> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.custral.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Object Views

> How the Views you configure on an Object appear, in context, on every Record.

**Object Views** are the Views you set up once on an [object](/data/objects/overview) and then see on every record that belongs to it. You define the layout (which components show, how data is filtered) at the object level, and Custral renders that same layout, scoped to the individual record, whenever someone opens one.

## Define once, use everywhere

This is the heart of [record routing](/surfaces/records/overview): structure lives on the object, and each record is a personalized instance of it.

* On the **Contacts** object you build a View with a contact list and a stat card.
* When a teammate opens the record for **Avery Durrant**, that same View appears. Filtered to show only Avery's data.

You never lay out each record by hand. Configure the object's Views, and every record under it shares a consistent, contextual experience.

## Configuring an Object's Views

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the object">
    Go to the object whose record layout you want to shape (for example, Contacts).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Build the Views">
    Add the [views](/surfaces/views/overview) and [components](/surfaces/components/overview) you want every record to show. Lists of related records, summary cards, activity feeds, and so on.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open any record">
    Each record now renders those Views automatically, scoped to its own data.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Contextual components

Components on an object's Views adapt to the record being viewed. A "Related Deals" component on the Contacts object shows the deals tied to whichever contact you opened. No per-record setup required.

## Permissions

Like every Custral surface, Object Views respect [permissions](/team/permissions/overview). What a person sees on a record depends on their access to the underlying [entities](/surfaces/entities): the object, the record, and the Views themselves.

## See also

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Record Routing Overview" icon="share-nodes" href="/surfaces/records/overview" />

  <Card title="Views Overview" icon="eye" href="/surfaces/views/overview" />

  <Card title="Components Overview" icon="puzzle-piece" href="/surfaces/components/overview" />

  <Card title="Records" icon="table-list" href="/data/records/overview" />
</CardGroup>


## Related topics

- [Object Views](/data/objects/views.md)
- [Modifying Objects](/data/objects/modify.md)
- [Object Templates](/data/objects/templates.md)
- [Record Routing](/surfaces/records/overview.md)
- [Surfaces](/surfaces/overview.md)