Here's what is in my settings.php file, although sanitized to remove actual database names, password, etc (found at the bottom of this post).
After doing that, I make sure that I do a complete cache clear in Drupal so that it picks up the changes I made.
Then I go into Views and choose to make a view that is a CiviCRM type (such as one for events or people) - see screenshot:

Once I do that and then go to the next page (to create a page, block, etc), then I have the CiviCRM fields available for what I chose. In this example, I selected CiviCRM Events, so the fields are all related to events.

Here's the code that is in my settings file:
$databases = array (
'default' =>
array (
'default' =>
array (
'database' => 'databasename',
'username' => 'username',
'password' => 'mypassword',
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '',
'driver' => 'mysql',
'prefix' => '',
),
),
);
$databases['default']['default']['prefix']= array(
'default' => '',
'civicrm_acl' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_acl_cache' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_acl_contact_cache' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_acl_entity_role' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_action_log' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_action_mapping' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_action_schedule' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_activity' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_activity_contact' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_address' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_address_format' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_batch' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_cache' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_campaign' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_campaign_group' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_case' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_case_activity' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_case_contact' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_case_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_component' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contact' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contact_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contribution' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contribution_page' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contribution_product' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contribution_recur' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contribution_soft' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_contribution_widget' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_country' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_county' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_currency' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_custom_field' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_custom_group' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_dashboard' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_dashboard_contact' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_dedupe_exception' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_dedupe_rule' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_dedupe_rule_group' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_discount' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_domain' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_email' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_entity_batch' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_entity_file' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_entity_financial_account' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_entity_financial_trxn' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_entity_tag' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_event' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_event_carts' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_events_in_carts' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_extension' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_file' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_financial_account' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_financial_item' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_financial_trxn' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_financial_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_grant' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_group' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_group_contact' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_group_contact_cache' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_group_nesting' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_group_organization' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_im' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_job' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_job_log' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_line_item' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_loc_block' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_location_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_log' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mail_settings' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_abtest' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_bounce_pattern' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_bounce_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_component' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_bounce' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_confirm' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_delivered' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_forward' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_opened' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_queue' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_reply' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_subscribe' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_trackable_url_open' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_event_unsubscribe' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_group' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_job' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_recipients' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_spool' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mailing_trackable_url' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_managed' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mapping' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_mapping_field' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_membership' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_membership_block' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_membership_log' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_membership_payment' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_membership_status' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_membership_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_menu' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_navigation' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_note' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_openid' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_option_group' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_option_value' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_participant' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_participant_payment' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_participant_status_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_payment_processor' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_payment_processor_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_payment_token' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_pcp' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_pcp_block' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_persistent' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_phone' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_pledge' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_pledge_block' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_pledge_payment' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_preferences_date' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_premiums' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_premiums_product' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_prevnext_cache' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_price_field' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_price_field_value' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_price_set' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_price_set_entity' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_print_label' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_product' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_queue_item' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_recurring_entity' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_relationship' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_relationship_type' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_report_instance' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_saved_search' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_setting' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_sms_provider' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_state_province' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_subscription_history' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_survey' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_system_log' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_tag' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_tell_friend' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_timezone' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_uf_field' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_uf_group' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_uf_join' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_uf_match' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_additional_information_1' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_commerce_purchases_6' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_event_information_9' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_host_location_5' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_hotel_information_4' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_hotels_3' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_member_information_2' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_private_training_8' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_value_private_trainings_7' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_website' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_word_replacement' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
'civicrm_worldregion' => 'dbname_crm4
.',
);