ModalForm and Dataview – Dynamically filter queries based on previous input

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Hi everyone,
I’m using ModalForm to create a new note and I’d like to know if it’s possible to dynamically filter Dataview field options based on the value selected in a previous field within the same form.

In my case, the form has three fields, all of which are type: dataview:

  • Customer – displays a list of clients (this works fine)
  • N-offer – should display only the offers related to the selected client
  • Description – should display only the descriptions related to the selected offer and client

Currently, each field shows all possible values.
What I’d like to achieve is a chain of filters, where:

  1. I select a Customer

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  2. Based on that selection, N-offer is filtered to only show related offers

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  3. Based on the selected offer, Description is filtered accordingly

Is it possible to do this with ModalForm?
If yes, how should the form and queries be structured?

Thanks a lot for your help!

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To my knowledge a second query cannot access the result(s) of a previous query in Modal Form.
But it’s been a while since a played around with it.
If you ask the dev, he may have a solution or may even implement this.
Feature Request form:

Discussions:

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Yes, it is possible.
You can access the current form values using a special variable named form.
Take a look at the docs for examples: Dataview Integration - Obsidian Modal Form docs Let me know how it goes, it is quite an advanced feature

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Dan, I think you’d need to write this up point by point. This would be a very important feature of the plugin, if one can achieve this…

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Do you mean writting a step by step guide of one example form making use of this feature?

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Well, can I answer in the affirmative?

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Yes, absolutely. I just want to understand what the people is missing in terms of docs

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I remember your Share&Showcase thread where we chatted about certain functionality. That it’s a bit hard for the average user.

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This is the best step by step guide I was able to write:

Let me know if you have any feedback to improve it
If it is still not clear enough, then someone else should give it a try .

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