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## Creating a Repository or View

##### Security Requirements and Controls

- `Change connections for a view` permission

- `Connect a view` permission

- `Create repository` permission

After you log in to LogScale, the opening screen will show you the complete list of available repositories and views under the Repository and Views tab:

Figure 19. Available Repositories

### Note

Organization owners and users need to have the necessary organization level permissions to be able to create a new repository or view.

Reserved Repository Names. The repository name cannot start with the names sandbox or humio.

To create a new repository or view:

1. Click the Repository and Views tab

2. Click + Add new and select one of the icons:

   Figure 20. Selecting a Repository or View

   The Multi-cluster view option is available from LogScale version 1.124, see LogScale Multi-Cluster Search for more information.

3. Fill in the forms for creating a repository or a view (fields marked with an asterisk are required and must be filled in).

   For a new repository:

   - Name

   - Description

   - Data Retention where you can specify ingest, storage and time limits for your new repository. Read more at Data Retention.

   Figure 21. New Repository Form

   For a new view:

   - Name

   - Description

   - Repository is the repository from which the view will be drawn or generated. Select one the available repository from the drop-down list.

     When you choose a repository and enter a filter, another row is displayed for adding another repository and event filter. This allows you to pull data from multiple repositories.

   - Event filter: use this field to set a filter query for how you want data filtered, for example you can limit the search to a subset of data. The filter query is applied as a prefix to searches in the associated repository, read Query Filters for more information on the filter operators' syntax that can be used when creating a view. Filtering Query Functions cannot be entered in the Event filter field.

     To retrieve all the events in a repository, use the * wildcard.

   Figure 22. New View Form

You can't use views to view details from other views — only from repositories. Therefore, you can't link multiple views.

For configuring repositories or views and ingest data to LogScale to be stored in a repository, see Repository and View Settings.

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