VBO programmatically in rules: Term as argument/ arguments not given through to the view

Hi infojunkie,

thank you very much for your prompt response. I tried it but it did not work for me. Everything works fine if no argument is set in VBO views: For example I filtered the view just listing all events. When I flag an event the VBO is run and all events are flagged right as "blocked". But what is not working is the argument thing: When I try to pass through an argument in the way you described it does not work. Depending on argument settings in VBO all events are flagged as "blocked" again or no one. I tested the VBO with the preview in views administration UI and found out that everything works just fine when I put in the term ID as an argument.

I also tested it using just the node ID - nothing changes, it seems as if the argument is not passed through.

I also checked if $term->tid and $node->nid have the right values by finishing the rule with an action "Show message on page" where I used custom PHP code to print these variables. The values are set right and I wrote the arguments in the VBO rules action as you described, so there is also no mistake in writing...

Do you have any idea what can cause this failure in argument passing?

Greez,
Tobias

Ah PS: I installed the latest dev-version as well!

Seems to be related to this issue: http://drupal.org/node/979852 ?!

Ok... maybe... but still I do not know why the arguments defined in the arguments box in the rule action for VBO are not passed through to the view?! :-(

Ok... did not want to annoy you, sorry for that. It is just that this could boost my project enormously and could become a vital part of my solution. It could save me from having to develop a module for some of my issues with that project. Therefore I would be really very grateful if you could give me an estimation - what do you think: Is this issue complex and will take much time to be solved or might you find a solution for that soon? If I had the knowledge I would support you but as I am not a programmer I depend on your work...

Thank you very much in advance!

Tobias

As I develop this project currently on my PC I firstly copy the view... if this brings no result I would be very thankful if you could have a look on the development project. For this I would upload it to my server and give you the admin access.

$view = new view;
$view->name = 'events_gleicher_zetraum';
$view->description = 'Listet die Events aus dem gleichen Zeitraum für Rules auf';
$view->tag = 'Programm';
$view->view_php = '';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
$view->api_version = 2;
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Standards', 'default');
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
  'nid' => array(
    'label' => 'Beitrags-ID',
    'alter' => array(
      'alter_text' => 0,
      'text' => '',
      'make_link' => 0,
      'path' => '',
      'link_class' => '',
      'alt' => '',
      'prefix' => '',
      'suffix' => '',
      'target' => '',
      'help' => '',
      'trim' => 0,
      'max_length' => '',
      'word_boundary' => 1,
      'ellipsis' => 1,
      'html' => 0,
      'strip_tags' => 0,
    ),
    'empty' => '',
    'hide_empty' => 0,
    'empty_zero' => 0,
    'link_to_node' => 0,
    'exclude' => 0,
    'id' => 'nid',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'nid',
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('arguments', array(
  'tid' => array(
    'default_action' => 'ignore',
    'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
    'style_options' => array(),
    'wildcard' => 'all',
    'wildcard_substitution' => 'Alle',
    'title' => '',
    'breadcrumb' => '',
    'default_argument_type' => 'fixed',
    'default_argument' => '',
    'validate_type' => 'none',
    'validate_fail' => 'not found',
    'break_phrase' => 0,
    'add_table' => 0,
    'require_value' => 0,
    'reduce_duplicates' => 0,
    'set_breadcrumb' => 0,
    'id' => 'tid',
    'table' => 'term_node',
    'field' => 'tid',
    'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
    'validate_user_roles' => array(
      '2' => 0,
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
    'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
    'default_argument_fixed' => '',
    'default_argument_user' => 0,
    'default_argument_php' => '',
    'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
      'event' => 0,
      'generelle_programmpunkte' => 0,
      'page' => 0,
      'timeslot' => 0,
    ),
    'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
    'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
    'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(
      '1' => 0,
    ),
    'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
    'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
    'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
    'validate_argument_node_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
    'validate_argument_node_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
    'validate_argument_node_flag_id_type' => 'id',
    'validate_argument_user_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
    'validate_argument_user_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
    'validate_argument_user_flag_id_type' => 'id',
    'validate_argument_php' => '',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('filters', array(
  'type' => array(
    'operator' => 'in',
    'value' => array(
      'event' => 'event',
    ),
    'group' => '0',
    'exposed' => FALSE,
    'expose' => array(
      'operator' => FALSE,
      'label' => '',
    ),
    'id' => 'type',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'type',
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
  'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('cache', array(
  'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('style_plugin', 'bulk');
$handler->override_option('style_options', array(
  'grouping' => '',
  'override' => 1,
  'sticky' => 0,
  'order' => 'asc',
  'columns' => array(
    'nid' => 'nid',
  ),
  'info' => array(
    'nid' => array(
      'sortable' => 0,
      'separator' => '',
    ),
  ),
  'default' => 'nid',
  'execution_type' => '1',
  'display_type' => '0',
  'hide_select_all' => 0,
  'skip_confirmation' => 0,
  'display_result' => 1,
  'merge_single_action' => 1,
  'selected_operations' => array(
    'flag_nodes:e32ac85408905dc48f9ec59cb28334ed' => 'flag_nodes:e32ac85408905dc48f9ec59cb28334ed',
    'node_mass_update:c4d3b28efb86fd703619a50b74d43794' => 0,
    'node_mass_update:14de7d028b4bffdf2b4a266562ca18ac' => 0,
    'flag_nodes:2f66c3e30637f4dca3afccda5c830db2' => 0,
    'node_make_sticky_action' => 0,
    'node_promote_action' => 0,
    'node_make_unsticky_action' => 0,
    'node_save_action' => 0,
    'node_publish_action' => 0,
    'node_unpromote_action' => 0,
    'node_unpublish_by_keyword_action' => 0,
    'node_unpublish_action' => 0,
    'flag_nodes:7f60184a094a2dea0547f6b3159fb531' => 0,
    'views_bulk_operations_delete_node_action' => 0,
    'system_message_action' => 0,
    'flag_nodes:b3af9d35a0f8228d05aaaf2d4b7d3b28' => 0,
    'system_send_email_action' => 0,
    'flag_nodes:221e3ca3fb425013d8952a0d3fc77928' => 0,
    'views_bulk_operations_ruleset_action_rules_set_1' => 0,
    'views_bulk_operations_action' => 0,
    'views_bulk_operations_script_action' => 0,
    'views_bulk_operations_fields_action' => 0,
    'views_bulk_operations_taxonomy_action' => 0,
    'node_mass_update:8ce21b08bb8e773d10018b484fe4815e' => 0,
    'node_mass_update:a27b9efabcd054685a549378b174ad11' => 0,
    'views_bulk_operations_argument_selector_action' => 0,
    'flag_nodes:4007253953150db9825244b37bf659fb' => 0,
    'pathauto_node_update_alias_multiple:620e193b20ba9caa374fea9ca0ad38f0' => 0,
    'node_mass_update:9c585624b9b3af0b4687d5f97f35e047' => 0,
    'node_mass_update:0ccad85c1ebe4c9ceada1aa64293b080' => 0,
    'system_goto_action' => 0,
    'node_assign_owner_action' => 0,
  ),
  'views_bulk_operations_fields_action' => array(
    'php_code' => 0,
    'display_fields' => array(
      '_all_' => '_all_',
    ),
  ),
));

