extension/resources/walkthrough/view-container.md
# DVC Views
Click on the `DVC` icon in the
[Activity Bar](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface) to
access the views or use
[View: Show DVC](command:workbench.view.extension.dvc-views) from the Command
Palette.
❗ Welcome and support views showing some getting started instructions will
appear in the container when `DVC` is not installed or if there is not a `DVC`
project available in the workspace:
<p float="left">
<img src="images/view-container-welcome.png"
alt="Welcome View" width="49%" />
<img src="images/view-container-support.png"
alt="Support View" width="49%" />
</p>
> 🤗 If something goes wrong, you have a feature request, or you need some help-
> don't hesitate to ping us in the [Discord](https://discord.gg/BGCjJHvDHt)
> channel or open an issue on
> [GitHub](https://github.com/iterative/vscode-dvc/issues). We are happy to
> help.
If DVC and the extension are initialized, the side bar will expose multiple
views:
<p align="center">
<img src="images/view-container.png"
alt="View Container" width="49%">
</p>
- `EXPERIMENTS`. Exposes the list of experiments and common actions.
- `COLUMNS`. Used to fine-tune the experiments table to focus on the most
important metrics, parameters, and data signals and to view all available
columns.
- `PLOTS`. Used to fine-tune the plots dashboard, e.g. by toggling plots
visibility.
- `FILTER BY`. Used to view, add, or remove metrics/parameters filters. These
will hide specific experiments in the table.
- `SORT BY`. Used to display and configure how the experiments table is sorted.