A SharePoint view is a display of data from a SharePoint list. A view determines both the data to be displayed and rendering of that data. Views can be created by the user or the list administrators.

The view comprises information about which metadata or list columns should be included. In addition views support grouping, sorting, and filtering. Views can also be used to aggregate data within a list such as summing up values in a column, averaging values, or other aggregation functions.

A list supports multiple views allowing for users to create views tailored to the information display they need. Views can also be personalized meaning that each user can maintain their own views that are unique to them and not available to anyone else.

View definitions

Views are defined using the View schema of Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) combined with the Query schema for filtering, grouping, and sorting support. The definition can be included in the list template of a SharePoint list but can also be added through the web interface after the list has been provisioned.

View pages

Views are created from page templates written in ASP.net. These page templates can be authored using any development environment, including Visual Studio and SharePoint Designer 2007. Multiple views can be created from the same template. Modifications to the template will then affect all views that are created from the page template.

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