A view defines which assets are shown and how they are presented. It can include filters and appear as a table or as a set of tiles. You can use a view to show key information across multiple assets simultaneously. A view also serves as the basis for importing and exporting data.
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A view stores the following data to define its structure:
- Display mode: Specifies if assets are shown as rows in a table or as tiles in a set.
- Filters: Specifies which assets are shown.
- Sorting: Specifies the order in which assets are shown.
- Visible columns (for tables) or fields (for tiles): Specifies which information about assets is shown.
- Hierarchy: Shows a hierarchy of assets instead of a flat list. This is applicable only in table display mode.
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Types of views
Collibra offers the following types of views:
- Asset views, such as in a domain, community, Global View, or certain products
- Community views in a community
- Diagram views in an asset
- Relation views in an asset
Default views
When you open a table or set of tiles for the first time, a Collibra default view is shown. However, if someone has created a view that you are allowed to see and set it as the default view, their custom default view is shown to you, instead of the default view.
Creating and accessing views
You can create views within a domain, community, globally, or certain products such as Business Glossary or Catalog. Creating multiple views doesn't affect Collibra's performance. Each view has a unique URL that allows you to open the view directly without navigating to its location. For example, you can embed a view URL in a text widget on a dashboard or in an email. You can simply copy the URL from the address bar and paste it where needed.
When you edit a view, your changes are automatically saved (not published), even if you navigate to a different page or sign out.
The browse pane allows you to access all pinned asset views that you created or that are shared with you.
Community views
You can create, pin, set as default, and share views on the Overview tab of community pages to control how organizational data is presented to users.
Default domain type views (in preview)
You can set a view as the default for a specific domain type. This automatically applies the default domain type view to any newly created domains of that domain type.
Products with asset views
The following table lists the products where asset views are available and the tabs that have a view selector within the product interface. A view selector is a drop-down list of views.
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