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[data architecture]
In a database, a stored query used to display data from specified columns from one or multiple tables. Views can be used by the database administrator to restrict access to data by only displaying certain columns or to join information from two or more tables and display them in one table. In geodatabases, views can also include the spatial column of a feature class. These spatial views can be used as feature classes in client applications.
[visualization techniques]
The user interface component that controls the extent, layers, and features in a web map or web scene. A view typically contains the extent’s properties and the position and zoom level or scale of the map or scene.