Nested template: not moving file correctly.

[tes2ube]

Hi all,

I have a template called tem.sort which checks frontmatter "noteType" for a parameter, and based on the string it matches it moves the affected file to the corresponding folder. The code:

<%*
const noteTypeMap = {
    character: "/4. Tabletop/1. Campaign/Characters/",
    session: "/4. Tabletop/1. Campaign/"
};

const noteType = tp.frontmatter.noteType;

if (noteType in noteTypeMap) {
    const newFolderPath = noteTypeMap[noteType];
    await tp.file.move(newFolderPath + tp.file.title);
} else {
    tp.file.cursor_append("> *error*: no corresponding noteType found \n");
}
%>

This works totally fine & as intended. However, when I attempt to call the template from another template by running the parent template on the same note, it always returns as > *error*: no corresponding noteType found. The code I use to attempt to call it:

<%* await
tp.hooks.on_all_templates_executed(async () => {
    await tp.file.include("[[tem.sort]]");
});
%>

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong; no matter how I try to run it, if the nested tem.sort shows up at all in the note which it's applied to, it shows up before the YAML frontmatter I'm attempting to insert.

Dunno if it matters, but here's the parent template I'm trying to insert it into in full context:

---

---
aliases:
  - <% tp.file.title.split(" ")[0] %>
tags:
  - dnd/character
abstract: NoteAbstractDescription
zettelTime: <% tp.date.now("YY MMDD HHmm") %>
noteType:
  - character
sessionIntro: 
location: 
ancestry: 
association: 
age: 
anthrochronicity: 
temperament: 
dramatusPersonae: 
voiceProfile: 
---

<%* await
tp.hooks.on_all_templates_executed(async () => {
    await tp.file.include("[[tem.sort]]");
});
%>

(start of note content goes here)

Storylines

TABLE abstract, association, treasure
FROM [[]]
WHERE contains(notetype, "storyline")
SORT file.name ASC

General

---

Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks!

[Zachatoo]

This isn't documented, but you cannot use tp.file.include inside tp.hooks.on_all_templates_executed. Removing the hook should resolve the issue.

<% await tp.file.include("[[tem.sort]]") %>
// OR
<%* tR += await tp.file.include("[[tem.sort]]") %>

Nevermind, I don't think that's the issue. Someone has a similar issue on the Obsidian Discord that I haven't been able to nail down yet. It's likely a bug in Templater.

[tes2ube]

Gotcha, thanks for the reply! So if I understand correctly it's supposed to work this way?

I did attempt using both of those snippets, and as I think you mentioned, it matches behavior as before; the tem.sort fires first, returns my error, then fills the rest of the note up w/ frontmatter & content.

I don't suppose there's a clever workaround in the meantime? A way to execute the tem.sort inside the other note. If I need to I can live w/ just dropping the file.move() into each of my template notes, but it'd be really nifty & time-saving to be able to drop all the paths into one file. Easier to track & update too.

[Zachatoo]

I would recommend using Obsidian APIs to grab the note type from frontmatter, something like this

const file = tp.file.find_tfile(tp.file.path(true));
const noteType = app.metadataCache.getFileCache(file)?.frontmatter?.noteType;