# Master your UI

### What is a view? <a href="#what-is-a-view" id="what-is-a-view"></a>

A view is simply the way to visualize your data in the Forest UI. By default, Forest Admin renders your data using a Table View when you access multiple records and a form view to access, edit and create a specific record.

### Forest Admin's different views

After browsing through the Table View of a Collection, you might want to dig further into a specific record. Click on a specific row to display a record’s page.

#### Table View

The Table View is the most basic view of your collection. It shows collections as rows and their fields as columns:

![](https://85223878-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FOx0Wo3NZjrQrGQthTy6o%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-733173ed4d7d6e22f84d9cee41f8e57def188b78%2FCapture%20d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran%202022-01-26%20a%CC%80%2017.26.42.png?alt=media)

{% content-ref url="master-your-ui/the-table-view" %}
[the-table-view](https://docs.forestadmin.com/user-guide/getting-started/master-your-ui/the-table-view)
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{% hint style="info" %}
You can switch your default Table View to a **Smart View**. Learn more [here](https://docs.forestadmin.com/user-guide/getting-started/create-and-manage-smart-views#what-is-a-smart-view-business-plan).
{% endhint %}

#### Details View

The Details View is a list of all your collection's fields and their values:

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This view is useful, but a bit abrupt. This is why we created the Summary View.

#### Summary View

The Summary View is much more user-friendly and it's created by you! Check out the [Build a Summary View](https://docs.forestadmin.com/user-guide/getting-started/master-your-ui/build-a-summary-view) page.

![](https://85223878-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FOx0Wo3NZjrQrGQthTy6o%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8cddc71f0a890f2d93eda531d11fb852457b4a8c%2FCapture%20d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran%202022-01-26%20a%CC%80%2017.32.15.png?alt=media)