Rules checklist

This blog post was written to provide a checklist before someone starts to write a custom module. In many cases a well built rule will give the same result.

Rules default settings

Events

Comment

• A comment is viewed
• After deleting a comment
• After saving a new comment
• After updating an existing comment
• Before saving a comment

Node

• After deleting content
• After saving new content
• After updating existing content
• Before saving content
• Content is viewed

System

• Cron maintenance tasks are performed
• Drupal is initializing
• System log entry is created

Taxonomy

• After deleting a term
• After deleting a vocabulary
• After saving a new term
• After saving a new vocabulary
• After updating an existing term
• After updating an existing vocabulary
• Before saving a taxonomy term
• Before saving a vocabulary

User

• After a user account has been deleted
• After saving a new user account
• After updating an existing user account
• Before saving a user account
• User account page is viewed
• User has logged in
• User has logged out

Conditions

Data

• Data comparison
• Data value is empty
• List contains item
• Text comparison

Entities

• Entity has field
• Entity is new
• Entity is of bundle
• Entity is of type
• User has field access

Node

• Content is of type
• Content is promoted to frontpage
• Content is published
• Content is sticky

Path

• Path has URL alias
• URL alias exists

User

• User has role(s)
• User is blocked

Actions

Data

• Add a variable
• Add an item to a list
• Calculate a value
• Convert data type
• Remove an item from a list
• Set a data value

Entities

• Create a new entity
• Delete entity
• Fetch entity by id
• Fetch entity by property
• Save entity

Node

• Make content sticky
• Make content unsticky
• Promote content to front page
• Publish content
• Remove content from front page
• Unpublish content

Path

• Create or delete a content's URL alias
• Create or delete a taxonomy term's URL alias
• Create or delete any URL alias

Rules scheduler

• Delete scheduled tasks
• Schedule component evaluation

System

• Page redirect
• Send mail
• Send mail to all users of a role
• Set breadcrumb
• Show a message on the site

User

• Add user role
• Block a user
• Remove user role
• Unblock a user

Rules bonus pack

Events

Rules Bonus: Views

• After a view has been built
• After a view has been rendered
• Before a view is being built

Conditions

Rules Bonus: Miscellaneous

• Check number of results from a view
• String contains number
• User has permission(s)

Actions

Batched Rules

• Alter batch context

Rules Bonus: Block

• Disable a block
• Place a block

Rules Bonus: Miscellaneous

• Clone a node
• Create a date from a number
• Get integer from string
• Load a comment list with Views
• Load a node list with Views
• Load a path alias
• Load a user list with Views
• Load the first node in a Views list
• Merge two strings
• Set page title

Rules Bonus: Theme

• Set body classes
• Set head title

Rules Bonus: Views

• Unset a view handler

Flags

Events

• A node has been flagged, under "Bookmarks"
• A node has been unflagged, under "Bookmarks"

Conditions

• Comment has flagging count
• Comment is flagged
• File has flagging count
• File is flagged
• Node has flagging count
• Node is flagged
• Taxonomy_term has flagging count
• Taxonomy_term is flagged
• Taxonomy_vocabulary has flagging count
• Taxonomy_vocabulary is flagged
• User has flagging count
• User is flagged

Actions

• Fetch content flagged by user
• Fetch users who have flagged a comment
• Fetch users who have flagged a file
• Fetch users who have flagged a node
• Fetch users who have flagged a taxonomy_term
• Fetch users who have flagged a taxonomy_vocabulary
• Fetch users who have flagged a user
• Flag a comment
• Flag a file
• Flag a node
• Flag a taxonomy_term
• Flag a taxonomy_vocabulary
• Flag a user
• Trim a flag
• Unflag a comment
• Unflag a file
• Unflag a node
• Unflag a taxonomy_term
• Unflag a taxonomy_vocabulary
• Unflag a user

Profile2

Events

• After deleting a profile
• After saving a new profile
• After updating an existing profile
• Before saving a profile
• Profile is viewed