Metadata Menu UPDATE: Editable queries and better property options
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Core Obsidian Properties
8:00 Starting with Metadata Menu
18:55 Global Settings
24:25 Preset Settings
25:25 FileClass Settings
29:35 Metadata Menu Button (Icon)
30:25 Query Class
31:40 Class Settings
35:30 Parent Classes
40:05 Custom Icons
41:25 Date Field
45:35 Single/Multi list Field
47:00 Cycle Field
47:40 Number Field
48:50 Single/Multi Link Field
51:00 Lookup Field
55:00 Formula Field (shopping)
57:00 Canvas Link Field
1:02:00 Canvas Group Field
1:04:00 Canvas Group + Link Field
1:05:00 YAML + JSON Field
1:06:00 Object Field
1:09:10 Object List Field
1:12:00 Basic Dataview Query
1:15:00 Table View
1:22:40 Metadata Menu Queries
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When the updates come, you work hard and make us understand things easily. You not only have to learn the new things first, but also make a presentation (concise, neat, and easy to understand nevertheless) to feed us.
You said you have been recording things the whole day and editing them and so on, I really express my gratitude.
Thanks a lot for this updated guide to the Metadata Menu plugin.
Love you... Keep happy, healthy and benevolent as always.
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I started using obsidian about two weeks ago and found it super helpful, only after watching this have I realized how lucky I am to have learnt about it right after a big update
It's as if documentation was in video format... Absolutely helpful...
Thanks, Danny. The overeating and drinking of Christmas always fogs my brain, so I had to wait until today to finish watching. Your help with MM has been a great shortcut to understanding.
Wow, thank you for this - once again - excellent and comprehensible video with your great explanations, examples and tips. I've already learnt so much from the videos you've made and I'm delighted every time a new explanatory video comes out. The longer the video, the better 😂 1000 thanks and I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best!
This video is INCREDIBLE Danny.
Wow! What a thorough and clear walkthrough of Metadata Menu. It is a very powerful Obsidian plugin that takes a lot of time to learn. This is another of your videos I will be returning to to learn more. Thank you!
Thank you and appreciate you taking the time to make this video.
So helpful, man.
Thanks for making this, and please keep making these types of super in-depth guides.
Your precise coverage of Obsidian is particularly useful.
Man, another great video, super very detailed, I will watch this a lot of times.
One more time, thanks a lot!
I very much appreciate these meticulous videos, and the fact that there's an index for them, so it's possible to come back later, and dig out the details about a specific setting. One addition I'd like to see is more overview -- short motivating demos at the front, showing what each feature can be used for, and what problems it solves.
Very nice new features in this release and very well explained - as always. Thank you for that.
Danny, great work again! This is the hottest topic on CZcams for this geek.
Incredible resource. Thank you!
this is a much better video than your previous one on MM, in that you dive in and show what it does right away (as oppposed to getting into the mryiad option screens). Well done!
What a master class, ty so much! What a useful plugin and tutorial!
Just the video I have been waiting for thank you.
Finally, i can try to change Notion to Obsidian!
🤯🤯 Wow! Very well explained! Good job! That's exactly what I needed to finally comeback to Obsidian from Tana
Ah, this is insane! Thanks a lot for the review!
For the first time I found a video where you have to slow down the playback speed rather than speed it up 😶
Slowing down the recording was helpful at first, but I am getting used to Danny's natural speed. It is a matter of matching his pace.
really comprehensive video
Thank you very much!
Ufff!!! me has salvado la vida!!!
Thanks!
Good video, I love the work you do, the dedication you put into it and how much you prepare to go deeper into all the functionality of the plugins.
I am very interested in opening a discussion (although this may not be the best forum to do it) about how the plugin ecosystem works, let me explain; In my opinion there are core functionalities that are better if they are developed by the official obisidian team for several reasons;
1 there are functionalities that are key and that if they are integrated directly into the core of plugins MANY more people will try them and incorporate them into your note-taking flow.
2 The official development team has a more mature view on how simple or how much customization to deliver without becoming overwhelming. I think there are people, and not a few, who are going to abandon a plugin that could be useful because it is too complicated to use, in this sense the amount of customization should be incremental and the most complex ones should be hidden to the most novice users.
3 The menus must be visually interesting and, above all, easy to understand and be more integrated into the new appearance of Obsidian.
A good contribution to an ongoing discussion. There are many sides but I think the core v community balance is the best we have right now.
This is a great video! Thanks!
Btw, just to clarify - if I choose links type for the property, I can also add external links, not only internal ones, right? I use this to point where I took the info for my source notes from. I copy things from all sorts of places that might change or disappear with time
The link property type I think is internal focused for metadata menu. You might want to use an 'any' type but I could be wrong.
In the core properties link dates have a link icon at side.
great video, fully complete. regrading the 'Dashboard' at the end. How do you get that functionaltiy? i dont see it in core ir a community plug-in called dashboard... thanks for any help
If you are referring to the canvas and metadata menu query - that is all core.
Sorry if you covered this and I missed it, but is there a way to select multiple files in table view when editing a property like in Notion?
That is the bulk file editing limitation I mentioned at the beginning. As Obsidian is local files this becomes challenging. The plugin doesn't do this, but you could use a code editor instead.
