This is the unique name of the view. It must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores; it is used to identify the view internally and to generate unique theming template names for this view. If overriding a module provided view, the name must not be changed or instead a new view will be created.

This description will appear on the Views administrative UI to tell you what the view is about.

Enter an optional tag for this view; it is used only to help sort views on the administrative page.

The view type is the primary table for which information is being retrieved. The view type controls what arguments, fields, sort criteria and filters are available, so once this is set it cannot be changed.