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Airtable View Structure

An Airtable view provides a filtered, sorted, and formatted perspective on the records in a table. Views control which fields are visible, how records are ordered, and which records meet the view's filter criteria.

Type: object Properties: 5 Required: 3
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Airtable View is a JSON Structure definition published by Airtable, describing 5 properties, of which 3 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id name type personalForUserId visibleFieldIds

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/airtable/refs/heads/main/json-structure/airtable-view-structure.json",
  "name": "Airtable View",
  "description": "An Airtable view provides a filtered, sorted, and formatted perspective on the records in a table. Views control which fields are visible, how records are ordered, and which records meet the view's filter criteria.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The unique identifier for the view. View IDs always start with the 'viw' prefix.",
      "pattern": "^viw[a-zA-Z0-9]+$",
      "examples": [
        "viwABC123def456"
      ]
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The display name of the view."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The type of view, which determines the layout and interaction model.",
      "enum": [
        "grid",
        "form",
        "calendar",
        "gallery",
        "kanban",
        "timeline",
        "block"
      ]
    },
    "personalForUserId": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "If set, this is a personal view visible only to the specified user. Null indicates a shared view."
    },
    "visibleFieldIds": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "The IDs of fields visible in this view, in display order. Only included when explicitly requested via the include parameter.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^fld[a-zA-Z0-9]+$"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "name",
    "type"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}