Views definitions are stored in a centralized location in View Manager.
Views are used to simplify the configuration of visualization components in Studio. The Chart is the first Studio component that uses Views in it’s configuration.
RETURN viewQuery AS SELECT
SUM(Sales) as SalesSum,
FROM Employees
GROUP BY DimEmployee_DepartmentName
ORDER BY SalesSum
PAGE(0,10)
/* CORRECT */
DimEmployee_FullName AS DimEmployee_FullName
/* INCORRECT */
DimEmployee_FullName AS FullName
The view manager is an interface that allows you to create, edit and delete views.
You can find it:
where you can see:
/* Ratio between the sum and the total */
SUM(FactSales_SalesAmount)/GlobalSales[].GlobalSales
In order to list the Entity (View), you can use the listEntities function of the sconfig web service. It's the easy way to extract the view definition that you can use with a copy of the getting started application.
With this web service, you can also, put (add), delete, validate entities.