function hook_views_data_alter
Same name in other branches
- 7.x-3.x views.api.php \hook_views_data_alter()
Alter table structure.
You can add/edit/remove to existing tables defined by hook_views_data().
This hook should be placed in MODULENAME.views.inc and it will be auto-loaded. This must either be in the same directory as the .module file or in a subdirectory named 'includes'.
The full documentation for this hook is in the advanced help. http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/api-tables
Related topics
4 functions implement hook_views_data_alter()
Note: this list is generated by pattern matching, so it may include some functions that are not actually implementations of this hook.
- comment_views_data_alter in modules/
comment.views.inc - Use views_data_alter to add items to the node table that are relevant to comments.
- taxonomy_views_data_alter in modules/
taxonomy.views.inc - Implementation of hook_views_data_alter().
- translation_views_data_alter in modules/
translation.views.inc - Implementation of hook_views_data_alter().
- upload_views_data_alter in modules/
upload.views.inc - Implementation of hook_views_data_alter()
1 invocation of hook_views_data_alter()
- _views_fetch_data in includes/
cache.inc - Fetch Views' data from the cache
File
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docs/
docs.php, line 220
Code
function hook_views_data_alter(&$data) {
// This example alters the title of the node: nid field for the admin.
$data['node']['nid']['title'] = t('Node-Nid');
// This example adds a example field to the users table
$data['users']['example_field'] = array(
'title' => t('Example field'),
'help' => t('Some examüple content that references a user'),
'handler' => 'hook_handlers_field_example_field',
);
// This example changes the handler of the node title field.
// In this handler you could do stuff, like preview of the node, when clicking the node title.
$data['node']['title']['handler'] = 'modulename_handlers_field_node_title';
}