# Prepopulating views/search/forms using URL parameters

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/prepopulating-views-search-forms-using-url-parameters/5153>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Tags:** form-view\
**Created:** [September 14, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/prepopulating-views-search-forms-using-url-parameters/5153 "2023-09-14T16:24:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/prepopulating-views-search-forms-using-url-parameters/5153/4 "2023-09-26T09:35:26Z")

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At the moment, a view has to be formally created by someone (or by an API call). There is no way to bring a view into existence merely by constructing a URL.  
However, [you can create context views in smart folders, and the URL for each entity is predictable](https://community.fibery.io/t/how-to-create-a-dynamic-link-that-shows-a-view-filtered-by-current-entity/5152).  
In this case, even though you would seem to be creating a view only once, you are actually creating one for each entity, each of which can then be referenced from anywhere.  
(and as a quick point to note, the views will persist even if the smart folder is deleted 😉 )

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