# Understanding Entries ### About this export | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | **content_type** | lesson | | **platform** | contentstack-academy | | **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/creating-and-managing-content/understanding-entries | | **course_slug** | creating-and-managing-content | | **lesson_slug** | understanding-entries | | **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/creating-and-managing-content/understanding-entries.md | | **generated_at** | 2026-05-04T05:36:51.626Z | > Part of **[Creating and Managing Content](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/creating-and-managing-content)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys. #### Video details #### At a glance - **Title:** Understanding Entries - **Duration:** 4m 5s - **Media link:** https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/iPGu30ZB - **Publish date (unix):** 1757637500 #### Streaming renditions - application/vnd.apple.mpegurl - audio/mp4 · AAC Audio · 113790 kbps - video/mp4 · 180p · 180p · 169085 kbps - video/mp4 · 270p · 270p · 209681 kbps - video/mp4 · 360p · 360p · 243404 kbps - video/mp4 · 406p · 406p · 270854 kbps - video/mp4 · 540p · 540p · 362329 kbps - video/mp4 · 720p · 720p · 516042 kbps - video/mp4 · 1080p · 1080p · 1009637 kbps #### Timed text tracks (delivery) - **thumbnails:** `https://cdn.jwplayer.com/strips/iPGu30ZB-120.vtt` #### Transcript Think of your content model as the blueprint and content types as the molds for each kind of thing you publish, like a destination, an article, or an author. An entry is the actual, filled-in instance of one of those molds. So if article is the mold, then Tokyo Tower is the entry. You can only create entries inside an existing content type, which keeps everything structured and consistent across your site. The entries list is where you manage all of those pieces of content. Here you'll see details like titles, status, who last updated an entry, and when. You can filter down to exactly what you need, take quick actions, and even save custom views So your workspace is ready to go each time you come back. One more concept you might hear, branches. If your stack uses them, say development vs production, entries you create or edit are specific to the branch you're in. They won't automatically appear in other branches, which makes branching great for experimenting without impacting live content. We'll go deeper into branches in other Academy content, so just keep this in mind for now. Let's jump into the entries area. If you're already inside your stack, you'll see a clean tabular view with at-a-glance details like title, language, content type, variants, so on and so forth. On the far right is an actions menu for each row. From here you can edit in Visual Builder, Preview, Copy, Publish or Unpublish, Export and Delete, giving you quick control without leaving the list. At the top you'll also find locale selection to switch languages for localized content, new entry to create content right from the list, views for fast filtering. You can modify the appearance of this entry's view. Click the gear icon in the top right. Notice you can manage columns by checking or unchecking any of the categories that you want to either see or hide from the view. I'll select Modified by to add it to my view. Additionally, you can change the row density to make it either more compact or more comfortable in its spacing. If you'd like to save this configuration as a view and return to it if you continue to modify these settings, all you have to do is click the View menu. Right now it reads Base Entries and choose Save as New View. I'll call this Matt's view. Now the row density option you selected is not part of a view, it's a separate setting that you control manually. On the left you'll see all the views. Under Popular Views you'll see things like Base Entry, Published by Me, Not Published. Select any of them to reconfigure the view. Below that you'll notice any views you have saved, in this case Matt's view. Select it to recall our custom view we saved. On the right, click the three dots to modify the view, like share it, rename it, or even delete it. In that same section of the interface towards the top, you'll notice you can toggle filters to control what gets displayed in the view. Content types, taxonomies, and variants are visible. If you select an option, in this case Article, the view is filtered to display just entries based on the article content type. You can manage what filters are available by clicking the Manage Filters button at the bottom. You now know what entries are, how they relate to content types, and how to slice, sort, and save your ideal view of the entries list. Next up, we'll create an entry together, step-by-step, compass travel style. #### Subtitles (WebVTT) ```webvtt WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.400 Think of your content model as the blueprint and content types as the molds for each kind 2 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:15.480 of thing you publish, like a destination, an article, or an author. 