Creating views
Views in Jenkins allow us to organize jobs and content into tabbed categories, which are displayed on the main dashboard. As a Jenkins instance expands, it is logical to create associated views for appropriate groups and categories. For example it may be a good idea to create a Build view, which displays build-specific jobs within it. Let's spend a few minutes discovering how to implement a new view within Jenkins and learn ways to filter its content.
To implement a new view, there is a tab icon with a plus sign located on the main Jenkins dashboard, as illustrated in Figure 3-14:
Figure 3-14: Creating a new view
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