Referring back to Figure 1, the Views Bar currently provides three different views of the data model. These views primarily modify what is displayed within the Canvas area but also contextually determine what tabs and operations are available in the Ribbon, as well as modify which Panes are displayed.

There are three different views available:

• Report: The Report view allows for the authoring of reports through the creation of visualizations on one or more pages.
• Data: The Data view provides an interface for exploring the data contained within the individual tables of a data model.
• Model: The Model view provides an overall look at all of the tables in the data model and how those tables relate to one another.