Can we filter out the current note from the query?

[fidel-perez]

Is it possible to exclude the current note from a query?

Motivation:
I am creating the daily note (with the current date as file name) with a template which includes a tasks query to show all the outstanding tasks in that folder.
But I need to exclude the current note since I am writting there the new tasks, which will be shown again in the query.

Is this possible already? (I am new to obsidian, maybe there is a variable with the current note title that I can use in the exclude part of the query?)

Thank you!

[johnesaisquoi]

Yes, you can use the path or heading arguments to exclude the current note

[ecominguez]

any solution for this?

[claremacrae]

Yes. There is a workaround using dataview written up in the User Guide. It’s in the How To section.

[ecominguez]

Thank you @claremacrae ... But... I saw the User Guide, and as you say... it is a workarround. I can also add a link to another note to have everything there. But It seems that we are so close to make it work... for instance... if I use the following, it works perfectly well...

filter by function task.file.filename !== "note_name.md"
not done

The problem is that I cannot find a way to replace the "note_name.md" by a variable or any other kind of magic with the current file name... I tried {{{fileNamel}} or this.app.workspace.getActiveFile() or "<% tp.file.title %>.md" that work well outside the tasks. Are we sure that there is no way to find have the current note name to use here?

[claremacrae]

are we sure that there is no way to find have the current note name to use here?

I've been the maintainer of the Tasks plugin since May 2022. I am sure.

[claremacrae]

Which is why I went to the effort of documenting the workaround.

[fidel-perez]

After randomly watching reddit posts, I found someone's suggestion for another thing, this could be used to filter out current day (along with Templater plugin):

path includes <% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD") %>

[therden]

@Armagedoom, I'm sure that you got it right in your actual daily template file -- but in case someone else reads this thread in future, the following query employs your Templater plugin-based solution will result in an Obsidian Tasks query that excludes tasks contained within the current file (whether that file is a Daily note or otherwise):

```tasks
path does not include <% tp.file.title %>
```

(Note: since Templater's variables and functions are evaluated only once, when a new file is created from the template, the query above will stop working if the markdown file is renamed.)

[claremacrae]

Until Tasks has its own way to use the query's filename in the search, there is a workaround to do it using dataview.

It's written up in full in the user guide: How to get all tasks in the current file

It can of course be adjusted to exclude files in the note containing the query, or to use folders instead of exact file paths.

When Tasks gets updated to know where the current query is, that documentation page will of course be updated.

[claremacrae]

This is now possible with:

path does not include {{query.file.path}}

• Implemented in feat: support placeholders like '{{query.file.path}}' in queries #2254
• Released in Tasks 4.7.0 - see that page for links to relevant docs

I spent about 5 full days implementing it, testing it and documenting it over several months.

Tasks is and will remain free, of course. But for those who are able, a donation to support development would be very gratefully received indeed.