How to get the right link using org-capture from the second level

How to get the right link using org-capture from the second level

[Lukas C. Bossert]

Dear list,

In my org-roam setup, I want to document information about individuals. 
To do this, I created an org file named `20230501233516-persons.org`, 
which contains two top-level headings: `* Overview` and `* Persons`.

Under the `* Persons` heading, I intend to list all individuals. I've 
created a template that allows me to add people from any other file 
using e.g. `C-c n r i`. This template also facilitates the creation of 
new person entries on the fly, and ideally, it should add a link to the 
person entry in the file I am currently working in.

While the template functions as expected in creating new person entries, 
the link generated points to the ID of the `20230501233516-persons.org` 
file rather than the newly created person entry. How can I adjust my 
template so that it correctly links to the new person's entry instead of 
the ID of the `20230501233516-persons.org` file?

Here is my template:
```
   (setq org-roam-capture-templates
         '(("p" "person" entry
            "** %^{Name|${title}}
:PROPERTIES:
  :ID:          %(org-id-uuid)
  :AFFILIATION: %^{AFFILIATION}
  :ROLE:        %^{ROLE}
  :PROJECT:     %^{PROJECT}
  :CAPTURED:    %U
:END:\n%?"
            :target (file+olp "20230501233516-persons.org" ("Persons"))
            :unnarrowed 1
            )
           ))
```

My system:

```
system     MacOS 14.5 Darwin 23.5.0 arm64 mac
emacs      29.1 EMACSDIR=~/.config/emacs/
 
EMACS=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/emacs-mac/emacs-29.1-mac-10.0/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
doom       3.0.0-pre PROFILE=_@0 HEAD -> master a99c6b90 2024-06-23 
17:15:51 -0400
            ~/.config/doom/

Org mode version 9.8 (9.8-??-39272e216
```

Thanks, Lukas

(Note: I also asked this question on 
https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/81591/how-to-get-the-right-link-using-org-capture-from-the-second-level)

Re: How to get the right link using org-capture from the second level

[Ihor Radchenko]

"Lukas C. Bossert" <mail@lukascbossert.de> writes:

> Under the `* Persons` heading, I intend to list all individuals. I've 
> created a template that allows me to add people from any other file 
> using e.g. `C-c n r i`. This template also facilitates the creation of 
> new person entries on the fly, and ideally, it should add a link to the 
> person entry in the file I am currently working in.
> ...
> Here is my template:
> ```

I do not see anything in your template that creates links.

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Re: How to get the right link using org-capture from the second level

[Lukas C. Bossert]

I thought that `org-roam-node-insert` (`C-c n r i`) is doing that. It 
works fine when I use it with the default template or when I create a 
new node at toplevel of a file.
My workflow is that I am working on a file (e.g. `house.org`) and then I 
want to add a reference to a person, for example the janitor of the 
house. So I am envoking C-c n r i and in case I don’t have the person in 
my database yet, Emacs asks me which template I want to use and I am 
selecting "p" for person. The entry for the janitor is correctly created 
in my file `persons.org` but in `house.org` the link is wrong, because I 
don’t get back the link to the janitor-node but to the file/node of 
`persons.org`. (Sorry, if this procedure was too obvious).




On 26.06.24 15:51, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> "Lukas C. Bossert" <mail@lukascbossert.de> writes:
> 
>> Under the `* Persons` heading, I intend to list all individuals. I've
>> created a template that allows me to add people from any other file
>> using e.g. `C-c n r i`. This template also facilitates the creation of
>> new person entries on the fly, and ideally, it should add a link to the
>> person entry in the file I am currently working in.
>> ...
>> Here is my template:
>> ```
> 
> I do not see anything in your template that creates links.
> 

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Dr. Lukas C. Bossert
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52134 Herzogenrath-Kohlscheid/Bank
mail@lukascbossert.de

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Re: How to get the right link using org-capture from the second level

[Ihor Radchenko]

"Lukas C. Bossert" <mail@lukascbossert.de> writes:

> I thought that `org-roam-node-insert` (`C-c n r i`) is doing that...

I see. Then, I am of no help. I am not familiar with org-roam.


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