Renaming view in Confluence Database
Asked by Viet Duc Nguyen:

Hello everyone,  

would anyone be so kind and please check if you can rename the view in Confluence Database?  
I have been trying to rename the filtered view on 2 different occasions, but to no avail.


Answers:
author: Trudy Claspill
body: Hello [@Viet Duc Nguyen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5511060)

I have just enabled Databases in my Confluence Free subscription.

The only way I was able to create a view without giving it a name was to add a blank space into the name when I first created it. If I put no characters or blank spaces into the name when creating the view, then the view was named "Unnamed view"

After creating a view with a name that was only 1 blank space, the next time I clicked on Add View I got this:

![Screenshot 2024-06-03 at 1.25.26?PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/327638iCF07FF15E70E6FD9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-06-03 at 1.25.26?PM.png")

At this point my cursor was flashing where you see the "View name" text and I was able to enter a name for the view.

If I tried to save another view with nothing but blank spaces for the name, Confluence inserted a sequential number instead.

![Screenshot 2024-06-03 at 1.28.10?PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/327639i6A9D5C4D64AD4307/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-06-03 at 1.28.10?PM.png")

I was not able to generate multiple blank view names. So I was not able to recreate the starting point of your scenario, with multiple view names being blank.

Have you tried another browser application, an private browser window, or refreshing the page/clearing the cache?

Does the same problem occur for other users trying to rename views on that database?

comments: author: Viet Duc Nguyen
body: Hey Trudy,  

thanks for your reply. I tested it earlier again with my coworkers and it didn't work. After reading your message I tried it again and now it seems to work as intended. I am bewildered by this but am glad it seems to be working now.


author: Fadoua
body: [@Viet Duc Nguyen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5511060)

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Let me ask you please what view are you trying to rename? if you can elaborate little bit that would be very helpful.

Best,

Fadoua

comments: author: Viet Duc Nguyen
body: Hello Fadoua,  

![Screenshot 2024-06-03 at 09.12.54.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/327438iDBFFCCF1F9609B73/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-06-03 at 09.12.54.png")

This is the filtered view I was talking about. I clicked on the 3 dots to start the renaming. The name field is blinking but it does not take any input.


author: izaanmobey
body: Hi,

I am having the same issue. Created a new view and can't give it a name. Refreshed and tried again a few times. Just not allowing any input (even tried to paste a name in there).


author: Fadoua
body: Looking into it at the moment. I am asking other community leaders for help.


author: Fadoua
body: I just learned guys this is in Beta, it is the reason I couldn't find it in my personal instance. Will be hard to help you guys since this is still in testing phase.

Best,

Fadoua


author: izaanmobey
body: Thank you, working again this morning :)


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