Is it possible to deduce these names from all notes into one document?

[strannik13]

Please advise:
In the daily notes there is an item “projects:” and below their name. Is it possible to deduce these names from all notes into one document? Do “projects” need to be labeled in a special way? Can the dataview plugin handle this? What would a query look like in principle?

[mnvwvnm]

Hi.

If you want to use dataview to create a dynamic/automatic list of metadata you need to know the kind of metadata that work with dataview.

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

In your example, you need to create your own fields according the syntax admitted by plugin. Let’s take an example using full inline fields (syntax key:: value):

# This is my daily note

blah, blah, blah...

## Projects

<!-- if only one project -->
project:: ProjectA

<!-- if a list of projects -->
project:: "ProjectA", "ProjectB", "ProjectC"

<!-- or a list of projects dispersed in the note -->
project:: ProjectA
blah, blah, blah...
blah, blah, blah...

project:: ProjectB
blah, blah, blah and more blah, blah, blah...

project:: ProjectB
blah, blah, blah...

---

Now you can create a query “targeting” the metadata project. Example:

## A table with "projects" by file/daily-note

```dataview
TABLE project AS "Projects"
FROM "your-daily-notes-folder-or-tag-or-nothing"
WHERE project
```

[strannik13]

Thanks!