15 Defining Project Data Set Views

You can use the Views page to configure a set of views for project data. Views are used by components to determine the data to display.

• About views
  A view is a logical collection of information that is derived from the records in project data sets.
• About base views
  Each data set is automatically configured with a base view, which contains all of the physical attributes from the data set. The base view uses the name and description from the data set.
• About linked views
  Linked views are created automatically when you link two data sets.
• Displaying the list of views for a project
  On the project settings page, the Data Views page allows you to view and edit the views for the project data.
• Displaying details for a view
  To display the details for a view, in the views list, click the view name.
• Creating views
  From the Views page, you can either create a new empty view, or make a copy of an existing view.
• Configuring a view
  From the Views page, you can edit each view's display name, description, definition, attributes, and predefined metrics.
• Previewing the content of a view
  From the Views page, you can display a preview list of the records in a view.
• Deciding whether to publish a custom view
  For custom views, the Publish check box controls whether the view is published. Only published views are available to use in a project.
• Deleting a view
  From the Views page, you can delete custom views. You cannot delete base views or linked views. If you delete a view, any component that uses that view can no longer display correctly. Also, any other view whose definition includes references to this view becomes invalid.