title: Drupal 7 Views and custom Modules?
body: <p>I have implemented several custom modules which essentially bridge Drupal with some third party applications we build in house.</p>
  
  <p>Now as my knowledge of Drupal grows I am curious to know whether or not it is possible to integrate my modules with Drupal VIEWS for reporting purposes.</p>
  
  <p>My modules connect directly to several MySQL databases on an external server and perform queries and render those results within the context of Drupal.</p>
  
  <p>What I would like to do, is use VIEWS somehow to SELECT and manipulate the query as a Drupal VIEW to avoid having to re-purpose the module queries each time a change is requested. </p>
  
  <p>Basically, is it possible to expose the SQL tables in an external app to one which Drupal VIEWS can pick up? I have googled and found a few suggestions but no one seems to know for sure???</p>
  
  <p>It seems drupal expects all content to be of it's own internal "content type" and thus connected to it's core "node" - is this an assumption VIEWS makes?</p>
  
  <p>I don't want to export my third party data into Drupal "nodes, content types, etc" simply so VIEWS can effectively read and render the results.</p>
  
  <p>Seems to me, this should be possible with a Drupal module bridging the gap somehow???</p>
  
  <p>Cheers,
  Alex</p>