Last updated March 11, 2010. Created by infojunkie on May 11, 2009.
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This guide applies to Drupal 6 only, starting with release 6.x-1.7
Developing operations for VBO
VBO reuses existing Drupal infrastructure to allow new operations to be added. The main method to create a new operation is by writing a Drupal Action. Please read the linked page first. VBO supports a superset of the capabilities of actions, so here are the steps to create an action that fully utilizes VBO.
Implement hook_action_info()
VBO supports a superset of the attributes that describe an action. Here are the added attributes:
parameters(optional): keyed array. This attribute gets appended as is to the$contextarray that is passed toaction_function().behavior(optional): array of flags. This attribute exists in the original Action specification, but is augmented here with additional flags:views_node_propertyto signify that this action will show the node on-screen.deletes_node_propertyto signify that this action might delete the node.
These flags, along with the original
changes_node_property, cause VBO to call node_access() on each node that is about to be acted upon, with the$opparameter corresponding to the specified flag(s). If VBO is invoked in direct execution mode or through Batch API, the current user's permissions are checked against the required node access. If a deferred execution mode such as Job Queue is used, then the uid of the user who fired the job is used.permissions(optional): array of permissions. VBO calls user_access on each permission before accepting to execute the selected action.aggregate(optional): boolean. If TRUE, all selected objects' IDs (oids) will be packed in an array and passed as the first argument to the action function, instead of passing each object one by one. This is useful to implement aggregate functions that perform a single operation on the whole selection set.
Implement action_function(&$object, $context)
TODO
Implement action_function_form($context)
TODO
Implement action_function_submit($form, $form_state)
TODO
Implement action_function_validate($form, $form_state)
TODO
Comments
VBO Extends Drupal Actions and Operations
This is just a rough bit of text that I'll add via comment instead of reworking the above document:
bulk operations not listed on views created with data module
Hi,
Just need some help from you regarding the following issue.
I have a created a view from a drupal database table using the data module with views and VBO.
The data module allows you to create a view from the adopted table.
But,
when I go to the views and edit the view added through the data module, i see no multi-checkbox list under selected operations.
I want to have all the operations that are available under the node view type to be available here, for my view created with data module. (views created with data module have a view type data table)
I tried creating a new .inc file with custom actions under views_bulk_operations folder but these actions show only under view type node and not under data table views selected operations. (referred your comments on taxonomy - http://drupal.org/node/470252)
Any help greatly appreciated.
Please help me ...
it's very very urgent.
Thanks,
Nilesh Barve
select multiple pages and add them in a book with VBO
Hello boys:
I have a question about VBO.
I need to select multiple pages to add in a book, however I don´t know how to do it.
How I can do?
thnx for advantage!
Sussana
Lara
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I'm not sure if there is a module that provides Book actions.
VBO 6.x-1.11-beta1
VBO 6.x-1.11-beta1 has 2 actions for books.
Is there no book actions in
Is there no book actions in version 7.x?
THX!
Lara
Not at the moment. Feel free
Not at the moment. Feel free to open a feature request.
Ok, I will do it. Thank you
Ok, I will do it.
Thank you very much for your answers!
Lara
Update admin content view from vbo 7.x
Hey guys:
I'm trying to update the vbo 7.x content view that I have modified. So if I´m not wrong I must go to path module and modify the existing path "admin/content" to "admin/content2".
However, when I´m going to admin content page, the changes have not been made.
Can anyone tell me if I did correctly?
thx!!
Lara
D7 actions documentation
Those looking for Drupal 7 specific documentation on creating actions for VBO, check out the Examples module, where you'll find action_example.module
Permissions
Note that permissions for custom actions are generated dynamically. If you have setup a default administrative role and expect to have access to the newly created permission automatically, you are mistaken.
Unless you manually assign the permission to the appropriate role, you will see your action in the Views config but your action will not show up on the View form.