Creating views

This topic explains how to create views and link resources to those views.

Overview

This topic explains how to create views and link resources to those views. A given resource, such as a flag, can be linked to more than one view.

Create a view

To create a new view:

1. Click the project dropdown. The project menu appears:

2. Select Project settings.

3. Select Views. The Views list appears.

4. Click Create view. The “Create view” dialog appears:

5. Enter a unique, human-readable Name for the view.

6. (Optional) Update the view Key. A suggested key auto-populates from the name you enter, but you can customize it if you wish.

7. (Optional) Enter a Description.

8. (Optional) Click the tag icon. Enter a tag name to search for an existing tag or create a new one with that name.

9. (Optional) Click Add maintainer to set the maintainer of the view. The maintainer defaults to the view’s creator if you do not set one.

10. Click Create view. The “Add flags to [view]” dialog appears.

11. Check the flags that you want to include in the view. You can add segments after creating the view.

12. Click Add flags.

You can also create a view and then link flags and segments later. To create a view without linking any resources, follow steps 1-9 in the procedure above, check the Create view & close checkbox, and then click Create view.

After you create a view, you can use it in role policies to restrict access, for instance, to restrict access to sets of flags. For an example of using a view in a role policy, read Example: View-specific permissions.

You can create up to 300 views per project.

Link resources to a view

You can link flags or segments to an existing view when you create the resource. You can also link them to existing views at any time, from the Views list.

Link to a view from the resource

To link a flag or segment to a view from the flag or segment details page:

1. From the detail page, find “Views” in the right sidebar.
2. Click add view.
3. Check the checkbox next to the views that you want to link the flag or segment to.

Link to a view from the views list

To link flags or segments to an existing view from the Views list:

1. From Project settings, select Views. The Views list appears.
2. Find the view you want to link a resource to.
3. Click the overflow menu for the view.
4. Select Update linked resources. The “Linked resources” tab appears.
5. Click Add and select the resource type from the dropdown menu. The “Add [resource]” dialog appears.
6. (Optional) Use the search field or the “Filters” menu to limit the number of resources displayed.
7. Check the resources that you want to include in the view.
8. Click Add [resource].