3 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:20.200 An entry is the actual, filled-in instance of one of those molds. 4 00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:25.340 So if article is the mold, then Tokyo Tower is the entry. 5 00:00:25.340 --> 00:00:32.480 You can only create entries inside an existing content type, which keeps everything structured 6 00:00:32.480 --> 00:00:35.780 and consistent across your site. 7 00:00:35.780 --> 00:00:40.940 The entries list is where you manage all of those pieces of content. 8 00:00:40.940 --> 00:00:48.680 Here you'll see details like titles, status, who last updated an entry, and when. 9 00:00:48.680 --> 00:00:54.660 You can filter down to exactly what you need, take quick actions, and even save custom views 10 00:00:54.820 --> 00:00:58.860 So your workspace is ready to go each time you come back. 11 00:00:58.860 --> 00:01:02.140 One more concept you might hear, branches. 12 00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:08.260 If your stack uses them, say development vs production, entries you create or edit are 13 00:01:08.260 --> 00:01:10.460 specific to the branch you're in. 14 00:01:10.460 --> 00:01:14.980 They won't automatically appear in other branches, which makes branching great for 15 00:01:14.980 --> 00:01:18.540 experimenting without impacting live content. 16 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:25.460 We'll go deeper into branches in other Academy content, so just keep this in mind for now. 17 00:01:25.460 --> 00:01:27.240 Let's jump into the entries area. 18 00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:32.340 If you're already inside your stack, you'll see a clean tabular view with at-a-glance 19 00:01:32.340 --> 00:01:38.620 details like title, language, content type, variants, so on and so forth. 20 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:41.800 On the far right is an actions menu for each row. 21 00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:47.600 From here you can edit in Visual Builder, Preview, Copy, Publish or Unpublish, Export 22 00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:52.260 and Delete, giving you quick control without leaving the list. 23 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:58.820 At the top you'll also find locale selection to switch languages for localized content, 24 00:01:58.820 --> 00:02:04.140 new entry to create content right from the list, views for fast filtering. 25 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:07.260 You can modify the appearance of this entry's view. 26 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:10.180 Click the gear icon in the top right. 27 00:02:10.180 --> 00:02:14.960 Notice you can manage columns by checking or unchecking any of the categories that you 28 00:02:14.980 --> 00:02:19.100 want to either see or hide from the view. 29 00:02:19.100 --> 00:02:23.180 I'll select Modified by to add it to my view. 30 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:29.620 Additionally, you can change the row density to make it either more compact or more comfortable 31 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:31.300 in its spacing. 32 00:02:31.300 --> 00:02:36.420 If you'd like to save this configuration as a view and return to it if you continue 33 00:02:36.420 --> 00:02:41.860 to modify these settings, all you have to do is click the View menu. 34 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:47.760 Right now it reads Base Entries and choose Save as New View. 35 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:49.680 I'll call this Matt's view. 36 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:54.900 Now the row density option you selected is not part of a view, it's a separate setting 37 00:02:54.900 --> 00:02:57.960 that you control manually. 38 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.880 On the left you'll see all the views. 39 00:03:00.880 --> 00:03:07.480 Under Popular Views you'll see things like Base Entry, Published by Me, Not Published. 40 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:10.120 Select any of them to reconfigure the view. 41 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:16.280 Below that you'll notice any views you have saved, in this case Matt's view. 42 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.920 Select it to recall our custom view we saved. 43 00:03:19.920 --> 00:03:25.180 On the right, click the three dots to modify the view, like share it, rename it, or even 44 00:03:25.180 --> 00:03:26.280 delete it. 45 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:31.520 In that same section of the interface towards the top, you'll notice you can toggle filters 46 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:35.000 to control what gets displayed in the view. 47 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.900 Content types, taxonomies, and variants are visible. 48 00:03:38.900 --> 00:03:44.940 If you select an option, in this case Article, the view is filtered to display just entries 49 00:03:44.940 --> 00:03:47.820 based on the article content type. 50 00:03:47.820 --> 00:03:53.060 You can manage what filters are available by clicking the Manage Filters button at the 51 00:03:53.060 --> 00:03:54.220 bottom. 