section parameter in lists does not retain [[links]] in headers

[DeutscheGabanna]

Consider this snippet:

# whatever [[a note I'm tracking]]
- something 1
- something 2

It's structure looks like this:

Notice that based on how the header is stored inside section.subpath I cannot recover any information on what note it pointed to originally. The cherry on top is that subpath converts I'm tracking to i m tracking.

I need this information to make the following check in a separate, catch-all note

let mentions = dv.pages('#daily AND "journal" AND [[#]]') // give me dailies where there's a link to my note ANYWHERE
.where(t => t.file.lists.length > 0) // discard any notes with link to my note but no lists
.file.lists // now I have access to each and every list in each matching daily
.groupBy(t => t.path) // once you have all the lists, group them by their parent's daily note name (so it's chronological)
.sort(k => k.key, 'desc') // and make sure the newest days are on top

for (let group of mentions) {
	dv.header(3, dv.fileLink(group.key) + ":")
	group.filter(t => t.rows[0].section.subpath == dv.current().file.link) // make sure that each list you display actually belongs to a section that links to my note!
	dv.list(group.rows.text)
}

[blacksmithgu]

This is intentional behavior - Dataview Links normalize the link text to something that Obsidian understands, since you cannot have [[]] or punctuation in links. If you try to link to this section using auto-complete, you'll note that it ends up looking the same as what Dataview is reporting.

I'll have to add a method for mapping section link => section name, or add another element to section links which indicates their original name.

[DeutscheGabanna]

Is there a workaround I could use to somehow get to the desired information? Or should I wait for a new release?

[aeciolevy]

I have spent so much time trying to do the same. Could not make it work as well.
I would like to query all notes that I have to a specific page that I wrote in my daily.

Journal

• [[PageA]]
  • Doing something for page A

I would like to query any task that I created under [[Page A]] in my dailies to show in that specific page

[AB1908]

Can you make a mockup of the output and show us? I don't think it's part of the same discussion but we can move it to a new one if necessary.

[DeutscheGabanna]

Actually, @aeciolevy, if you make it into a list, without using headers like I originally wanted, it is doable. Here's my snippet: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/gather-all-daily-mentions-of-a-given-note-as-a-timeline/40104/3

[AB1908]

The info seems to be present in the metadataCache. You can temporarily devise a workaround by using that info instead via app.metadataCache.getFileCache(TFile). Note that it is a string and not a link object.

[DeutscheGabanna]

I found this, but I guess it requires a plugin to be written, yes?

[AB1908]

Not at all! You can use the Obsidian API methods inside DVJS codeblocks. In fact, you can actually even get away with using node modules like fs.

[AB1908]

Hey there, did this help at all?

[DeutscheGabanna]

I went with plan B and instead of this syntax:

## header about a [[link]]
- something
- something

i'm using just lists. It's uglier, but I have no experience with non-DJS functions.

- [ ] list about a [[link]]
 - something
 - something

[DeutscheGabanna]

Here's the finished result: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/gather-all-daily-mentions-of-a-given-note-as-a-timeline/40104/2