Views
A view is a database object that usually represents a database query and can be used as an ordinary table. For more information see your DBMS documentation.
When you double-click a view in the Database Explorer ( ), the view is opened in the editor in the Table view. For more information about the views, see View data.
Views can be seen in the Database Explorer. You can see a reference on node and object icons in the Icons for data sources and their elements chapter of Database Explorer topic.
Create a view
In the Database Explorer ( ) , expand the data source tree until the node of a schema.
Right-click a schema and select .
In the Name field, enter the name of your view.
In the Preview pane, enter the statement.
Click OK.
Modify a view
In the Database Explorer ( ) , right-click a view and select . Alternatively, press Control+B.
In the DDL editor that opens, make changes to the source code of your view.
Click the Submit button (
). Alternatively, press Control+K.
Virtual views
If you need to run the same statement and view its result set often, consider using a virtual view which is a DataGrip's virtual object. For more information on virtual views, refer to Virtual views.
