 managing content listings views  what is a view  a view is a listing of items on your site for example a block showing the most recent comments a page listing news items or a list of registered users the listings can be formatted in a table grid list calendar rss feed and other formats some output formats may require you to install additional contributed modules  what are the components of a view  when you first create a view you will specify what type of base data is being displayed in the view which cannot be changed after choosing a base data type you can edit the following components which allow you to specify which data to output in what order and in what format  displays  whether the output goes to a page block feed etc a single view can have multiple displays each with different settings format  the output style for each display such as content item grid table or html list fields  if the format allows the particular fields to display filter criteria  criteria to limit the data to output such as whether the content is published the type of content etc filters can be exposed to let users choose how to filter the data sort criteria  how to order the data sorting can also be exposed to users page settings   block settings  etc settings specific to the display type such as the url for a page display most display types support an access setting where you can choose a permission or role that a user must have in order to see the view header and footer  content to display at the top or bottom of the view display no results behavior  what to do if the filter criteria result in having no data to display pager  how many items to display and how to paginate if there are additional items to display advanced   contextual filters  like regular filters except the criteria come from the context  such as the current date page the view is displayed on etc advanced   relationships  additional data to pull in and display related in some way to the base data of the view such as data about the user who created the content item  advanced   exposed form  if you have exposed filters or sorts how to display the form to the user what are bulk operations  views using a table display format can include a bulk operations form which allows users with sufficient permission to select one or more items from the view and apply an administrative action to them the bulk actions available are specific to the base data type of the view for example a view of content items could support bulk publishing and unpublishing actions if you have the core actions ui module installed see the related topic configuring actions for more about actions managing views overview the core views module handles the display of views and the core views ui module allows you to create edit and delete views in the administrative interface see the related topics listed below for specific tasks if the views ui module is installed  additional resources creating listings with views drupal user guide  