 readme views or allows views to combine filters with or and fields with coalesce combining filters or arguments with or by default each record in a view must match all filters sometimes records need to be included if they match one or more filters in a list of alternatives views has the ability to combine filters only with and if one filter is false the combined list will be false views or adds the ability to combine blocks of filters with or if one of the filters in the block is true the combined block will be true views or provides three filters begin alternatives begins a block of alternative filters next alternative separates alternative filters in an alternatives block end alternatives ends a block of alternative filters insert these filters between other filters to create alternatives for example the following sequence of filters views or begin alternatives taxonomy term id carrot views or next alternative taxonomy term id elephant views or end alternatives is equivalent to the following logical expression taxonomy term id carrot or taxonomy term id elephant here is a more advanced example the following sequence of filters node published true views or begin alternatives taxonomy term id carrot node type forum topic views or next alternative taxonomy term id elephant node type story views or end alternatives node post date 3 weeks is equivalent to the following logical expression node published true and taxonomy term id carrot and node type forum topic or taxonomy term id elephant and node type story and node post date 3 weeks arguments can be combined in the same way as filters by default when arguments are combined the same arguments will be used for both sets of alternatives so if there are two alternative arguments in a block the view needs to receive only one argument uncheck share arguments in the views or next alternative argument to allow each set of alternatives receive different arguments from the url combining fields with coalesce when using relationships in a view the same field may appear multiple times views or adds the ability to combine multiple fields into one using the coalesce function the value of the combined field will be taken from the first field which contains a value views or provides two fields begin alternatives begins a group of alternative fields end alternatives ends a group of alternative fields insert other fields between these fields to create a combined field the title and settings of the first field in the group will be used for the combined field even if another field contains the value  