table like in admin of custom module

Question

I have created a custom module that can add an entry into my own created tables. However, I need to display the contents of that table into the admin, a table like view. Like this one in the picture:

Can you point me to the correct documentation or what is this called?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can create such tables with the Views module.

You need Views if:

• You like the default front page view, but you find you want to sort it differently.
• You like the default taxonomy/term view, but you find you want to sort it differently; for example, alphabetically.
• You use /tracker, but you want to restrict it to posts of a certain type.
• You like the idea of the 'article' module, but it doesn't display articles the way you - like.
• You want a way to display a block with the 5 most recent posts of some particular type.
• You want to provide 'unread forum posts'.
• You want a monthly archive similar to the typical Movable Type/Wordpress archives that displays a link to the in the form of "Month, YYYY (X)" where X is the number of posts that month, and displays them in a block. The links lead to a simple list of posts for that month.