Editing EPrints Glossary (section)

=== Browse view ===
A browse view is a collection of pages that display menus and listings of for all [[#Live archive|live archive]] [[#EPrint|eprints]] in an [[#Archive|archive]], organised by a particular [[#Metadata field|metadata field]]. By default these fields are: ''year'', ''subjects'', ''divisions'' and ''creators''.
All the browse views can be found under the equivalent URL for archive to the following:
 https://example.eprints.org/view/
The configuration for browse views can be found in [[views.pl]], which by default is found under [[flavours/pub_lib/cfg.d/]] but should be copied to the archive's ''cfg/cfg.d/'' for editing.  See [[:Category:Browse_Views|browse views category]] for more information.

Browse view pages are cached for a set period of time, by default 24 hours. However, these caches can be cleared earlier, (so new cached version will be generated on next request), by running the following command or by clicking on the "[[Admin/System Tools/Regenerate Views|Regenerate Views]]" button in the [[#Admin menu|admin menu]]:
 EPRINTS_PATH/bin/epadmin refresh_views ARCHIVEID
One, some or all browse views can be regenerated by using the [[API:bin/generate_views|bin/generate_views]] command.  Often these used as a cron job (i.e. scheduled task) so browse views caches can be updated overnight, when the server hosting the archive is less busy.