I was looking to add "backreferences" functionality, and this module does a great job. Thanks.
I was wondering if there was an easier way of adding back references to an existing site without opening and saving several hundred nodes.
I'd appreciate any time-saving tips...

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talatnat commented

Yay! for Views Bulk Operations. Is there anything Views cannot do?

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summit commented

Hi Talatnat,
I have the same need I think. Backreference makes it possible to make a list of the node itself (parent node) and it's referenced nodes, right?
Could you tell how you did it using Views Bulk Operations please? I am having a site with for example songs and artists, and woud like to make a list of the artists and its songs and show the list on all pages: the parent and child (referenced) pages.

Thanks a lot for your replly in advance!

greetings, Martijn

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talatnat commented

Backreferences requires that you open and save a referenced node for the link to the referred node to become active. I had a view that used backreference as a Relationship.

Views Bulk Operations just creates another view where you can specify what argument (like save) to conduct: In the view I just selected VBO style, filtered by content type, and used node title as the field, with a pager of 100 items, and VBO did the rest. Here the quickstart guide from the homepage:

* Click Site building > Views > Add
* View name = "test", View type = "Node"
* Click "Add display" to create a new page
* Click Style: Unformatted and select "Bulk Operations", then click "Update"
* In Page: Style options > Selected operations, select a few operations then click "Update default display"
* In Fields, press +, then select "Node: Title", then click "Add" then "Update default display"
* In Page settings, click Path: None and type "test", then click "Update"
* Click "Save", then "View Page" (top-right corner)
* Enjoy your first VBO!

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summit commented

Thanks will check this!
Greetings, Martijn