Expanding a snippet in write text file object

[sepulchra]

I have a workflow that creates a text file in a specific path and appends the date when it is written. I also want to expand a snippet in the file but that part of the workflow is not working and i get my file with just the name of my snippet which is {snippet:.dmeta} I use a "." before all of my snippets.

 

Here is what my workflow looks like:

 

 

 

the keyword does not require an argument.

the variable is the path where i want to have the file written which has a date dynamic place holder /Volumes/Alfred is the best/my note {date:yyyyMMdd}.txt

and here is what my write to text file looks like:

 

 

 

Is there some reason why my snippet would not be expanding? If I use a dynamic place holder like {time} it works as expected.
 

 

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by sepulchra

[sepulchra]

I had some more time to futz with this problem and I stored the text I wanted to expand in the snippet as variable -- so instead of the snippet shown above, I used {var:variable name} and it works as expected.  While I solved my problem, I would still like to understand why my snippets aren't expanding using the method in my original post above. According to the information on this page: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/advanced/placeholders/ it should work as I originally wrote the workflow.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[vitor]

Not every dynamic placeholder expands everywhere. This can have technical or design reasons, but you’ll generally know what’s expanded where by checking the grey help text. Note how {snippet} isn’t mentioned but the others are.

[sepulchra]

Thank you. I was racking my brain a bit!