Although it may seem repetitive to see the getting started window in the product, a view can best be described as follows:
A view presents collected information for an object in a certain way depending on the view type. Each type of view helps you interpret properties, metrics, alerts, policies, and data from a different perspective.
Another way to interpret this is considering a view as a window or container that takes data from an object or group of objects and presents it in a way that provides useful information to the administrator. The first thing to take away from this statement is that a view is a container or an object in its own right. It is the smallest component of a dashboard or report but it can be linked to directly from other sections of vROps showing just that individual view or used on its own.
It is also important to point out that, like all facets of Operations Manager 6.0, views can be applied to any object type from any adapter. Different...