@@DannyHatcherTech Thanks for the response. Yeah, I have half the mind try 'n whip up a plugin or something for this, because I barely can read code and I just know, there's no way javascript + dataview + regex can't somehow make this function work in a no code context.
Thank you for the videos. Greatly appreciated. How were the 'stars' added 47:00? Thanks
I used the emoji menu on windows, mac has the same thing. for me it is windows + . mac shortcut is something else.
Thanks. I witnessed you using (win +) in another of your videos 🤘🏾🖖🏾
excellent tutorial! Is it also possible to create a field with 'date modified '? I haven't figured that out and wondering if it's possible
date modified is default information so wouldnt need a field.
Hi Danny thanks for the video it’s really helpful , but I have a small question how can I filter out just today’s daily note from table view of file class , using custom filter so after adding that view to my homepage I can track habit from homepage itself .?
I am not sure how to filter out a dynamic file sorry.
Oh ok No problem 😄 and thank for response 👍🏼
Hi Danny! Thanks for all your videos!! Regarding the Dataview Function, when I insert the function there (e.g. from "Inbox" or from "#Tips") it does not bring any option at all. What could be wrong?
Check the syntax. Tags don't need "". - apologies for the delayed response CZcams put this comment in for review due to the #
hi @@DannyHatcherTech , thanks a lot for answering me. I am trying to list, as options, the files which belong to a folder called "Options". But there is no way to make it work 🙁.
@@JoaoDonizeteGimenes make sure the entire path is in the query
First thank you for this video I was tired of editing each fields after clicking icon at right of file link and it was getting dizzy as more properties are added in file class.
By the way, I've just tried to embed metadata menu's table view with ```mdm``` as you guided, but it seems to be pretty slow when field changes need to be updated to embedded table's saved view. (It took several seconds and obsidian halts while view is being updated.... It's not actually what I want to feel whenever I check 'Done' checkbox)
Is it only for my case? OR do you also experience this?
I found the issue that there's performance issue when MDM tab OR embedded table view is open
(It's in metadata menu github issues as number 465. I can't leave a link because my comment will be deleted 😅)
Well, I applied GlobalSetting so I don't need to scan all file contents but only look front matter just like in the video and limit the number of each page in MDM table view..
but still table view update is slow...
Unfortunately I'll keep using dataview block for now till there's performance enhancement :(
I’ve pushed a new version (0.6.10). could you try it and tell me if it improves the performance?
@@mathieudelobelle9432 Thanks for quick response! After pulling 0.6.10, I was able to check it improved a bit, but still takes 2~3 seconds to apply update for embedded `mdm` view. (It could be enough for some, but I wish I the row is removed right after for example, whenever I checked my task as done with 'Completed' property...)
And I think it's worse when each class's original table view is open at a time as different tab.
@@user-gi9nd8se2z 2-3 second make me wonder how much your dataview refresh interval is ? it is set to 2500ms by default. If it's the case for you, maybe reducing it to 500ms or lower could be better.
Explanation: Those tables are refreshed by dataview itself so the plugin is deferring the updates to it.
Moreover, building the table can take a long time if you have many fields x many files. REducing the number of "file per page" can also improve the performance. I would recommend starting with 5 file per page and increasing until the performance isn't enough anymore
@@mathieudelobelle9432Understood. As you pointed out, refresh interval was default and reducing it & limiting the number of files in a page shows slight performance improvement. Thank you!
I cant figure out how to use dataview to edit the files from JS view. Have all the settings correct. Is this function broken by chance? Even tried your test template and the changes do not reflect in the files.
NVM Danny. Part of it was my fault for not for not waiting long enough to see the update, the other part was user error somehow on my part. Figured out now THANKS!
Bulk add was recently added
Preset field setting is most useful for fileClass field itself...
The frontmatter is YAML if you go to source edit mode. Do you know why I should use the Metadata Plugin YAML Object type and not just edit the frontmatter in source mode?
I think it would be the same for JSON...
I can find a reason for the 'Accept objects (values are fields)' since I can define the properties of the object and edit them through Metadata Menu (but I can't find a reason for YAML and JSON objects and find real actual differences from the Input field type).
To be honest I don't know.
@@DannyHatcherTech no worries.
Great video btw, so complete and clear. Thanks for your work
Is it possible to paginate the table view inside the canvas?
You can shows the table view just like any code block. Just make it in a card in the canvas
@@DannyHatcherTech I know but I can't see the page numbers 1-5, 6-10 etc... inside the canvas, the way I see them in the table class file. Is there a way to show them?
I'm not sure what went wrong. I'm not getting the properties icon next to the file name despite having doubled-checked that they're enabled in MM's settings.
I would check the class folder and files.
Core Obsidian Properties are not showing the settings ->editor...blah blah. Is there a video that illustrates how to locate the add properties/metadata?
If you go into the command palette (via the left ribbon sidebar button, or hotkey ctrl + p) the properties option should be there to show or hide.
@@DannyHatcherTechI did fix this problem. To your point, when I would search, nothing would return using the search term "properties". Additionally the keyboard shortcuts were not working. So I uninstalled Obsidian, restarted my computer and reinstalled Obsidian et voila it worked. So if anyone is having this kind of issue, a simple uninstall and reinstall will definitely work!
eep. After installing everything, I am not seeing the (+) next to the class folder @ ?t=9m20s
Try closing Obsidian then reopening 🤷♂️