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Shared Views publish a saved view of GoGuardian Discover App Catalog data through a shareable URL. Use them to give educators and other stakeholders access to selected app, usage, approval, ownership, licensing, and cost information without giving them a Discover role.

Decide When to Use a Shared View

Create a Shared View when your organization needs to distribute a consistent App Catalog scope. The view captures the active App Catalog filters, including the Schools filter, and lets its creator choose which columns viewers see. Discover also provides an Approved Apps Shared View for the organization. Review its configuration and access mode before distributing its link.

Compare Public and Private Access

Changing a Public view to Private immediately deactivates its link. Changing the view back to Public reactivates the same link. Public links do not expire automatically. An authorized Discover user can deactivate a link, regenerate its URL, or delete the view.

Review Viewer Access

Public viewers can search the displayed apps, sort columns, move between pages, and download included approval attachments. They cannot change the captured filters or date range, choose different columns, or export the displayed data. Each viewer’s search, sorting, and pagination choices do not change the saved Shared View.

Control Shared View Data

Creators choose which available columns appear. Available data includes:
  • Approval status, notes, dates, and attachments
  • Usage and Screen Time information
  • Tags and assigned-administrator information
  • License quantities, costs, and contract value
Public viewers can see every enabled column. Review the selected columns, Public Description, notes, attachments, ownership information, and cost data before distributing a Public link. Privacy and compliance fields are not available in the Shared View column selector.

Manage Shared View Permissions

Discover provides 2 Shared Views permission levels:
  • Edit/View: Shows Shared Views and lets the user create or manage every Shared View in the organization.
  • No Access: Hides Shared Views and prevents the user from creating or managing them.
There is no read-only Shared Views permission for Discover administrators. Shared Views are organization-owned, so they remain manageable if their original creator leaves the organization or loses access. Public viewers do not need a Discover role or permission.

Create and Manage Shared Views

See Create and Manage Shared Views for steps to create a view, choose columns, change access, duplicate a view, regenerate its URL, or delete it.

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Last modified on August 17, 2026