{"id":45,"date":"2023-04-25T23:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T23:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/drupalista\/?p=45"},"modified":"2023-04-25T23:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T23:57:01","slug":"bulk-operations-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/drupalista\/2023\/04\/25\/bulk-operations-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulk Operations View"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can create a view that allows you to update multiple items at once. This functionality can be very powerful and can save you a lot of time updating content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While you can perform all these actions from the content landing page, it can be nice to create a view for a specific content type. 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