Dynamic Obsidian Note for retrieving data from people-journals (Requires DataView and Meta-Bind)

people-matcher.markdownfile

---
meta-date: 2025-06-21
meta-name: Chris
---
# Search within People Notes

Pick Date: `INPUT[datePicker(title(Choose date)):meta-date]`

Pick Name: `INPUT[text(placeholder(Enter name..)):meta-name]`

```meta-bind-button
   label: "Refresh Data"
   id: refresh-dataview
   style: primary
   actions:
     - type: command
       command: "dataview:dataview-rebuild-current-view"
```

```dataviewjs
// Get metadata from the current note's frontmatter
const metaName = dv.current()["meta-name"];
const metaDateValue = dv.current()["meta-date"];

// --- Start of Conditional Logic ---

// 1. First, check if the required frontmatter exists.
if (!metaName || !metaDateValue) {
  dv.paragraph("⚠️ **Error:** Could not find 'meta-name' or 'meta-date' in the frontmatter.");

} else {
  // 2. If it exists, proceed to find the target note.
  const metaDate = metaDateValue.toFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
  const targetPage = dv.pages('"People"').where(p => p.file.name.includes(metaName)).first();

  if (!targetPage) {
    dv.paragraph(`⚠️ **Error:** No note found in the "People" folder with a filename containing "${metaName}".`);

  } else {
    // 3. If the note is found, check for the heading and create the link.
    const cache = dv.app.metadataCache.getFileCache(targetPage.file);
    const targetHeading = cache?.headings?.find(h => h.level === 1 && h.heading === metaDate);

    if (targetHeading) {
      // SUCCESS: Heading was found, so create the link.
      const link = `![[${targetPage.file.path}#${metaDate}|View the entry for ${metaDate}]]`;
      dv.paragraph(link);

    } else {
      // FINAL CASE: The note was found, but the specific heading was not.
      dv.paragraph(`ℹ️ A note for "${metaName}" was found, but a heading for **${metaDate}** does not exist within it.`);
    }
  }
}
```