# How to create views in Ignition through excel **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [September 17, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702 "2025-09-17T11:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![govind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@govind](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/govind)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702/1 "2025-09-17T11:30:18Z")
Hello All, Want to create the views from excel. So, Anyone knows about how to define excel structure which help to automatically create views? ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702/2 "2025-09-17T12:36:03Z")
- Create a view in Designer. - In Project Browser, shift-right-click on the view and select Copy JSON. - Paste it into a text editor. - Think: "Do I really want to try to generate this from Excel?" ---
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702/3 "2025-09-17T17:44:48Z")
If you’re trying to do something programmatically scripting might be a better approach. However, if something is reusable or general enough to be programmed you can probably just make a template one time. ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702/4 "2025-09-18T03:44:42Z")
I think there's a place for view generation in excel, although more so components of a view like the creation of embedded views json. I have a tool for doing this myself to place pnid devices on views ---
**Author:** ![govind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@govind](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/govind)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702/5 "2025-09-18T04:45:24Z")
Can you elaborate it? because , I have no idea about it how to configure it. I show the views folder in particular project directory there is three different files. 1. Resources Json file 2. View Json file 3. view image (Thumbnail) ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702/6 "2025-09-18T08:47:57Z")
I create the json for the view components and paste the into the View within the designer. I don't edit the view's json resource directly ---
**Author:** ![govind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@govind](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/govind)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-create-views-in-ignition-through-excel/110702/7 "2025-09-18T09:00:22Z")
Can you tell me for how to configure it? What is standard excel structure?