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# Provide a Smart View

## Explanation

For building users to be able to view the Smart View, you must provide it.

A Smart View is provided by opening a link to the Smart View in a web browser.

The end device must have a screen and access to the internet. If the end device has a touchscreen, the audience can interact with the presented content.

## Procedure

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Proceed as follows:

1. Open the [-> Configure Smart View menu](/collection/platform/smart-views/configure-a-smart-view.md)
2. Click on **\[O]**

   ▷ The URL of the Smart View is copied to the clipboard
3. Open the copied URL in a web browser

   ▷ The provided Smart View is displayed

## Restrict Access

You can restrict access to a provided Smart View.

In this case, valid login credentials must be entered before a provided Smart View can be viewed.

To do this, activate the option **\[N]**.

## Update Smart View

If you make changes to a Smart View, these changes are not automatically applied to the Smart View displayed in the web browser.

You have 2 options to update the provided Smart View.

### Manually

1. Reload the Smart View in the browser.

### Via [↗ Slider Group](/collection/platform/smart-views/slider-groups.md)

You can emulate an automatic update of the Smart View using a workaround. To do this, add the same Smart View twice to a slider group. Each time the view switches between the two, the latest version of the view is loaded.


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