From r/ObsidianMD 📅 • 📊 5 upvotes • ⭐ 8/10 • 🚀 high
*Analysis generated: Feb 23, 2026*
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Summary
The user is attempting to use Obsidian Bases within a Weekly Note to filter Daily Notes based on a date range defined by ‘start’ and ‘end’ properties in the Weekly Note. They want to filter Daily Notes where their ‘Datum’ property is greater than or equal to the ‘start’ property and less than or equal to the ‘end’ property of the current Weekly Note. Bases throws a parsing error when attempting to compare a field from the Daily Note (‘Datum’) with a property from the current note (‘start’/’end’). The user is asking if cross-file property comparison is supported in Bases, or if they must rely on Dataview/Templater or the built-in ‘is within this week’ filter.
Key Insights
1. Obsidian Bases currently struggles with direct comparison of properties between the target data source (e.g., Daily Notes) and the current filtering note (e.g., Weekly Note).
2. Users seeking dynamic date range filtering across notes within Bases are likely hitting a parsing limitation when trying to use relational operators (>=, <=) involving properties from both files.
3. This highlights a functional gap for users relying solely on Bases for complex metadata querying without resorting to Dataview or Templater.
Enhancement Suggestions
No enhancement suggestions available
Analysis
This post identifies a critical limitation in the Obsidian Bases plugin: the inability to dynamically compare a property from the source note (Daily Note) against a property in the destination note (Weekly Note) using standard filtering syntax. This directly impacts advanced organizational patterns like linking time periods across notes.
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