[OneNote] Fill File Properties during import

[Korayem]

I've been using OneNote since 2004, I want to migrate it into Obsidian but Created At and Last Updated At aren't imported though they're supported by Obsidian

[kepano]

The creation date and modified date should be applied to the file itself at the file system level.

When you look at the file in File Explorer you should see those dates. Can you confirm?

Importing those dates as properties is not currently supported but you could populate those using a separate script or plugin.

[Korayem]

@kepano thanks for your answer. Indeed you're right.

I looked up how I can script this and this is my solution. However, when I do OneNote import, Templater doesn't trigger on created notes. Any ideas?

Here are the steps I took:

1. Install Templater plugin
2. Create the /templater/insert file property.md and add the following script

---
Created at: <% tp.file.creation_date() %> 
Last updated at: <% tp.file.last_modified_date() %>
---

3. Go to Templater Settings and enable Folder Templates, which basically tells Templater to run a specific template whenever a new Note is created inside that folder. Mine is OneNote which I use to import notes into.
   

[kepano]

I would recommend asking on the forum or Discord as this out of the scope of Importer.

[Korayem]

@kepano To debug the root cause, I created a new note manually inside OneNote and the above solution indeed worked. Templater inserted the File Property block.

The issue is with Obsidian Importer. For some reason, when it's importing files from OneNote and creating notes, it's not firing file created event hence Templater isn't detecting any new files.

So plz re-open this

[Korayem]

Cross-linking a similar discussion on Obsidian forums for reference. I posted there also about this ticket to garner more people into the discussion.