I am filing this as a sibling issue to #3995
In the WP dashboard, the "Welcome to WordPress!" block can be dismissed (per user), via a link at the top-right:

We should introduce such a feature as well; perhaps in a way that it can be reused by other blocks too.
GitHub Issue #:
3996
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Thanks. It still took a lot of trial and error for all the settings within the settings, but I eventually got it to display based on these instructions.
Backlinks for Entity Reference?
Another easy way to do this is to use the module Corresponding Entity References (cer). You would need to add an entity reference field in the authors content type pointing at the book, then set...
Backlinks for Entity Reference?
I also found the contextual filter area in the view for this block. But that’s where it stops. I'll try my best - views based on entity reference can be a challenge....
Backlinks for Entity Reference?