--- title: Saved views in Explore description: Save Explore views for logs or spans to preserve query, fields, table settings, time range, and folder location, then reload them from All views. url: https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/monitoring-and-insights/explore-screen/create-and-manage-saved-views/ product: data-exploration feature: Saved Views feature_id: saved-views feature_identifier: data-exploration/saved-views last_updated: '2026-11-12' --- # Saved views Save and reuse Explore views to stay focused on the work that matters. A saved view preserves the current configuration so you can return to common investigation workflows without reapplying settings each time. Saved views is available for both **Logs** tab and **Spans**. A view saved while you're querying logs reopens against logs; a view saved while you're querying spans reopens against spans. The saved configuration travels with the view regardless of which tab you started from. Explore saved views are part of the **Saved Views** shared component used across Coralogix products. The core experience is the same in each product; the options that get saved differ. Note The CX CLI (`cx views`) and the public REST API currently manage **Legacy Explore** views only, not the Explore saved views described on this page. For programmatic access to Explore saved views, see [Saved-view API](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/latest-updates/deprecations/legacy-explore.md#saved-view-api). ## What an Explore saved view captures | Option | Description | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Query** | The current Lucene or DataPrime query and dataset (`logs` or `spans`) | | **Fields** | The favorite fields shown in the sidebar | | **Table settings** | The column layout and formatting, plus the **Content column** field selection (logs and spans) and the **Resource column** field selection (spans only) | | **Time range** | The selected time range, with optional **Lock time** to fix the range | | **Folder** | Optional folder used to organize the view in the **All views** panel | | **Set as default view** | Makes this the default landing view in Explore | In Explore, filter conditions are part of the query, so the **Filters** option that appears in Cases and Alerts is not surfaced separately here. The **Widget state** option, unique to Infrastructure Explorer, also does not apply. ## Create a saved view 1. Open the **Logs** or **Spans** view in Explore and configure your query, fields, and table settings. 2. Select **Save view**. 3. Under **Details**, enter a descriptive **View name**. 4. Set the **Time range**. Enable **Lock time** to fix the time range so it does not auto-update when the view is reopened. 5. (Optional) Under **Location**, select an existing folder from the **Folder** dropdown to organize the view, or select **Create new folder** to add a new folder. 6. Under **Access Policy**, select who can access the view. Keep the default **Private** to limit it to yourself, or open access for teammates (see [Access policy](#access-policy)). 7. Under **Configuration options**, toggle which settings to save: * **Set as default view:** Make this the default landing view in Explore. * **Query:** Save the current search query and dataset (`logs` or `spans`). * **Fields:** Save the favorite fields shown in the sidebar. * **Table settings:** Save the column layout, formatting, the **Content column** field selection (logs and spans), and the **Resource column** field selection (spans only). 8. Select **Save view**. [![Create saved view](/docs/assets/images/save-view-explore-75e2af698d330574b3fca5eda24b9451.webp)](https://coralogix.com/docs/assets/images/save-view-explore-75e2af698d330574b3fca5eda24b9451.webp) ## Organize views in folders Use folders to group related saved views together in the **All views** panel. * **Add a view to an existing folder:** While saving, expand the **Folder** dropdown under **Location** and select the folder. * **Create a new folder:** While saving, select **Create new folder** next to the **Folder** dropdown, name the folder, and confirm. The new folder is available for future saved views as well. * **Skip the folder:** Leave the **Folder** field empty to save the view at the root of the **All views** panel. The **Folder** field is optional. ## Use saved views * Select **All views** to open the saved views panel. * Find views under **Recent** or **All views**. * Use **Search saved views** to locate a view by name. * Select a saved view to apply it. The **All views** panel also has a **New view** button at the top to open a blank tab without browsing the list. In the **All views** panel, enable **Only my saved views** to limit the list to views you own. For quick access to a view, select its star (**Add to favorites**); favorited views gather in the panel's **Favorite** section. Select the star again (**Remove from favorites**) to take it out. The active