>It doesn't seem right to have one dataenv with both views and use the initialselectedalias to tell the dataenv which view I want to use. Doing it this way would mean I would have both views open but only be actaully using one of them.

Not sure whether to say it's right, but that's what I'm doing. The parameterized view is the primary view, the one to which changes can be written, while the other is just a lookup. You might look for recent messages from June Kendrick and discuss with her, she's new and has been asking similar questions.

Chris.