---
title: "Report Designer View Mode"
slug: "flow-designer-view-mode-1"
description: "Open Reports in View Mode to safely review their configuration without making changes or interrupting active editing sessions."
updated: 2026-09-09T16:00:39Z
published: 2026-09-09T16:00:39Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/flow-designer-view-mode-1"
---

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# Report Designer View Mode

## Overview

Report Designer View Mode allows Users to open and review a Report without making changes or breaking active User session locks. When one User is editing a Report, other Users can still open the same Report in View Mode to examine its configuration in real time without interrupting the editing session.

#### Key Benefits

- Prevents Lock Conflicts: Eliminates accidental lock overrides when multiple users need to access the same Report.
- Safe, Read-Only Access: Users can view all Report details without risking unintended changes.
- Improved Collaboration: Stakeholders, reviewers, and non-technical team members can simultaneously explore the Report's logic and configuration.
- Faster Reviews & Approvals: Reduces bottlenecks by allowing concurrent viewing while editing is in progress.

## Accessing View Mode

1. **User action on the Report**: Right-click on any of the Report > Open in View Mode.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/Open%20in%20View%20Mode%20%20-%20Reports(1).png)
2. **Lock Entity Dialog**: A Report can be opened in View Mode when it is locked by an active user session (i.e., another user currently has it open for editing). When a Report Designer is opened by a user, a locked Report icon appears to indicate its status. Clicking on a locked Report will display a prompt with a newly added option to Open the Report in View Mode.
3. Clicking on the action will open the Report Designer View Mode. With a small identifier of View Mode at the Top-left corner.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1781544646952.png)

## Restrictions in View Mode

#### Users cannot perform the following actions in View Mode:

- Save the Report or create a Checkpoint
- Add or remove Data Source, Filters, Data Fields, and Views
- Modify properties and configurations of the Data Source, Fields, and Views
- Refresh the health score
- Ignore or unignore validations.