view appears as a tab at the top of the page. Tabs use the `Explore (N)` label format until they're saved, `Explore (1)`, `Explore (2)`, and so on. A tab opened from a saved view uses the view's name as the label. You can open up to **10 tabs** at once. When you hit the limit, the **+** button is disabled with a tooltip, close a tab or save it as a view to free a slot. For the full list of per-tab actions (Save view, Save as, Edit, Rename, Duplicate, Copy view ID), see [Tab actions menu](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/data_exploration/views_queries.md#tab-actions-menu). ## Save changes to a loaded view When a loaded view has unsaved changes, Explore shows a **Save changes** button at the top of the page. Select it to overwrite the loaded view with your current state. To save your current state as a separate view instead, open the tab's menu and select **Save as**. The **Save view** panel opens with the current state pre-filled. Enter a different name and save. The original view stays unchanged. You can also open the **All views** panel and select **Save** to reach the same panel. ## Duplicate a tab To work on a copy of the current tab without affecting the saved view it loaded from, open the tab's menu and select **Duplicate**. The duplicated tab opens with the same query, filters, and table settings. Coralogix appends `(copy)` to the duplicated tab's name and unlinks it from the saved view, so changes you make in it do not appear under **Save changes**. ## Edit, clone, or delete a saved view In Explore, each row in the **All views** panel also exposes three Explore-specific actions in its menu, alongside the shared Edit/Clone/Delete: * **Copy query**: copy the saved view's Lucene query to the clipboard. * **Copy as DataPrime query**: copy the saved view's query in DataPrime syntax. * **Copy view ID**: copy the view's identifier for use in URLs or APIs. ## Share a saved view To share a saved view with a teammate, copy the page URL after the saved view is loaded. Opening the URL applies the same query, filters, table settings, and time range. In Explore, you can also select the **Share URL** link icon in the top-right action bar to copy a short or full link to the current view. ## Set the team default view Admins can set a team-level default view so every team member lands on the same Explore configuration by default. Individual users can still override the team default for themselves. To set the team default: 1. Open **Settings** and navigate to the Explore section. 2. Under **Team default view**, select an existing saved view from the dropdown. 3. Select **Save**. You can override the team default for your own account in two ways: load any saved view and enable **Set as default view** in the **Save view** panel, or open the view's menu in the **All views** panel and select **Set as my default**. To clear it later, select **Remove my default** from that same menu. Your personal default takes precedence over the team default. Setting your own default needs only read access to the view, so any view you can open can become your landing view even if you can't manage it. This feature requires the `EXPLORE-TEAM-DEFAULT-VIEWS:MANAGE` permission, included only in the Platform Admin system role by default. Team members need `EXPLORE-TEAM-DEFAULT-VIEWS:READ` to see the configured team default in their own settings page. ## Access policy For the cross-product model, examples, and FAQs, see the [access policies overview](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/aaa/access-control/policies.md). ## Permissions To create, view, or share saved views in Explore, your role needs the right combination of role-based permissions and policy permissions. The full list lives on the [Explore permissions page](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/data_exploration/permissions.md); the essentials: * **View and manage shared views:** `EXPLORE-SAVED-VIEWS:READ`, `EXPLORE-SAVED-VIEWS:MANAGE` * **Create and edit access policies on saved views:** `EXPLORE-SAVED-VIEWS:READACCESSPOLICY`, `EXPLORE-SAVED-VIEWS:UPDATEACCESSPOLICY` * **Manage the team default view:** `EXPLORE-TEAM-DEFAULT-VIEWS:READ`, `EXPLORE-TEAM-DEFAULT-VIEWS:MANAGE` * **Select target groups when building a policy:** `TEAM-GROUPS:READCONFIG` System-wide policy overrides (`ACCESS-POLICIES:UPDATEALL` and `ACCESS-POLICIES:READALL`) are not included in any out-of-the-box system role. ## Related resources * [Explore overview](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/data_exploration.md) * [Saved views in Cases](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/cases/saved-views.md) * [Saved views in Infrastructure Explorer](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/saved-views.md) ## Next steps Build shareable URLs that recreate your current view in [Deep links and URL parameters](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/data_exploration/deep-links.md).