# Saved Views

A Saved View captures your current page layout: filters, columns, toggles, etc.. so you and your team can reopen the page with the same context every time. Each groundcover page maintains its own catalogue of views, and every user can pick their personal **Favorites**.

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### Where to find them

On the pages: Traces, Logs, API Catalog, Events.

Look for the Views selector next to the time‑picker. Click it to open the list, create a new view, or switch between existing ones.

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### Saving a view

1. Configure the page until it looks exactly right—filters, columns, panels, etc.
2. Click **➕Save View**.
3. Give the view a clear **Name**.
4. Hit **Save**. The view is now listed and available to everyone in the project.

> **Scope** – Saved Views are **per‑page**. A Logs view appears only in Logs; a Traces view only in Traces.

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### What a view stores

#### Common to all pages

| Category                            | Details                                                    |
| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Filters & facets**                | All query filters plus facet open/closed state             |
| **Columns**                         | Chosen columns, and their order, sort, width               |
| **Filter** **Panel & Added Facets** | <p>Filter panel open/closed</p><p>Facets added/removed</p> |

#### Page‑specific additions

| Page            | Extra properties saved                                                                                                                                                               |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Logs**        | <ul><li><code>logs</code> / <code>patterns</code></li><li><code>textWrap</code></li><li><code>Insight</code> show / hide</li></ul>                                                   |
| **Traces**      | <ul><li><code>traces</code> / <code>span</code></li><li><code>table</code> / <code>drilldown</code></li><li><code>textWrap</code></li><li><code>Insight</code> show / hide</li></ul> |
| **API Catalog** | <ul><li><code>protocol</code></li><li>Kafka role: <code>Fetcher</code> / <code>Producer</code></li></ul>                                                                             |
| **Events**      | <ul><li><code>textWrap</code></li></ul>                                                                                                                                              |

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### Updating a view

The **Update View** button appears only when **you are the creator** of the view. Click it to overwrite the view with your latest changes.

Underneath every View you can see which user created it.

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### Managing views (row operations)

| Action            | Who can do it?          |
| ----------------- | ----------------------- |
| **Edit / Rename** | Creator                 |
| **Delete**        | Creator                 |
| **Star / Unstar** | Any user for themselves |

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### Searching, Sorting, and Filtering the list

Searching the Views will look up based on View names and the creators.

The default sorting pins the favorites views at the top, and the rest of the views below. Each group of views is sorted from A→Z.

In addition, 3 filtering options are available:

1. **All Views** - The entire workspace's views for a specific page
2. **My Favorites** – The favorite views of the user for a specific page
3. **Created By Me** - The views created by the user