PKM Weekly — 2025–06–08

Hi Everyone,

We are back with another episode of PKM Weekly. Let’s see what is in store for us today.

Obsidian

• Obsidian 1.9.2 (Insider)

As mentioned last week, the new Bases formula syntax is upon us. The new formula syntax is more flexible, easier to use, and better suited to extensibility. https://help.obsidian.md/bases/functions

Some highlights include:

1. Functions are now object-oriented. Instead of contains(file.name, “Books”), the formula would be file.name.contains(“Books”).
2. Functions can now be chained. e.g. property.split(‘ ‘).sort()[0].lower()
3. Property names are no longer wrapped in backticks (`). Instead, to reference properties with spaces or special characters, the syntax is note[“Property Name”]
4. There is a new type system which provides greater control when writing formulas.
5. New functions, such as link, date and list for converting a value to a different type.
6. New file properties: file.path, file.links (a list of all internal links in this file), and file.tags (a list of all tags in this file, including frontmatter).