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---
title: Views
description: Ship pre-configured saved views — column order, filters, groups — for objects in your app.
icon: 'list'
---
A **view** is a saved configuration for how records of an object are displayed: which fields appear, their order, whether they're visible, and any filters or groups applied. Use `defineView()` to ship pre-configured views with your app — typically a default index view for each custom object you create.
```ts src/views/example-view.ts
import { defineView, ViewKey } from 'twenty-sdk/define';
import { EXAMPLE_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER } from '../objects/example-object';
import { NAME_FIELD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER } from '../objects/example-object';
export default defineView({
universalIdentifier: 'a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890',
name: 'All example items',
objectUniversalIdentifier: EXAMPLE_OBJECT_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER,
icon: 'IconList',
key: ViewKey.INDEX,
position: 0,
fields: [
{
universalIdentifier: 'f926bdb7-6af7-4683-9a09-adbca56c29f0',
fieldMetadataUniversalIdentifier: NAME_FIELD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER,
position: 0,
isVisible: true,
size: 200,
},
],
});
```
## Key points
- `objectUniversalIdentifier` specifies which object this view applies to. It can be a custom object you defined or a standard Twenty object.
- `key` determines the view type — `ViewKey.INDEX` is the main list view for the object.
- `fields` controls which columns appear and in what order. Each field references a `fieldMetadataUniversalIdentifier`.
- You can also declare `filters`, `filterGroups`, `groups`, and `fieldGroups` for advanced configurations.
- `position` controls ordering when multiple views exist for the same object.
## Filters
A view can ship with pre-applied filters. Each filter has three coordinates: the **field** being filtered, the **operand** (how to compare), and the **value** (what to compare against). All three must line up — using an operand that doesn't apply to a field type will be rejected at sync time.
```ts
import { ViewFilterOperand } from 'twenty-shared/types';
filters: [
{
universalIdentifier: '...',
fieldMetadataUniversalIdentifier: STATUS_FIELD_UNIVERSAL_IDENTIFIER,
operand: ViewFilterOperand.IS,
value: ['ACTIVE'],
},
],
```
### Supported operands per field type
| Field type | Supported operands |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `TEXT`, `EMAILS`, `FULL_NAME`, `ADDRESS`, `LINKS`, `PHONES`, `RAW_JSON`, `FILES`, `ACTOR`, `ARRAY` | `CONTAINS`, `DOES_NOT_CONTAIN`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `ACTOR.source`, `ACTOR.workspaceMemberId` | `IS`, `IS_NOT`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `SELECT` | `IS`, `IS_NOT`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `MULTI_SELECT` | `CONTAINS`, `DOES_NOT_CONTAIN`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `RELATION` | `IS`, `IS_NOT`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `NUMBER` | `IS`, `IS_NOT`, `GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL`, `LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `RATING` | `IS`, `GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL`, `LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `CURRENCY`, `CURRENCY.amountMicros` | `GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL`, `LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL`, `IS`, `IS_NOT`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `CURRENCY.currencyCode` | `IS`, `IS_NOT`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `DATE`, `DATE_TIME` | `IS`, `IS_RELATIVE`, `IS_IN_PAST`, `IS_IN_FUTURE`, `IS_TODAY`, `IS_BEFORE`, `IS_AFTER`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `BOOLEAN` | `IS` |
| `UUID` | `IS`, `IS_NOT`, `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` |
| `TS_VECTOR` | `VECTOR_SEARCH` |
> Field types with similar names can use entirely different operands — `SELECT` and `MULTI_SELECT` being a common case.
### Value shape per operand
The `value` field is always a JSON-serializable value, but its expected shape depends on the operand:
| Operand family | Value shape | Example |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------ |
| `IS`, `IS_NOT` on `SELECT` | array of option keys (strings) | `['ACTIVE', 'PENDING']` |
| `CONTAINS`, `DOES_NOT_CONTAIN` on `MULTI_SELECT` | array of option keys (strings) | `['TAG_A']` |
| `IS`, `IS_NOT` on `RELATION` | array of record IDs (uuids) | `['c5a1...']` |
| `CONTAINS`, `DOES_NOT_CONTAIN` on text-like fields | string | `'acme'` |
| `IS`, `IS_NOT` on `NUMBER` | string (the value) | `'5'` |
| `IS` on `RATING` / `UUID` | string (the value) | `'5'` |
| `GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL`, `LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL` | string (the bound) | `'10'` |
| `IS`, `IS_BEFORE`, `IS_AFTER` on `DATE` / `DATE_TIME` | ISO 8601 string | `'2025-01-01T00:00:00Z'` |
| `IS_EMPTY`, `IS_NOT_EMPTY` | empty string | `''` |
| `IS` on `BOOLEAN` | `'true'` or `'false'` | `'true'` |
## How views show up in the UI
A view by itself isn't reachable from the sidebar. To make it appear there, pair it with a [navigation menu item](/developers/extend/apps/layout/navigation-menu-items) of type `VIEW` that points at the view's `universalIdentifier`. That's the canonical pattern: every custom object typically ships a default view + a sidebar entry that opens it.