Copying an Existing View

You copy an existing view and make changes to the copy of the view to create an alternate view. It is important for you to write down the name of the existing view that you are changing. You need to know the standard view name from which the alternate view is created in order to assign alternate views to view sets.

To copy an existing view

1 Open the mq_view (Horizon View Definitions) view in the Table Editor.

Horizon displays the List Horizon View window overlaid by the Search window:

2 In the Search for field, enter the name of the standard view that you want to copy and change into an alternate view.

For example, enter “borrower” if you want to create an alternate view for the borrower view.

For more information on which Horizon views configure which Horizon windows, see “Horizon Windows & Mq Views” in the Table Structures Guide.

3 Click OK.

Horizon displays the List Horizon View window, showing the name of the view that you entered.

4 Choose File, Copy Record.

Important: You must copy the existing view to make an alternate view. If you do not make a copy of the view, you may accidentally make changes to the standard view.

Horizon displays the Edit Horizon View window for the view that you are copying:

5 Enter the new name of the alternate view in the Mq view field.

Important: If you do not change the view name of the alternate view, Horizon cannot display the new alternate view. If the alternate view that you are creating is built from a SQL view, you must enter the name of the SQL view in the Table Name field or Horizon cannot display the alternate view with the row restriction that you specified in the SQL view.

6 Save your changes.

You can now change the display of the alternate view.

 


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