Filtering by taxonomy in views

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Posted by trista13 on March 7, 2011 at 9:59pm

I've been playing around in views for awhile, but I can't seem to filter a view by taxonomy term. Ideally, I'd like to create a view that displays an alphabetical list (it's of hyperlinks) and then let's users change the list by selecting the taxonomy term to narrow the list to just that category (for example: health resources). But, I've also been trying to just create a view using the taxonomy as a filter and then creating links to the different views. I feel like this should be easy to do (maybe if I could write SQL queries, it would be), but I'm not getting anywhere. Any advice, commiseration or help is greatly appreciated!

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I should add that I did try

Posted by trista13 on March 7, 2011 at 10:16pm
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I should add that I did try using filter and selecting the field that included the taxonomy (both delta and term id because I wasn't sure what the difference was) and one did nothing and one eliminated everything.

Arguments?

Posted by opegasus on March 7, 2011 at 10:48pm
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As I recall, arguments are what get passed into the URL. One (I believe) sets up ones filters or sort to have exposed filters or drop downs so the user can select.

Best guess at this point, hopefully a more experienced 'chimer' will drop by.

Thanks! I was messing around

Posted by trista13 on March 7, 2011 at 11:20pm
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Thanks! I was messing around in arguments a bit, but was kind of confused. I'll experiment a bit and see if I come up with anything!

Sounds like you're close...

Posted by scottrouse on March 8, 2011 at 12:17am
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Try adding a filter of type Taxonomy: Term ID (with depth). When configuring that filter, you'll be able to choose which Vocabulary you'll be filtering and the type of selector you'll use to enter the term (Dropdown or Autocomplete) (I like Dropdown.). That should take care of the View for you.

If you want to accomplish your final goal, try exposing that filter to give your users access to the drop-down list.

Best,
Scott

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Cool...

Posted by opegasus on March 8, 2011 at 12:32am
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Thanks Scott, was close (sort of) but you nailed it.

SUCCESS!! Yay!! Thanks Scott.

Posted by trista13 on March 8, 2011 at 4:13pm
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SUCCESS!! Yay!! Thanks Scott. I knew there had to be a way to accomplish that.

Cool

Posted by scottrouse on March 8, 2011 at 4:20pm
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I'm glad it worked for you. Let us know if you have any other questions.

Scott Rouse
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