Is there a way to create metadata values with a dataview result

[holroy]

Here is one of my posts where I’ve used app.FileManager.processfrontmatter() could possibly help you a little bit of the way. Do recognisethat when changing the current file you might need to use setTimeout() with a proper delay to counter some ravd conditions.

Change yaml list with templater

I’m thinking that relying on the index of a frontmatter field is somewhat sketchy, so I think you’re better of handling the entire array of types. Locate the one you want to change, and change that before pushing it back to the frontmatter. This can be done in at least two different approaches, using Templater/Meta edit, or using the Obsidian api. Using Templater & Meta edit You’re almost there already using this approach, but as mentioned I would pull the frontmatter using tp.frontmatter.type…