A view is simply the way to visualize your data in the Forest UI. By default, Forest Admin renders your data using a Table View when you access multiple records and a form view to access, edit and create a specific record.
After browsing through the Table View of a Collection, you might want to dig further into a specific record. Click on a specific row to display a record’s page.
The Table View is the most basic view of your collection. It shows collections as rows and their fields as columns:
{% content-ref url="the-table-view.md" %} the-table-view.md {% endcontent-ref %}
{% hint style="info" %} You can switch your default Table View to a Smart View. Learn more here. {% endhint %}
The Details View is a list of all your collection's fields and their values:
This view is useful, but a bit abrupt. This is why we created the Summary View.
The Summary View is much more user-friendly and it's created by you! Check out the Build a Summary View page.
