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title: "Displaying Views"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Displaying Views

## Displaying Views via VAST Web UI

To see the existing views configured on the cluster, select Element Store and then Views from the left navigation menu.

The following information can be displayed for each view:

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> **Tip**
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> To display or hide fields, click ![column_menu.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-7f1bcc5ffaeed9cbf182efe768970783(5).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A37%3A31Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A37%3A31Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=YtPKoz5pSwzxPygU2Rxpiem5j0%2B1iyhNkwtTxeEc8Tc%3D) to the right of a column title, and then click ![columns.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-918b4797fca5961ded0a6026c39d1bb1(5).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A37%3A31Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A37%3A31Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=YtPKoz5pSwzxPygU2Rxpiem5j0%2B1iyhNkwtTxeEc8Tc%3D) to open a dropdown where you can select or unselect fields.

| ID | The view ID, used to specify the view when running commands from the VAST CLI or performing REST API operations. |
| --- | --- |
| Path | The full path from the top level of the storage system on the cluster to the location exposed by the view. |
| Alias | An alias for the mount path of an NFS export. |
| SMB Share Name | For SMB shares, the share name. |
| Bucket | Name of the S3 bucket used to access the view via S3, if there is one. |
| S3 Bucket Owner | User name of the S3 bucket owner. |
| Policy Name | The view policy. Click the policy name to switch to the View Policies tab and view the configuration of the view policies. |
| Protocols | The protocol(s) the view is exposed to. Possible values: - NFSv3. Refers to NFS version 3. - NFSv4. Refers to NFS version 4.1 and 4.2. - SMB. Refers to the SMB protocol. - S3 BUCKET. The view has an S3 bucket. - S3 ENDPOINT. This means the view is a template for creating S3 buckets via the S3 API. It specifies a path under which buckets can be created, a view policy that will be attached to any bucket view created using the template, and the users and groups who can use the template to create buckets. - DATABASE. This protocol exposes tabular data to database query engines. This value is used for each view that VAST Cluster creates when a user chooses to create a database on the cluster. For more information, see [Configuring the VAST Cluster for Database Access](/docs-5-4/docs/en/configuring-the-vast-cluster-for-database-access-tg).Configuring the VAST Cluster for Database Access - KAFKA exposes VAST Database tables that are used as topics to publish and consume events. For more information, see [Publishing Events to VAST Event Broker](/docs-5-4/docs/publishing-events-to-vast-event-broker-tg). |
| Bulk Permission Update State | Shows the status of the [bulk permission update](/docs-5-4/docs/en/running-a-bulk-permission-update-tg) task run for this view. |
| Bulk Permission Update Progress | Shows the progress of the [bulk permission update](/docs-5-4/docs/en/running-a-bulk-permission-update-tg) task running on this view. |
| S3 Versioning | Applicable if S3 Bucket is enabled. Indicates if S3 [object versioning](/docs-5-4/docs/en/object-versioning-tg) is enabled on the view. |
| WORM | Indicates if WORM is enabled on the view. |
| S3 Retention Mode | Applicable if S3 Bucket and S3 [object locking](/docs-5-4/docs/en/s3-object-locking-overview-tg) are enabled on the view. Possible values: - None (default). Object versions that are placed in the bucket have no automatic protection but can be configured with a retention period or legal hold. - Governance. Object versions that are placed in the bucket are automatically protected with a retention lock with retention mode set to governance. - Compliance. Object versions that are placed in the bucket are automatically protected with a retention lock with retention mode set to compliance. |
| Files Retention Mode | Shows the retention mode for files saved in the view, if file locking has been enabled for the view. Possible values: - None (default). Files that are saved to the view have no automatic protection but can be manually configured with a retention period or legal hold. - Governance. Files that are saved in the view are automatically protected with a retention lock with retention mode set to *governance*. In this mode, the retention period can be lengthened or shortened. - Compliance. Files that are saved in the view are automatically protected with a retention lock with retention mode set to *compliance*. In this mode, the retention period can be lengthened, but not shortened. |
| Used Capacity | The amount of physical capacity used by the view. **NOTE**: In versions prior to VAST Cluster 5.4.4, the column name is **Physical Capacity**. |
| Logical Capacity | The amount of data logically written to the view directory prior to data reduction. |
| Live Monitor | Indicates if *live monitoring* is enabled (yes) or not (no). Live monitoring can be enabled for up to ten views at one time. Analytics data for views is polled every 5 minutes by default and every 10 seconds with live monitoring. |
| Creation Time | The date and time when the view was created. |
| QoS Policy | If the view is associated with a QoS policy, the name of the QoS policy is displayed here. |
| NQN | The NVMe Qualified Name (NQN) of the NVMe subsystem exposed by the view to Block protocol clients. |
| ABE Protocols | If [Access-Based Enumeration](/docs-5-4/docs/en/access-based-enumeration-abe-tg) (ABE) is enabled for the view, shows *SMB*. No value means ABE is disabled for the view. |
| ABAC | Lists ABAC tags set for the view. |
| Global Synchronization | Indicates if *Global Synchronization* is enabled or not. Global Synchronization is an enhancement to asynchronous replication. It enables the synchronization of file handles between multiple views in a replication relationship. If this setting is enabled, then, in the event of failover to one of the destination peers in a replication group, NFSv3 clients will be able to continue working without the need to remount the view. |
| User Impersonation | If the view has user impersonation enabled, indicates the impersonator user account set for the view. |