2022-09-19 at 13.51.4…

And despite following all the instructions, I can’t seem to get it working.

Given a Markdown YAML containing:

---
class: book
---

both these inline queries

`=this.file.class`

`=this.class`

output “-”. Both in reader mode and live preview.

I’ve also tried deactivating plug-ins, quitting, restarting, reopening obsidian, reactivating plugins, but no luck.

[mnvwvnm]

`=this.class`

this is the right query. But the point is: have you a valid yaml frontmatter? If any error in another field, all frontmatter is invalid…

[makizar]

Thank you !
Was making a template, when in use it works

[holroy]

Templates tend to mess up various like this, and it gets even worse when you build up dataview queries in a template.

So you need to check template output after they’re executed/inserted, and then ignore the errors when viewing the actual template source.