# How do I rename the base view within a Topic?

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**Category:** Modeling\
**Created:** [April 15, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.omni.co/t/how-do-i-rename-the-base-view-within-a-topic/38 "2024-04-15T22:11:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.omni.co/t/how-do-i-rename-the-base-view-within-a-topic/38/1 "2024-04-15T22:11:21Z")

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While it often makes sense for a [Topic](https://docs.omni.co/modeling/topics) to have the same name as its base view, you sometimes want the base view to have a different label. For example, if the `base_view` of your `Revenue` topic is `order_items`, then you might want to relabel the `orders` topic as `sold_items`.

Thankfully, we have just the thing for that 🙌 You’re looking for the `base_view_label` **parameter**. You can follow the documentation [here](https://docs.exploreomni.com/modeling/topics#base_view_label) to apply the `base_view_label` parameter in your model to achieve this. Here’s an example: