Views date exposed filter by year in checkboxes

Question

I have date field. In views I want to add the a date exposed filter.

This filter will only display year and we can select multiple years.

Just like this

I have checked the better exposed filter module, date view and I did not find any option to display them in checkboxes nor I find any option to select multiple dates like in the picture we can select multiple years.

With the date views and better exposed filter, I can display year only in select list.

Is it achievable? Any suggestion?

Answer 1

You can construct the Exposed Year filter yourself using the Grouped filters option:

1. Add your Date field Filter and Expose it
2. Select Grouped filters under Filter type to expose
3. Tick Allow multiple selections
4. Select Radios under Widget type
5. Adjust the Label and Description if you need to

6. In the items table change all Operators to Is between and configure each year like so:

    2019   Is between   2019-01-01
                        2020-01-01
   
    2018   Is between   2018-01-01
                        2019-01-01
   
    2017   Is between   2017-01-01
                        2018-01-01
   
    ...
   

   and so on for all the years. The times are assumed to be 00:00:00.

You don't have to use the Better exposed filters, they may interfere with the display of the grouped options.

BTW this issue may be relevant: Grouped exposed filter with "Allow multiple selections" ignores widget setting