We are asking folks to help us conduct a usability test on our community infrastructure as part of our infrastructure sprint:
How to help:
If you have never reported a bug in a Backdrop CMS contrib module:
- DO NOT read the comments here until you finished the test.
- Attempt to accomplish the following scenario (without actually filing a bug report)
- Post a comment below with feedback about how easy or difficult it was to accomplish this task and any ideas you have for making it easier.
Scenario:
You found a bug with the views modules and you would like to report it.
Recent comments
I don't think there is currently a way to set back references in bulk for existing books that already reference an author... I believe you can do this with CER through the UI...
Backlinks for Entity Reference?
If choosing the Views approach you can also use https://backdropcms.org/project/eva which allows you to place the list with more flexibility.
Backlinks for Entity Reference?
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?