--- title: Current View description: A Current View shows the current values of the satellites of a Hub or Link, one row per business key, as a view in the Raw Vault layer. --- [Skip to content](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/current-view#main-content) [Contact us](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [Go to Customer Portal](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/customer-portal?hsLang=en) [![TRI\_Logo\_biGENIUS\_2020\_RGB\_s](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/TRI_Logo_biGENIUS_2020_RGB_s.png?width=150&height=42&name=TRI_Logo_biGENIUS_2020_RGB_s.png)](https://www.bigenius-x.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/kb-tickets/new) - [Go to Customer Portal](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/customer-portal) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [biGENIUS-X Knowledge Base](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Generators](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/generators?hsLang=en) 3. [Model Object Type](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/generators?hsLang=en#model-object-type) # Current View **Applies to** Platform: Microsoft SQL Server · Snowflake · Snowflake dbt · Databricks · Databricks dbt · Fabric Lakehouse · Fabric Warehouse · Oracle Architecture: Data Vault A Current View shows the current values of the satellites of a Hub or Link, one row per business key, as a view in the Raw Vault layer. Use it as a simple query layer or as the source of Business Vault objects and marts that need only the latest state. The view has no table and no loader, so it always reflects the last load. ### Sources and relationships A Current View has exactly one dataflow with one dataflow set and no relationships. The dataflow set contains: - Exactly one [Hub](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hub?hsLang=en), [Link](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/link?hsLang=en), [Hierarchical Link](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hierarchical-link?hsLang=en) or [Driving Key Link](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/driving-key-link?hsLang=en). - Either one [PIT](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/pit?hsLang=en) of that Hub or Link and the satellites of the PIT whose terms you need, or no PIT and exactly one satellite. The satellites can be [Satellites](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/satellite?hsLang=en), [Link Satellites](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/link-satellite?hsLang=en), [Effectivity Satellites](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/effectivity-satellite?hsLang=en) and [Effectivity Link Satellites](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/effectivity-link-satellite?hsLang=en). Business Vault types, BusinessVault Composite, [Hierarchy Flatten](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/hierarchy-flatten?hsLang=en) and [Vault Out](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/vault-out?hsLang=en) can read a Current View. ### Create the model object There is no wizard. [Create a model object](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/create-a-model-object?hsLang=en) of type Current View in the Raw Vault layer, [create a dataflow set](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/create-a-data-flow-set?hsLang=en), [add the source model objects](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/add-a-model-object-into-a-data-flow-set?hsLang=en) and [map the terms](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/map-a-source-term-with-a-target-term?hsLang=en) you want to show: usually the hash key and business keys of the Hub or Link and the descriptive terms of the satellites. You do not write join expressions; the generator builds the joins. A filter expression of the dataflow set is added to the view. ### How the view finds the current values - With a PIT: the view reads the rows of the PIT result view that are valid until the End of Universe, one per key. It joins the Hub or Link on the PIT key and each satellite table on the satellite key and `BG_ValidFromTimestamp` that the PIT row references. A satellite without a version at that point contributes the values of its unknown-member row. - Without a PIT: the view joins the Hub or Link result view with the satellite result view on the key and keeps the satellite version that is valid until the End of Universe. A key without a satellite version does not appear. ### Properties - [Implementation Type](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/implementation-type-model-object?hsLang=en): `Virtual` only. A Current View has no Default Terms. ### Generated objects On Microsoft SQL Server, a Current View generates one object, the view `RDV_Current_`, where `` stands for the name of the model object. Its target object role is Result. - There is no source view, loader or table, and no unknown-member row. - The view exists also when the project property [Create Result Views](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/create-result-views-project?hsLang=en) is false. - It reads the PIT result view, the Hub or Link result view and, with a PIT, the satellite tables or, without a PIT, the satellite result view. A load does not run the view. It shows the data after these objects are loaded: ``` Hub or Link, satellites -> PIT (optional) -> RDV_Current_ ``` ### Example The Current View `based_on_hub_with_pit_rcv` on Microsoft SQL Server reads the PIT `customer_based_on_hub`, the Hub `load_customer_hub` and the two Satellites of the PIT. `load_customer_sat` holds the customer name, and `load_caching_hashing` holds the address. The view maps `CUSTOMER_ID`, `CUSTOMER`, `ADDRESS_LINE1`, `ZIP_CODE` and other terms. The loads deliver these customers: - Load 1 on 2026-10-28 08:00: customer 1 Contoso Ltd at Bahnhofstrasse 1, 8001, and customer 2 Fabrikam AG at Unter den Linden 5, 10117. - Load 2 on 2026-10-29 08:00: customer 1 is renamed to Contoso Group, and customer 3 Northwind at Graben 10, 1010, arrives. - Load 3 on 2026-10-30 08:00: customer 1 moves to Hardturmstrasse 100, 8005. - Load 4 on 2026-10-31 08:00: no change. ### Check the result Query the view, here in the schema `p2`: ``` SELECT CUSTOMER_ID, CUSTOMER, ADDRESS_LINE1, ZIP_CODE FROM p2.RDV_Current_based_on_hub_with_pit_rcv ORDER BY CUSTOMER_ID; ``` This is the result after load 4: ``` CUSTOMER_ID CUSTOMER ADDRESS_LINE1 ZIP_CODE 1 Contoso Group Hardturmstrasse 100 8005 2 Fabrikam AG Unter den Linden 5 10117 3 Northwind Graben 10 1010 ``` - Customer 1 shows the name from load 2 and the address from load 3, the current version of each Satellite. - The view has one row per customer. ### Platform differences - Snowflake: names are in capitals. The dataflow property [Warehouse Placeholder Variable Name](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/warehouse-placeholder-variable-name-dataflow?hsLang=en) applies. - Databricks and Fabric Lakehouse: the view name is in lowercase. - Databricks dbt and Snowflake dbt: the Current View becomes the dbt model `rdv_current_`. - Fabric Warehouse: the same view as on Microsoft SQL Server, deployed by notebooks. - Oracle: names are in capitals. ### Limitations - A Current View holds exactly one Hub, Link, Hierarchical Link or Driving Key Link, and at most one PIT. Without a PIT it holds exactly one satellite. Validation reports an error otherwise. - When the view maps the `DrivingKeyLink_HK` of a Driving Key Link, it cannot read a PIT. - A Current View does not read Multi-Active, Record Tracking or Non-Historized satellites. ### Related articles - Previous: [PIT](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/pit?hsLang=en), [Satellite](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/satellite?hsLang=en) - Reference: [Create Result Views (Project)](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/create-result-views-project?hsLang=en), [End of Universe (Project)](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/end-of-universe-project?hsLang=en) - See also: [History View](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/history-view?hsLang=en), [Business Current View](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/business-current-view?hsLang=en), [Model a Data Vault Solution](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/model-a-data-vault-solution?hsLang=en) - [Getting started](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Guidelines](https://knowledge.bigenius-x.com/getting-started?hsLang=en#guidelines) - 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