How to simplify dataviewjs query which has to query notes within same folder but not the one with dataviewjs itself?

[nkoder]

Simplified file structure to illustrate what I struggle with in every dataviewjs query I have:

and now dataviewjs block itself:

const pages = dv
	.pages('"_tmp/something/one more"')
	.filter(page => page.file.name !== "one more");

dv.table(["file"], pages.map(page => [page.file.link]));

What bugs me is:

• I have do define path to current parent folder (_tmp/something/one more on example above) instead of saying "use the current parent folder"
• whenever I rename that folder or move it across vault, query is broken, I have to update path in it
• I have to define name of the file my query lies in (one more on example above) in order to keep it excluded from resulting table, while I would prefer something like "don't include this file we are in right now"

[blacksmithgu]

You can access current file metadata via dv.current(). You can access the file name via dv.current().file.name, and the current (immediate parent) folder via dv.current().file.folder. Your query could then look something like this, generically:

const pages = dv
	.pages(`'${dv.current().file.folder}'`)
	.filter(page => page.file.name !== dv.current().file.name);

dv.table(["file"], pages.map(page => [page.file.link]));

[nkoder]

thanks!