Why do you create a View in a database?

Question

When and Why does some one decide that they need to create a View in their database? Why not just run a normal stored procedure or select?

Answer 1

I see a stored procedure more as a method I can call against my data, whereas to me a view provides a mechanism to create a synthetic version of the base data against which queries or stored procedures can be created. I'll create a view when simplification or aggregation makes sense. I'll write a stored procedure when I want to provide a very specific service.