--- slug: /en/sql-reference/table-functions/view sidebar_position: 51 sidebar_label: view title: view --- Turns a subquery into a table. The function implements views (see [CREATE VIEW](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/statements/create/view/#create-view)). The resulting table does not store data, but only stores the specified `SELECT` query. When reading from the table, ClickHouse executes the query and deletes all unnecessary columns from the result. **Syntax** ``` sql view(subquery) ``` **Arguments** - `subquery` — `SELECT` query. **Returned value** - A table. **Example** Input table: ``` text ┌─id─┬─name─────┬─days─┐ │ 1 │ January │ 31 │ │ 2 │ February │ 29 │ │ 3 │ March │ 31 │ │ 4 │ April │ 30 │ └────┴──────────┴──────┘ ``` Query: ``` sql SELECT * FROM view(SELECT name FROM months); ``` Result: ``` text ┌─name─────┐ │ January │ │ February │ │ March │ │ April │ └──────────┘ ``` You can use the `view` function as a parameter of the [remote](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/remote/#remote-remotesecure) and [cluster](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/table-functions/cluster/#cluster-clusterallreplicas) table functions: ``` sql SELECT * FROM remote(`127.0.0.1`, view(SELECT a, b, c FROM table_name)); ``` ``` sql SELECT * FROM cluster(`cluster_name`, view(SELECT a, b, c FROM table_name)); ``` **See Also** - [View Table Engine](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/engines/table-engines/special/view/)