# Smart Views

## Overview

Smart Views serve to display information from BuildingPro Suites for building users.

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Building users are people who do not work directly with BuildingPro Suites but passively use the building—e.g., employees in an office building.

[-> Learn more about the terminology used in this document.](/collection/preface/glossary.md)
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<div data-full-width="true"><figure><img src="https://3489494878-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F9GvUpaatBiReR43XFSMg%2Fuploads%2F6tRziCbVDLnK1mSbpph7%2FFoto%20Kantine%20Smart%20View.png?alt=media&#x26;token=11d7f7d3-0c9e-4356-9a37-2a5359297936" alt=""><figcaption><p>Fig. 1 – A practical example: A Smart View shows employees information about air quality and other information.</p></figcaption></figure></div>

<figure><img src="https://3489494878-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F9GvUpaatBiReR43XFSMg%2Fuploads%2FPFjkZL8WYVzrMYvN9O34%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=cb10a696-5dce-4dc2-a5e0-93a6bd9510aa" alt=""><figcaption><p>Fig. 2 – Smart Assist on a smartphone</p></figcaption></figure>

## Smart Views

A Smart View displays information.

Imagine a *View* as a simplified Dashboard: Just as on a dashboard, you can display one or more widgets in a View.

In contrast to the dashboard, the interaction options of a *View* are deliberately limited. Building users should not be able to make settings in BuildingPro Suites.

Just as with dashboards, you can create an unlimited number of Views and edit them later.

## Slider Groups

You can combine multiple Views into *Slider Groups*. These slider groups then switch between the individual Views after a set period.

[↗ Learn how to create Slider Groups](/collection/platform/smart-views/slider-groups.md)

## Smart Assist

Smart Assist is a compilation of several Views or Slider Groups.

Smart Assist is covered in [↗ its own chapter](/collection/platform/smart-views/smart-assist.md). The difference between Smart Assist and Slider Groups is also explained in more detail there.


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