About Introduction to Horizon Views

While working in Horizon, you open windows or displays that show data from the database. These windows are called “views.” A view is a graphical representation of the tables and their data. (For example, the Titles List window is a view of the bib table. The Item window in Cataloging is a view of the item table. The Borrower window is a view of the borrower table, and so forth.)

Views in Horizon appear in one of two forms: a list view or an edit view. A list view displays rows in a table; an edit view displays the columns of a single row in the table. One view controls both the list and edit views.

This diagram illustrates the relationship between the view, the list window, and the edit window. In this example, the borrower view controls both the List Borrower window and the Edit Borrower window:

A view determines the “look and feel” of a window on Horizon, including these elements:

What information from the table’s columns appears on the display.
Where each item of information appears on the window.
Default data in a record.
The type of field, such as radio button, coded entry field, and check box.
The number of characters displayed from the table column.
The proximity of the field in relation to the others.
The labels for each field.

This chapter explains the types of views in Horizon and the reconfiguring process. It also shows you how find and open views, and reconfigure the views so that windows display additional information suited to your library’s needs. (For example, you can add groups to a view, or change a window’s title and columns.)

This chapter explains these topics:

 


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