# ExternalView

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External view.

- **Full name:** `MFiles.ExternalView`
- **Proto file:** [`mfiles/structs.proto`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/downloads/proto/mfiles/structs.proto)

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## Fields

| Field | Type | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| <a id="f-id"></a>`id` | [`ExternalRepositoryID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ExternalRepositoryID/index.md) | 1 | The view ID in external repository. |
| <a id="f-display_name"></a>`display_name` | `string` | 2 | The name of the view. |
| <a id="f-external_repository_icon_id"></a>`external_repository_icon_id` | `string` | 3 | The icon ID. |
| <a id="f-parent_id"></a>`parent_id` | [`ExternalRepositoryID`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ExternalRepositoryID/index.md) | 4 | The view's parent ID in external repository. May be uninitialized if the external view does not have a parent. |
| <a id="f-object_data"></a>`object_data` | [`ObjectVersionExWP`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjectVersionExWP/index.md) | 5 | If not null, the object representation of the folder. |
| <a id="f-folder_capabilities"></a>`folder_capabilities` | [`FOLDERCAPABILITYFLAGS`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.FOLDERCAPABILITYFLAGS/index.md) | 6 | Bit flags that provide information on the folder capabilities. |
| <a id="f-acl"></a>`acl` | [`AccessControlList`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.AccessControlList/index.md) | 7 | If set, ACL. |

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## Used by methods

- [IRPCSearch.GetFolderContents](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSearch/GetFolderContents/index.md): Lists the contents of a view or a view level: subviews, grouping folders and objects.
- [IRPCSearch.GetFolderContentsOrDelta](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSearch/GetFolderContentsOrDelta/index.md): Gets the contents of the specified folder, or a delta that indicates changes to document vault data since the logical timestamp known by the caller.

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## Used in fields

- [`ExternalViewWithParentLocation.value`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ExternalViewWithParentLocation/index.md#f-value): Resulting the Exterrnal view.
- [`FolderDataUnion.ExternalViewFolderData.external_view`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.FolderDataUnion/index.md#t-ExternalViewFolderData-external_view): The external view.
- [`GetFolderContentsOrDeltaResponse.json_external_view_folders_or_delta`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSearch/GetFolderContentsOrDelta/index.md#response): External views or delta.
- [`GetFolderContentsResponse.external_repository_folders`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCSearch/GetFolderContents/index.md#response): Reulsting external views array.