[support] views and calculated fields

[Lluís]

I use Drupal6 and Views2.

My problem is that I want to operate with fields from diferent tables
(and modules). Can this be achieved just with hook_views_data()?


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Seth Freach<sfreach at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lluís,
>
> First, what version of Views are you using?
>
> If Views 1 (Drupal 5): what you need then is for your custom module to
> implement hook_views_tables().  That is how you tell the views module about
> your data and define fields and filters that are available to it.  start
> here: http://drupal.org/node/99564 and read through to part 5: Filters.
>
> If Views 2 (Drupal 6): you need to use hook_views_data() which you can read
> more about here: http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/api-tables.
> from that documentation page, in the Describing Fields On Tables section:
> "... each table can also have an unlimited number of field designations;
> these correspond roughly to fields on the table, though it is very common to
> use non-fields to display data that isn't directly in a field, such as data
> arrived from formulae..."
> be sure to have a look at http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/api as
> well for info on using hook_views_api() and where the other views hooks
> should be placed.
>
> Seth
>
>

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