[support] How to show various fields of the referenced node in views

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Thanks for your detailed reply (though frankly half of it went above my
head, the other half i am trying to chew ;-)
Few thoughts

you wrote
*"I know how to do this to display one record at time (e.g. if you display
the Book node page, the relevant info from the bookreading_schedule will
also show up"*

however what i need is possibly just the opposite!
i need to show the schedule - as in a date - and the relevant book's
information should show up!
so does your explanation work the other way round too!

Also i am not too conversant with arguments - so i am little lost at
"Add an argument which is the node-reference".

sorry maybe i know too little and am asking too much

somehow when i saw the cck & the views modules - i thought setting up what i
need should be a cake walk - i still believe i am missing something
fundamental:

Here is my contention:

if i can see - through node reference - the title of a referenced node - and
also I am able to see the full referenced node - then I should be able to
see - some selected fields from the referenced node too! makes logical sense
to me - only question is *HOW??*

Please somebody tell me how to do this.

ratnesh

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:51 PM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:

> geniekids,
>
> In D6 I think this is pretty straightforward using, what I think is called,
> a "relationship" in Views. I'm still using 5 though, and can't speak first
> hand to that.
>
> In D5 you can do something I think this is pretty easy to do with PHP at
> the theming layer. I've watched someone do it, but haven't done it myself.
> It's also possible to do something like this.  It's a bit complicated, I'm
> just learning -- using Panels 2. Also, I know how to do this to display one
> record at time (e.g. if you display the Book node page, the relevant info
> from the bookreading_schedule will also show up. If more than one reading is
> associated to the book -- then they will all show up. But it is one book at
> a time.)
>
> This is rough, but it may get you started.
>
> 1. Make a View for the book-scheduling node type. For display, choose a
> page and Full node, teaser, list, doesn't matter, whatever info you want to
> show from the book-scheduling node type. Filter on "node-type is one of
> booksheduling'. Add an argument which is the node-reference.
>
> 2. Make a panel page. Give it a title, makde the URL: node/%. THEN, Go to
> the "context" tab and add "Node ID" as an argument. Make sure to select the
> right box from the "node type" list -- in this case the book node type.
>
> 3. After you save that go to panes -> views pages. There you import the
> view you created in step one.
>
> 4. Now you go to the "content" tab of your panel. Click on one of the "+"
> symbols. From there you add "Node ID Content". Save. Go back to Content,
> click "+" and click on the Views pane that you imported.
>
> Remember this is panels 2. Get the most recent version. Remember in panels
> that you always need to keep saving every step or you lose it. Anything in
> yellow needs to be saved.
>
> I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
>
> Because this only does one record at a time, you might be looking for a
> different solution. Hope this at least adds to the conversation.
>
> Report back,
>
> Shai
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:51 PM, geniekids <ratadi2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I think my need is simple but after a whole lot of search i am unable to
>> get
>> it working - hence this post
>>
>> i have one cck with book name, book author, Book number, book publisher,
>> book references etc ( and some more fields);
>>
>> Next i have another cck called bookreading_schedule with two fields - one
>> date and another (a node reference) to the above book name.
>>
>> Now I want a view (based on node: 'bookreading_schedule') which lists the
>> date and with the date lists its referred book name AND ALSO book author
>> and
>> book number (these four fields)
>> Through node reference i got the book name to show up in the view next to
>> the relevant date.
>> but how do i get the selected fields (about the book) to show up.
>>
>> So, How do i get only the selected fields from the referred node to show
>> up
>> in views in tabular form
>> thanks
>> ratnesh
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