Views¶

Functions to interact with the views of a table.

Get Views¶

getActiveView

Get the current view, the method return a view object.

base.getActiveView();

Example

const view  = base.getActiveView();
output.text(view._id);
output.text(view);

listViews / getViews (deprecated)

Get all the views of the current table, and return all the views in an array

base.listViews(table: Object/String);

Example

const table  = base.getTableByName('Table1');
const views = base.listViews(table);
output.text(views.length);

getViewByName

Get a view object via its name, and return a view object.

base.getViewByName(table: Object/String, viewName: String);

Examples

const table  = base.getTableByName('Table1');
const view = base.getViewByName(table, 'view 1');
output.text(view.name);

const view = base.getViewByName('Table1', 'view 1');
output.text(view.name);

addView

Add a view to a table.

base.addView(table: Object/String, viewName: String);

Examples

const table  = base.getTableByName('Table1');
base.addView(table, 'view 2');

base.addView('Table1', 'view 2');

renameView

Rename a view in the table.

base.renameView(table: Object/String, currentViewName: String, nextViewName: String);

Examples

const table  = base.getTableByName('Table1');
base.renameView(table, 'view1', 'view2');

base.renameView('Table1', 'view1', 'view2');

deleteView

Delete a view.

base.deleteView(table: Object/String, viewName: String);

Examples

const table  = base.getTableByName('Table1');
base.deleteView(table, 'view2');

base.deleteView('Table1', 'view2');