# Viewing custom lenses in AWS WA Tool
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You can view the details of custom lenses that you own and custom lenses that have been shared with you.

**To view a lens**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Well-Architected Tool console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Custom lenses**.
**Note**  
 The **Custom lenses** section is empty if you have not created a custom lens or had a custom lens shared with you. 

1. Choose which custom lenses you want to view:
   + **Owned by me** – Shows custom lenses that you have created.
   + **Shared with me** – Shows custom lenses that have been shared with you.

1. Select the custom lens to view in one of the following ways:
   + Choose the name of the lens.
   + Select the lens and choose **View details**.

The [Viewing lens details for a workload in AWS WA Tool](lenses-details.md) page is displayed.

The **Custom lenses** page has the following fields:

**Name**  
The name of the lens.

**Owner**  
The AWS account ID that owns the custom lens.

**Status**  
A status of **PUBLISHED** means that the custom lens has been published and can be applied to workloads or shared with other AWS accounts.  
A status of **DRAFT** means that the custom lens has been created but has not yet been published. A custom lens must be published before it can be applied to workloads or shared.

**Version**  
The version name of the custom lens.

**Last updated**  
Date and time that the custom lenses was last updated.