Keeping Notes on Beers

Language:: Plugin - Dataview, JavaScript
Program:: Obsidian
Link::DataviewJS Snippet Showcase - Obsidian Forum

Summary

Track and display metadata with dataviewjs

Code

Keeping notes on Beers

Final example i’d like to showcase, is how I use dataviewjs for styling in my Beer notes.

I’m an occasional beer drinker, love trying different ones, always forget which I like and where I got them. For ages I wanted to be able to have a personal way of keeping track of what I liked and disliked, but at the same time, have it quick to do, otherwise I won’t do it. After a bit of refining i’ve settled on a note template that works well for me that looks something like this:

With the code looking like this:

---
type: beerCard
Rating: 9
ABV: 6.5%
Cost: £
Producer: Pressure Drop
Type: Porter
Bought-From: "[[Beer and Burger]]"
Tasting-Notes: "Great porter, really balanced flavour, not to sweet and can taste the coffee and chocolate. Really easy drinker. Would definitely get again"
Image: "[[IMG_20220107_230609.jpg]]"
Description: "Roasty, Coffee Chocolate"
---

Tags: #products/beer 

\``` dataviewjs
// Nicely Render all the inlinks to the current note on a single line
// Checks if an alias exists for inlinks and will render the alias
// if it exists
//
let myInlinks = [];
for (let inlink of dv.current().file.inlinks){
	let inlinkFile = dv.page(inlink.path).file
	let displayName = inlinkFile.aliases ? inlinkFile.aliases[0] : inlinkFile.name
	let fileLink = dv.fileLink(inlinkFile.path, false, displayName)
	myInlinks.push(fileLink)
}
let myInlinksStr = `**Inlinks**: ${myInlinks.join(', ')}`
dv.paragraph(myInlinksStr)
\```
**Oulinks**: Products, [[Beer Tasting Notes]]

# Fashion Porter

``` dataviewjs
let page = dv.current();
dv.paragraph(
	"**Description** " + page.Description
)
\```

!left
\``` dataviewjs
let page = dv.current();

dv.paragraph(
	"**Rating:** " + page.Rating + "\n"
	+ "**ABV:** " + page.ABV + "\n"
	+ "**Cost:** " + page.Cost + "\n"
	+ "**Type:** " + page.Type + "\n"
	+ "**Producer:** " + page.Producer + "\n"
	+ "**Bought From**: " + page["Bought-From"] + "\n"
	+ "**Tasting Notes**: " + page["Tasting-Notes"]
)
\```

So when I create a new beerCard note, I just update the YAML and take a quick picture of the beer on my phone and import into the note.

And since it’s all in the metadata… I get to create a pretty dataview table like this:

N.B. If you look close you’ll see a few minor inconsistencies in the code snippets across my showcases, since my templates and queries get a bit more evolved. Ultimately Obsidian is a tool for capturing knowledge for me so I try not to be too disciplined or care too much about the underlying consistency unless I have a reason too.

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