Yes, I am sure... the action is performed with no filtering on the view result. Just the filtering by an argument does not work... maybe it is helpful to have a look on the rule?!

array (
  'rules' => 
  array (
    'rules_4' => 
    array (
      '#type' => 'rule',
      '#set' => 'event_flag_flagged_event_auswahl',
      '#label' => 'Event wird ausgewählt',
      '#active' => 1,
      '#weight' => '0',
      '#categories' => 
      array (
      ),
      '#status' => 'custom',
      '#conditions' => 
      array (
      ),
      '#actions' => 
      array (
        0 => 
        array (
          '#weight' => -10,
          '#info' => 
          array (
            'label' => 'Einen Begriff laden',
            'new variables' => 
            array (
              'term' => 
              array (
                'type' => 'taxonomy_term',
                'label' => 'Taxonomie-Begriff',
              ),
            ),
            'eval input' => 
            array (
              0 => 'term|term_text',
            ),
            'module' => 'Taxonomy',
          ),
          '#name' => 'rules_action_taxonomy_load_term',
          '#settings' => 
          array (
            'term' => 
            array (
              'term_select' => '',
              'term_text' => '[node:term-id]',
            ),
            'vocabulary' => '1',
            '#argument map' => 
            array (
              'taxonomy_term' => 'term',
            ),
            '#eval input' => 
            array (
              'token_rules_input_evaluator' => 
              array (
                'term|term_text' => 
                array (
                  0 => 'node',
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ),
          '#type' => 'action',
        ),
        1 => 
        array (
          '#type' => 'action',
          '#settings' => 
          array (
            'message' => 'Tid: <?php print $term->tid; ?>, Nid: <?php print $node->nid; ?>',
            'error' => 0,
            '#eval input' => 
            array (
              'rules_input_evaluator_php' => 
              array (
                'message' => 
                array (
                  0 => 'term',
                  1 => 'node',
                ),
              ),
            ),
          ),
          '#name' => 'rules_action_drupal_message',
          '#info' => 
          array (
            'label' => 'Anzeige einer anpassbaren Nachricht auf der Website',
            'module' => 'System',
            'eval input' => 
            array (
              0 => 'message',
            ),
          ),
          '#weight' => 0,
        ),
        2 => 
        array (
          '#weight' => 0,
          '#type' => 'action',
          '#settings' => 
          array (
            '#argument map' => 
            array (
              'object' => 'node',
            ),
            'view_vid' => '5',
            'operation_key' => 'flag_nodes:e32ac85408905dc48f9ec59cb28334ed',
            'operation_arguments' => '',
            'view_exposed_input' => '',
            'view_arguments' => 'return array($term->tid);',
          ),
          '#name' => 'views_bulk_operations_rules_action_node',
          '#info' => 
          array (
            'label' => 'Use node object to execute a VBO programmatically',
            'arguments' => 
            array (
              'object' => 
              array (
                'type' => 'node',
                'label' => 'Object',
                'description' => 'The chosen object will be loaded as the <code>$object<\/code> variable, available below.',
              ),
            ),
            'module' => 'Views Bulk Operations',
            'eval input' => 
            array (
            ),
            'base' => 'views_bulk_operations_rules_action',
          ),
        ),
      ),
      '#version' => 6003,
    ),
  ),
)

changed title

Hi infojunkie,

I changed the argument settings as you suggested but nothing changed - still all nodes filtered by the views are changed by the action. The argument setting has no influence.

Best,
Tobias

cool, this works... but isn't it unsure that the term in question will always have the key 0 in the array $terms???? I mean if there are defined many vocabularies with many terms how can I make sure that just the one term of a specific vocabulary is given through to the VBO?

I do not know much about PHP but for me it looks as if the term is taken from the node - it is not the one that I loaded... am I right????

cool... thank you