Use metadatafields from 'current note' in dataview query

[Sheepsbreath]

Things I have tried

I have searched quite a bit. I just can’t seem to find a function that takes the current file’s metadata as an input. I’ve tried a lot of variations of

<% tp.file.food-type %>
<% file.food-type %>
<% this.file.food-type %>

What I’m trying to do

I’m trying to create a table where I use the current file’s metadata fields as an input. So let’s say I have a field in my metadata that looks like this:

//—
date: 2022-11-06
food-type: Italian
—//

I want to create a dataview query that uses this file’s metadata field ‘food-type’ to bring back a query result from all other notes.

LIST
WHERE  contains(food-type, this.file.food-type)

Output:

List of pages with Italian as food-type 
- Lasagne
- Pizza
- Pasta alfredo

[mnvwvnm]

• basic source to learn dataview: plugin documentation
• basic thing to learn about metadata in dataview: the syntax and the structure of metadata in files
  • difference between implicit fields and custom custom fields
    • implicit fields: automatic metadata added to each file at page level or sub-levels (as tasks and lists); page level metadata use the prefix file
    • custom fields: created fields (in frontmatter or inline), distincts from page/file level - they don’t need the prefix file
• if only one value in field, we can use “=” instead of contains()

LIST
WHERE contains(food-type, this.food-type)

or

LIST
WHERE food-type = this.food-type

[Sheepsbreath]

Thanks! Did not know you can just use “this.metadatafield”. Going to make my life much easier! +1 to you good sir