← [[Automated Notes|Intro]] ⦿ [[Prerequisites]] ⦿ [[Create a daily note|Create]] ⦿ [[Daily note with Time Tracking|Track]] ⦿ [[Weekly Notes|Weekly]] ⦿ [[Dynamic content|Dynamic]] ⦿ [[Reports|Reports]] ⦿ Samples → # Create a daily note - In the left [ribbon](https://help.obsidian.md/ribbon), click the little calendar ("Open today's daily note"). Daily note is created but is mostly blank and boring. - Delete that note: click in the ellipsis menu (…) in the upper right of the note, then select "Delete file" and confirm - In Settings .. Community Plugins: enable **Calendar**. A ![[calendar-check.svg|18]] icon appears in the right sidebar. - Drag that icon to the bottom of the right side so you can see both the Calendar and Properties. - Click on a calendar day. It'll ask if you'd like to create a note. Select "Create". Also boring. Delete this one too. ![[Boring.png]] ## Templating a daily note Make your notes more interesting and inviting by adding templated content. - Right click on `Templates` folder and create a New note named `daily` - Select **Source mode** from the ellipsis menu - Paste this content: ```text --- created: <% tp.file.creation_date() %> type: daily --- # <% tp.date.now("dddd M/D", 0, tp.file.title, "YYYY-MM-DD") %> ←[[<% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD", -1, tp.file.title, "YYYY-MM-DD") %>]] ⦿ [[<% tp.date.now("gggg-[W]ww", 0, tp.file.title, "YYYY-MM-DD") %>]] ⦿ [[<% tp.date.now("YYYY-MM-DD", 1, tp.file.title, "YYYY-MM-DD") %>]]→ ## Today <% tp.file.cursor(1)%> ``` >[!info] >The text in between the triple dashes is called the [frontmatter](https://help.obsidian.md/glossary#Frontmatter). You'll be making use of this a lot. If all goes well the frontmatter will appear in the Properties view in the sidebar, and the note will have the template gobbledygook. This will make more sense later. ### Plugins Enable and configure more of the plugins you downloaded: - in Core plugins .. Daily notes: - Date format = `2026-02-22` - New file location = `Daily` - Template file location = `Templates/daily` - enable **Templater** then click ![[Gear24.svg]] to configure: - Template folder location = `Templates` - Automatic jump to cursor = on - Trigger Templater on new file creation = on - User script functions .. Script files folder location = Scripts Go to your Welcome note, click the **Open today's daily note** button in the ribbon. It creates a note in the `Daily` folder with this content: ![[Daily Screenshot.png|400]] Note the cursor is right below the **Today** header, ready to type your notes for today! You can also see that the properties for the note have been expended from the template syntax into actual values that make sense. ![[Daily from template.png]] You can also click on a date in the Calendar in the right sidebar and get the same kind of note. If that's all you want, you're good to go and can stop reading. If you'd like to track your work time in the notes, read on... ← [[Prerequisites]] ⦿ [[Daily note with Time Tracking]] →