Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Creating and Managing Views

The process of creating views was covered in Chapter 19, in the section titled “Creating a View in a List,” and so will be reviewed from the perspective of the list administrator in this section.

One of the main concerns a list or library administrator should have pertains to the columns that are shown in the default view for a list or library (the view that shows by default when a user visits the list) and how it presents the information. It is generally an ongoing process for the list administrator to experiment with the best way to present the data stored in the list or library by manipulating the view by showing or hiding columns, using filtering, using grouping, totals, limiting the number of items shown in each ...