Set variables on note or canvas, display variable value on other pages or canvas

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What I’m trying to do

I want to be able to set a variable on one note or canvas page and then be able to call that variable on another note or canvas page.

I found a forum post that describes exactly what I am trying to do, unfortunately I was not able to recreate the solution and the thread was closed due to inactivity without a resolution.

I tried following the example from @Erisred but I can’t get the variables to populate. For both pages I toggled between reading and editing mode and that didn’t fix it.

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I noticed in the example the dataview command after ‘=’ is highlighted in a darker shade and I am not seeing that on mine. I feel like that means the line is not being recognized as code but I am not sure how to fix that.

I have updated all my plug ins and made sure dataview is enabled. All of the toggles in the dataview settings section have also been enabled

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I know just a tiny bit about coding so please speak slowly to me haha

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@wlance007 - The dataview call is inside an inline codeblock - surrounded by backticks.

Test `=[[Variable Page]].var1`

Does that solve your issue?

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That totally did it, Thanks!

Different but related question, is there a way to set a variable in a canvas card and then call it in a note? Or do I need to add notes from the vault into the canvas?

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Sorry, I don’t use canvas so I’m not sure if it allows linking to cards or whether YAML is supported on them.
Someone else may have an answer for you.

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ahh ok, Thanks for solving the original question though! I appreciate it!

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Sorry, I kind of dismissed you when it got to something I didn’t know about. I could have at least pointed you in a direction that might help.

If you haven’t already done so, check with the folks on the Discord channel. They’re all super helpful and usually up for a challenge. I have no doubt somebody there can get you to your goal.

Good luck!