Can I have virtual fields?

[pbienst]

I'm considering if it's possible to build a system that does the following: I want to track how often I work on a certain task, and then display how long I worked on that task last week, or last month, etc..

My plan is to have some multiline frontmatter field "Logbook", which contains clock-in and clock-out times like

Logbook: "
...
 - [2022-04-07 Thu 09:35]--[2022-04-07 Thu 10:03] 
 - [2022-04-05 Tue 14:09]--[2022-04-05 Tue 17:29]
...
"

Rather than having a physical field 'Duration', can I use a function to generate a virtual "Duration" field, which is calculated at run time based on parameters like starting and end of the reporting period?

[AB1908]

We're getting awfully close to org-mode at this point lol. You could do this with a bit of DVJS.

[AB1908]

How comfortable are you with programming? If not very comfortable, I'll try throwing together a snippet to get you started.

[pbienst]

I've written a lot of Python, but never typescript. However, the main problem is probably knowing what low-level dataview API's to use, so a quick snippet would be helpful, thanks!

[AB1908]

I'm a little short on time so use the docs (https://blacksmithgu.github.io/obsidian-dataview/api/code-reference/). You'll be able to find plenty of snippetes on Discord and maybe even in the discussions as well.

[AB1908]

Did you ever get a chance to work on this?

[pbienst]

Sadly, no, I got a bit lost in the docs and do my processing now outside of Obsidian. Would be nice to revisit this at some point, though.