"Node: Author Name" missing from Views-Fields [#843860]

In looking at the Views documentation (drupal.org/node/54448) I see of list of useful Node data that can be exposed via Fields that includes "Node: Author Name". In setting up a view for a custom content type that I've created, I don't see "Node: Author Name" in the list presented by Fields. All the other Node fields listed in the documentation (title, type, comment *, etc.) are all available for this content type, but not Author Name.

I've tried setting up a range of relationships to get Node: Author Name to show up in Fields, but no joy. Any suggestions?

Comments

Comment #1

merlinofchaos commented 2 July 2010 at 18:24

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» Fixed

The field is User: Name in Views 2.

Comment #2

dleatham commented 2 July 2010 at 20:27

Thanks! I missed "author" in its description - my bad. I was thinking that "User" was the logged in user, not the node author user.

Appreciate all your work on Drupal!

Comment #3

merlinofchaos commented 3 July 2010 at 01:48

It's not in the description because that's specific to nodes. But User: Name can appear in 'user' views and isn't an author, and there is no easy way to change the text out for that case.

In a way it's an error because what's going on is that there is an implicit relationship on node author to all 'user' fields. If that relationship were explicit it would probably be easier.