view

A virtual set of records derived from the physical records in a data source by filtering and grouping.

For example, for a data source consisting of a list of sales transactions, the transaction records could be used to derive a list of customers and a list of products. Those lists would be views.

Views are made up of attributes and metrics. Some view attributes are also dimensions. Each view has its own metadata, which include names, types, display names of the attributes, and the names and definitions of metrics.