Inspecting a View

From the View inspector, you can view and edit information about the view.

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To inspect a view:

1. From Views, find a view that you want to inspect.
2. In the Actions column for the view, click , and then select Inspect.

3. Select from the options available on these tabs:

   • General—Click Edit to change the name, description, or status for the view. See Understanding the Lifecycle of Data Objects and the Data Chain.

     • Active—When a view is created, its status is set to Active.

     • Archived—When you no longer need a view, you can set its status to archived. See Archiving and Deleting Views.

     You can also specify which users are able to see this view on the Views page. See Configuring How a View is Displayed in the Views List.

   • Viewpoints—You can:

     • Create viewpoints, see Creating a Viewpoint

     • Reorder viewpoints, see Reordering Viewpoints

     • Delete a draft viewpoint, see Deleting a Draft Viewpoint

     • Inspect viewpoints, application, dimension, and node set.

     Note:

     By default, archived viewpoints are not displayed. To display archived viewpoints, click , and then select Show Archived. You can select this option again to display active viewpoints only.
   • Permissions—Set up user and group permissions for the view, see Working with Permissions.