__FORCETOC__{{TOC right}}[[File:ViewManager.png|thumb|left|200px|alt=A screenshot of the View Manager window, displaying the all available Victim views.|View Manager Window]]As discussed elsewhere, a [[Current View Window]] contains ''elements'' (tabs, tables, and fields) displaying item's most current and relevant data. The design and layout of this window depends on its template, or ''view'', which can either be the system's default view or a user-created "custom view". This page discusses how you can use IMSMA's built-in View Manager tool to publish your own custom views tailored to your programme's needs.
The If you publish a view, it replaces the [[Current View Manager window is your starting point Window]] for creating and managing viewsall items of a given type. It allows For example, if you to see publish a complete list of views created for each IMSMA item, along with each custom Victim view's name, it replaces the default [[HowTo:Publish and Archive Views#Victim View Status | statusWindow]]that displays when you select any Victim. But it does not display when you select an item of a different type, and revision datesuch as an MRE or Accident. It also allows you Note that the previously-published view is regressed to [[HowTo:Publish a status of ''archived'', and Archive Views#is still accessible from the View Manager window. ==Publishing a View | publish== # From the [[IMSMA Navigation Window]] views you want , click '''Customisation > View Manager'''.# Select an item from the '''Object''' menu to display, its complete list of views.#Select a view from the item's list with a [[HowTo:Delete ViewsUsing the View Manager Tool in IMSMANG#View Status | deletestatus]] views you donof either ''draft'' or ''archived''t need, and access .#Click the View Designer interface to [[HowToImage:Customise Views PublishViewIcon.png | customise20px | Publish]] custom viewsbutton.
==View Status==
''draft'' is the status given to a custom view that has been saved, but never published. Once it has been published for the first time, a view can no longer have a draft status. Draft views can be deleted.
==Publishing a View==
If you publish a view, it replaces the [[Current View Window]] for all items of a given type. For example, if you publish a custom Victim view, it replaces the default [[Victim View Window]] that displays when you select any Victim. But it does not display when you select an item of a different type, such as an MRE or Accident. Note that the previously-published view is regressed to a status of ''archived'', and is still accessible from the View Manager window.
# From the [[IMSMA Navigation Window]], click '''Customisation > View Manager'''.
# Select an item from the '''Object''' menu to display its complete list of views.
#Select a view from the item's list with a [[Using the View Manager Tool in IMSMANG#View Status | status]] of either ''draft'' or ''archived''.
#Click the [[Image:PublishViewIcon.png | 20px | Publish]] button.