diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
index 1d3dac94b76..04276c95eb3 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir.xml
@@ -719,22 +719,44 @@
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>
+
         <record id="view_view_tree" model="ir.ui.view">
             <field name="name">ir.ui.view.tree</field>
             <field name="model">ir.ui.view</field>
             <field name="type">tree</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <tree string="Views">
+                    <field name="priority"/>
                     <field name="name"/>
                     <field name="type"/>
                     <field name="model"/>
                     <field name="xml_id"/>
                     <field name="inherit_id"/>
                     <field name="field_parent"/>
-                    <field name="priority"/>
                 </tree>
             </field>
         </record>
+
+        <record id="view_view_search" model="ir.ui.view">
+            <field name="name">ir.ui.view.search</field>
+            <field name="model">ir.ui.view</field>
+            <field name="type">search</field>
+            <field name="arch" type="xml">
+                <search string="Views">
+                    <field name="name"/>
+                    <field name="type"/>
+                    <field name="model"/>
+                    <field name="inherit_id"/>
+                    <field name="xml_id"/>
+                    <newline/>
+                    <group expand="0" string="Group By...">
+                        <filter string="Object" icon="terp-stage" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'model'}"/>
+                        <filter string="Type" icon="terp-stock_symbol-selection" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'type'}"/>
+                    </group>
+                </search>
+            </field>
+        </record>
+
         <record id="action_ui_view" model="ir.actions.act_window">
             <field name="name">Views</field>
             <field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index 8862fa02274..e0b7d6c3252 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class view(osv.osv):
         'inherit_id': fields.many2one('ir.ui.view', 'Inherited View', ondelete='cascade'),
         'field_parent': fields.char('Child Field',size=64),
         'xml_id': fields.function(osv.osv.get_xml_id, type='char', size=128, string="XML ID",
-                                  method=True),
+                                  method=True, help="ID of the view defined in xml file"),
     }
     _defaults = {
         'arch': '<?xml version="1.0"?>\n<tree string="My view">\n\t<field name="name"/>\n</tree>',