Views are useful for allowing users to access a set of relations (tables) as if it were a single table, and limiting their access to just that. Views can also be used to restrict access to rows (a subset of a particular table).
You can think of a view as virtual table. It does not physically exist, but works like a real table. Usually it is created by a query joining one or more tables.
With Database Designer for MySQL you can:
Diagram Objects: Creating a View | View Editor | View Manager | View Designer
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