Obsidian/Q/In obsidian, can I do transclusions so element from one document appears in another document? If so, how?

• In obsidian, can I do transclusions so element from one document appears in another document? If so, how? card

  • My Notes

    • Obsidian’s docs call this embedding; community discussion often calls the same behavior transclusion (live include of source content).

  • Answer

    • AI/Response
      • Yes. In Obsidian you embed another note (or part of it) by prefixing an internal wikilink with !. The embedded region updates when the source changes; you usually edit in the source note, not inside the embed preview.
      • Whole note — put this on its own line where you want the body to appear:

        • ![[Source note title]]

      • Only the section under one heading — append # plus the heading text (match the heading in the source file):

        • ![[Source note title#Heading text]]

      • A single block (paragraph, list, blockquote, table, etc.) — link to a block id with #^…:

        • ![[Source note title#^block-id]]

        • Add a block id in the source (e.g. end a paragraph with ^my-id, or use Copy block link from the UI) so #^my-id is stable. For structured blocks, Obsidian’s help places the ^id line per their “link to a block” instructions.
      • Caveats — block references are Obsidian-specific (not portable CommonMark). Some block types have linking/embed limitations called out in help (e.g. parts of tables/callouts).

      • Sources

        • Embed files — Obsidian Help (Mintlify)
        • Internal links — obsidian-help source (GitHub)