52 00:03:54.220 --> 00:04:00.980 You now know what entries are, how they relate to content types, and how to slice, sort, 53 00:04:00.980 --> 00:04:05.220 and save your ideal view of the entries list. 54 00:04:05.220 --> 00:04:10.540 Next up, we'll create an entry together, step-by-step, compass travel style. ``` ```transcript [00:00] Think of your content model as the blueprint and content types as the molds for each kind [00:10] of thing you publish, like a destination, an article, or an author. [00:15] An entry is the actual, filled-in instance of one of those molds. [00:20] So if article is the mold, then Tokyo Tower is the entry. [00:25] You can only create entries inside an existing content type, which keeps everything structured [00:32] and consistent across your site. [00:35] The entries list is where you manage all of those pieces of content. [00:40] Here you'll see details like titles, status, who last updated an entry, and when. [00:48] You can filter down to exactly what you need, take quick actions, and even save custom views [00:54] So your workspace is ready to go each time you come back. [00:58] One more concept you might hear, branches. [01:02] If your stack uses them, say development vs production, entries you create or edit are [01:08] specific to the branch you're in. [01:10] They won't automatically appear in other branches, which makes branching great for [01:14] experimenting without impacting live content. [01:19] We'll go deeper into branches in other Academy content, so just keep this in mind for now. [01:25] Let's jump into the entries area. [01:27] If you're already inside your stack, you'll see a clean tabular view with at-a-glance [01:32] details like title, language, content type, variants, so on and so forth. [01:38] On the far right is an actions menu for each row. [01:41] From here you can edit in Visual Builder, Preview, Copy, Publish or Unpublish, Export [01:47] and Delete, giving you quick control without leaving the list. [01:52] At the top you'll also find locale selection to switch languages for localized content, [01:58] new entry to create content right from the list, views for fast filtering. [02:04] You can modify the appearance of this entry's view. [02:07] Click the gear icon in the top right. [02:10] Notice you can manage columns by checking or unchecking any of the categories that you [02:14] want to either see or hide from the view. [02:19] I'll select Modified by to add it to my view. [02:23] Additionally, you can change the row density to make it either more compact or more comfortable [02:29] in its spacing. [02:31] If you'd like to save this configuration as a view and return to it if you continue [02:36] to modify these settings, all you have to do is click the View menu. [02:41] Right now it reads Base Entries and choose Save as New View. [02:47] I'll call this Matt's view. [02:49] Now the row density option you selected is not part of a view, it's a separate setting [02:54] that you control manually. [02:57] On the left you'll see all the views. [03:00] Under Popular Views you'll see things like Base Entry, Published by Me, Not Published. [03:07] Select any of them to reconfigure the view. [03:10] Below that you'll notice any views you have saved, in this case Matt's view. [03:16] Select it to recall our custom view we saved. [03:19] On the right, click the three dots to modify the view, like share it, rename it, or even [03:25] delete it. [03:26] In that same section of the interface towards the top, you'll notice you can toggle filters [03:31] to control what gets displayed in the view. [03:35] Content types, taxonomies, and variants are visible. [03:38] If you select an option, in this case Article, the view is filtered to display just entries [03:44] based on the article content type. [03:47] You can manage what filters are available by clicking the Manage Filters button at the [03:53] bottom. [03:54] You now know what entries are, how they relate to content types, and how to slice, sort, [04:00] and save your ideal view of the entries list. [04:05] Next up, we'll create an entry together, step-by-step, compass travel style. ``` #### Key takeaways - Connect **Understanding Entries** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module. - Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment. - Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model. ## Supplement for indexing ### Content summary Understanding Entries. Understanding Entries in Creating and Managing Content (creating-and-managing-content). ### Retrieval tags - Understanding - Entries - creating-and-managing-content - lesson 01 - Understanding Entries - creating-and-managing-content lesson ### Indexing notes Index this lesson as a primary chunk tagged with lesson_id "01" and topics: [Understanding, Entries]. Parent course slug: creating-and-managing-content. Use asset_references URLs as thumbnail hints in search results when present. 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