About - Creating a New View

Before creating a view, select a view format or start with an existing view. The All Items view is in the Standard View format.

Getting Here - Creating a New View

There are three options for getting to the Create View page. Open your list from the All Site Content page to load the administrator view:

1. Open the Settings menu on the List Toolbar. Select List Setting to load the List/Library Settings. Go to the Views section and click on Create view.
2. Open the Settings menu on the List Toolbar. Select Create View.
3. Open the View menu on the List Toolbar and select Create View.

How-To

Create a New View

Name

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Enter a name for your view, a descriptive name can be useful in a list that might eventually contain many views > tick 'Make this the default view' if you want this to be the view users see when they open the list

Audience

Columns

Sort

Filter

Inline Editing

Group By

Totals

Style

Folders

Item Limit

Mobile

Create a View from an Existing View

1. Follow the Getting Here instructions.
2. Below the 'Choose a view format' header and under the 'Start from an existing view' header you will see a list of existing views to choose from
3. Select a view
4. Modify the view settings, which will vary depending on the view format.
5. Click OK to save and finish.

Modify a View

You can get here in two ways:

1. Open any list or library from the All Site Content page. Go to Settings > List Settings (or Document Library Settings). Scroll down to the Views section. Select a view and click to open the settings page.
2. Open the list from the All Site Content page to load the administrator view. Open the View menu on the List Toolbar and select Modify this View.

Once you've made your changes,  click OK to save.

See Also

View Formats

Modify a View

Lists/Library Settings - Views 

Create a Standard or Datasheet View 

Create a Calendar View 

Create a Gantt View