> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.vale.sh/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.vale.sh/keys/view.md).

# View

Learn about how to lint only part of a structured file.

```ini
StylesPath = styles

[*.json]
BasedOnStyles = Vale

View = MyView
```

`View` names a View to apply to the matched files. A View is a set of steps that pull named [scopes](/topics/scopes.md) out of a structured file—the descriptions in an OpenAPI spec, the docstrings in a source file—so that Vale lints those and ignores the rest.

The named View is loaded from `<StylesPath>/config/views/<name>.yml`, and Vale reports an error at startup if it isn't there.

`View` is set per section, so different file types can be filtered differently.

See [Views](/topics/views.md) for how to write one.

Related: [Transform](/keys/transform.md) [Scopes](/topics/scopes.md)


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