--- title: How to configure and save a view? description: "With the new group module, you have the option of configuring and saving your own views. You can either save views just for yourself or make them available to everyone. In this step-by-step guide, we will look together at how…" url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/about-the-groups-module/how-to-configure-and-save-a-view/" updated: "2026-06-30" category: Groups / About The Groups Module --- # How to configure and save a view? With the new group module, you have the option of configuring and saving your own views. You can either save views just for yourself or make them available to everyone. In this step-by-step guide, we will look together at how to configure and save a table view for small group management. ## 1. Open the Groups module Open the **Groups module (1)**, navigate to ***Small groups (2)*** and open the **Table view (3)**. [![Screenshot table view of open a group type](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-type-table-view-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.23.00@2x-1024x580.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-type-table-view-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.23.00@2x.png) ## 2. Configure columns Click on the gear button (4). In the menu that opens, you can now adjust the arrangement of the columns using the handles (5) in front of the column titles. Using the eye symbol and the pin symbol (6), you can show and hide columns or fix them in the front area of the table view. **Tip** With the administration permission Manage permissions (administer persons), you can view the status and last execution of automatic memberships, for example. [![Configuring columns in a group list](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-table-columns-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.31.49@2x-1024x502.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-table-columns-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.31.49@2x.png) **Tip** You can also adjust the column width, which will also be saved in the view at the end. [![Screenshot Change column width in the group table](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-tanle-columns-with-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.52.36@2x-1024x727.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-tanle-columns-with-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.52.36@2x.png) > ## 3. Set filter As we only want to manage the small groups of our campus - center, for example, we only show these via a filter. Click on the search bar (7) and select *"Filter by Campus" (8)*. By clicking on *"Campus - Center" (9)*, only the small groups of the "Campus - Center" are displayed. [![Set screenshot filter in the group list](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-filter-by-campus-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.59.07@2x-1024x288.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-filter-by-campus-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-08.59.07@2x.png) [![Screenshot: Narrow down group list by campus](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-view-filter-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-09.03.48@2x.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-view-filter-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-09.03.48@2x.png) ## 4. Save view Use the button *Save the view*(10) you can now save the settings you have made. With the setting *Visibility*(11) you can specify whether the saved view is only saved for you or is displayed for all users. **Note** To be able to save views for everyone, you need the ‘administer global filters’ right. [![Save configured view screenshot](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-table-view-save-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-09.06.21@2x-1024x274.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-table-view-save-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-09.06.21@2x.png) [![Screenshot dialogue box Save view](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-table-view-visibility-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-09.09.01@2x-1024x658.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-table-view-visibility-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-09.09.01@2x.png) ## 5. Use view The saved view is now stored in the sidebar and can be called up. You can also edit or delete the view using the 3-dot menu (12). [![View, edit and delete screenshot view](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-saves-view-three-dot-menu-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-13.05.33@2x-1024x545.png)](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Group-saves-view-three-dot-menu-CleanShot-2025-07-21-at-13.05.33@2x.png) ## Read more - [What are group types and what can I use them for?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/about-the-groups-module/what-are-group-types-and-what-can-i-use-them-for/) - [What are roles and what can I use them for?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/about-the-groups-module/what-are-castors-and-what-can-i-use-them-for/)