> [!tldr] Works- just not how I was picturing it.
I was thinking about [[CSV]] in [[Obsidian]] all wrong for years.
I was wanting to treat a [[CSV]] file like an alternative to a [[Markdown]] file - where the CSV content lived where the body of the markdown content lived. You could still have headers, etc.. except instead of markdown prose you'd have [[Tabular Data]] content.
Turns out CSV and Obsidian Markdown **are already interoperable** - just not like that 👆.
The right mental model is: ==CSV Row = Obsidian Note==.
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## Like a Markdown file
I wish [[Obsidian]] supported basic reading and basic writing operations on [[CSV]] and [[TSV]] files. We could even include [[Frontmatter]] and get full-blown [[Why does CSV + Frontmatter Not Exist?|CSVY]] files.
"Why"? That's the real question. Otherwise I'm sure it would exist.
It's just not that hard to open a separate app.
For me, just *thinking* in Obsidian is easier. I sometimes use CSV to think. I feel like I'd use it more like [[SQL]] than [[Spreadsheet|Excel]].
## CSV **ROWS** like a Markdown file
Now this actually **is** supported in Obsidian!
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## Source
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