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Creates a Periodic Note for the current date.

The note can be created empty, or you can pass a note body. It’s also possible to apply a template (either using the community plugin Templater or the core plugin Templates). Passing a note body and applying a template are mutually exclusive.

Parameters

Vault

The vault to work in.

Type: Vault reference

Periodic Note Type

Options:

  • Daily Note
  • Weekly Note
  • Monthly Note
  • Quarterly Note
  • Yearly Note

Optional Note Body

The text body of your new note.

The use of this parameter depends on your After creating the note … selection. Passing a note body or applying a specific template will cause Obsidian to ignore any template you may have set for its Daily Note core plugin or Periodic Notes community plugin, so if you want to see your usual template applied, leave Note Body empty.

Type: Text

Optional Template Path

The full path of a Templates or Templater template, relative from the vault root.

The use of this parameter depends on your After creating the note … selection. Passing a note body or applying a specific template will cause Obsidian to ignore any template you may have set for its Daily Note core plugin or Periodic Notes community plugin, so if you want to see your usual template applied, leave Note Body empty.

Type: Text

After creating the note …

What should be done after the file has been created?

Options:

  • insert note body
  • apply Templates (core plugin)
  • apply Templater

Strategy for dealing with an existing note

If there is already a current Daily Note, the default behavior of the action is to skip the attempt to create the note and leave it as it is. You can also choose to overwrite the note (i.e., trash it and create a new one from scratch) or to abort with an error.

Options:

  • Show error
  • Overwrite
  • Leave note as-is

Open or focus note

If enabled, after a successful operation, the note will be brought to the front in Obsidian.

Type: Boolean (YES/NO)

Return Value

Note reference