Guide
A View is a way to visualize and edit data records from one or several Databases in order to analyze them and make decisions.
A View is how you look at data, and a Database is where data is stored. Therefore, adding or deleting a View does not impact the stored data.
How to add a View?
You can add a View from the sidebar in the related Space or right from a Database. You can create as many Views as you need for each Space. Note that every person with an access to a Space sees all its Views.
Add a View from the sidebar
For that, click + next to the Space name.
Add View with AI
When adding a View from the sidebar, you can also describe a View for AI to create. Click AI View, and it will automatically pick a layout and configure filters.
This is a beta feature, so please let us know how it goes!
Data Views
A data View is configured to show data (Entities). You can think of it as a way to visualize your data to answer a particular question:
What are we working on and what’s next? — “Tasks Kanban” Board
What work has been added recently? — “Recently added Tasks” Table
When will the work be ready? — “Tasks Roadmap” Timeline
These are the data Views:
Display certain Fields on Views, narrow down the selection with Filters and order the items with Sorts.
Context Views are a great way to create the same pre-filtered visualization for all Entities of the same Database.
Content Views
A content View can contain information that is not available elsewhere, unlike the data View, which displays data.
You can think of it as of the way to capture and collaborate on knowledge:
A Document and a Whiteboard can live in several places:
It can be in the sidebar, belonging to the Space, but not tied to anything else.
It can be nested inside another Document.
It can belong to an Entity.
In the case of the last example, an Architect needs to configure the Database to allow Documents or Whiteboards to be added to Entities. You can do it by adding + New field to the Database, and this results in collections of Documents or Whiteboards showing up in the Entity View.
When a Database is configured to support adding Documents or Whiteboards to an Entity, this is sometimes referred to as enabling the Document or Whiteboard 'Extension'.
Form View
There are also Forms to collect data from users, customers, co-workers, and potential employees. Think of it as Google Forms inside of Fibery - check it out.
Views options
Filter, Sort, add Colors to Snippets
You can Filter, Sort and add Colors to rich text Snippets. This is applicable in all the Views. For example, you can filter out Entities with empty rich text Field.
Rich Text Snippet is not-editable (and we don’t have plans to make it editable).
Navigating to relevant Views
Fast navigation to relevant Views added to all top level Views. Find >> Icon in the top right corner of any View, click it, and it will show all Views with the same databases:
Search in Views
You can search in normal views and in relation views. Click search icon or use Cmd + F (Ctrl + F on Windows) (if the view is in focus):
Sometimes you need to search by related entities in views. Search in views works for all relation units visible on the view. For example, you can quickly filter features list by state, assigned people and product areas.
Copy URL from View
You can instantly copy an entity's direct URL with a single click directly from Table, List, Board, and Timeline views.
FAQ
Is it possible to have a permalink of a view?
You just need to keep a numeric part of the URL. For example:
are equivalent
Does the "Search in View" feature search across all entities in a Database?
No. The Search in View functionality is designed to filter only the entities that are currently loaded and visible within that specific view. If your view contains a large number of entities (e.g., 500 or 1,000+), only the records that have been fetched and rendered in the UI will be searchable. For example, Database View can show only 500 entities.
What happens if I search for an entity that isn't among the first 500 visible results?
If an entity exists in your Database but is not currently displayed in the view—either because of active filters or because it hasn't been "scrolled" into view yet—it will not be found using the local view search.