Views are an integral part of the SharePoint landscape. List and Libraries in SharePoint have views that help in data organization, grouping, assimilation, etc. Features like filtering and sorting data also make views a very useful component. They make the data interactive and help businesses save their time and improve processes.
Views are of two types in terms of audience,
- Personal - Visible only to the logged in user
- Public- Visible to everyone (with access to list)
In this article we will talk about the various types of views and their styles, what is the ideal scenario to use them.
To begin with, we have a simple and basic list - TV Show Times consisting of 4 columns.
To create a view, click using the navigation List Ribbon - List/Library - Create View and select the view that best suits your business needs. This article will be depicting the various views and styles available for any list.
There are 5 different types of views that can be used,
- Standard View
- Datasheet View
- Calendar View
- Gantt View
- Custom View in SharePoint Designer
Further, Standard View has 8 different styles. The relational hierarchy and a brief description of the various types of views are as follows,
As the name suggests, this is the standard and the most widely used view in SharePoint. Data is shown in tabular format.
Standard views can be stylized in 8 different modes as shown in the image below. This setting can be accessed via List Ribbon - Create View/Modify View - Style
Below is the pictorial descriptions of how the different styles look in the list – TV Show Times
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