diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py
index 1ffb378c14..a6c872dcfb 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/jax_backend.py
@@ -304,6 +304,26 @@ def shape(self, tensor):
     def reshape(self, tensor, newshape):
         return jnp.reshape(tensor, newshape)
 
+    def ravel(self, tensor):
+        """
+        Return a flattened view of the tensor, not a copy.
+
+        Example:
+
+            >>> import pyhf
+            >>> pyhf.set_backend("jax")
+            >>> tensor = pyhf.tensorlib.astensor([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0], [4.0, 5.0, 6.0]])
+            >>> pyhf.tensorlib.ravel(tensor)
+            DeviceArray([1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.], dtype=float64)
+
+        Args:
+            tensor (Tensor): Tensor object
+
+        Returns:
+            `jax.interpreters.xla.DeviceArray`: A flattened array.
+        """
+        return jnp.ravel(tensor)
+
     def einsum(self, subscripts, *operands):
         """
         Evaluates the Einstein summation convention on the operands.
diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py
index ee0d1460ad..8b22460021 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/numpy_backend.py
@@ -289,6 +289,26 @@ def shape(self, tensor):
     def reshape(self, tensor, newshape):
         return np.reshape(tensor, newshape)
 
+    def ravel(self, tensor):
+        """
+        Return a flattened view of the tensor, not a copy.
+
+        Example:
+
+            >>> import pyhf
+            >>> pyhf.set_backend("numpy")
+            >>> tensor = pyhf.tensorlib.astensor([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0], [4.0, 5.0, 6.0]])
+            >>> pyhf.tensorlib.ravel(tensor)
+            array([1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.])
+
+        Args:
+            tensor (Tensor): Tensor object
+
+        Returns:
+            `numpy.ndarray`: A flattened array.
+        """
+        return np.ravel(tensor)
+
     def einsum(self, subscripts, *operands):
         """
         Evaluates the Einstein summation convention on the operands.
diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py
index 935200221a..2a13ff6516 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/pytorch_backend.py
@@ -189,6 +189,26 @@ def reshape(self, tensor, newshape):
     def shape(self, tensor):
         return tuple(map(int, tensor.shape))
 
+    def ravel(self, tensor):
+        """
+        Return a flattened view of the tensor, not a copy.
+
+        Example:
+
+            >>> import pyhf
+            >>> pyhf.set_backend("pytorch")
+            >>> tensor = pyhf.tensorlib.astensor([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0], [4.0, 5.0, 6.0]])
+            >>> pyhf.tensorlib.ravel(tensor)
+            tensor([1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6.])
+
+        Args:
+            tensor (Tensor): Tensor object
+
+        Returns:
+            `torch.Tensor`: A flattened array.
+        """
+        return tensor.view(-1)
+
     def sum(self, tensor_in, axis=None):
         return (
             torch.sum(tensor_in)
diff --git a/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py b/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py
index d8f3778fc1..46abcf1ab3 100644
--- a/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py
+++ b/src/pyhf/tensor/tensorflow_backend.py
@@ -256,6 +256,27 @@ def shape(self, tensor):
     def reshape(self, tensor, newshape):
         return tf.reshape(tensor, newshape)
 
+    def ravel(self, tensor):
+        """
+        Return a flattened view of the tensor, not a copy.
+
+        Example:
+
+            >>> import pyhf
+            >>> pyhf.set_backend("tensorflow")
+            >>> tensor = pyhf.tensorlib.astensor([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0], [4.0, 5.0, 6.0]])
+            >>> t_ravel = pyhf.tensorlib.ravel(tensor)
+            >>> print(t_ravel)
+            tf.Tensor([1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.], shape=(6,), dtype=float32)
+
+        Args:
+            tensor (Tensor): Tensor object
+
+        Returns:
+            `tf.Tensor`: A flattened array.
+        """
+        return self.reshape(tensor, -1)
+
     def divide(self, tensor_in_1, tensor_in_2):
         return tf.divide(tensor_in_1, tensor_in_2)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tensor.py b/tests/test_tensor.py
index a986d042cc..60de75af00 100644
--- a/tests/test_tensor.py
+++ b/tests/test_tensor.py
@@ -66,6 +66,41 @@ def test_simple_tensor_ops(backend):
     assert tb.tolist(tb.conditional((a > b), lambda: a + b, lambda: a - b)) == -1.0
 
 
+def test_tensor_where_scalar(backend):
+    tb = pyhf.tensorlib
+    assert tb.tolist(tb.where(tb.astensor([1, 0, 1], dtype="bool"), 1, 2)) == [1, 2, 1]
+
+
+def test_tensor_where_tensor(backend):
+    tb = pyhf.tensorlib
+    assert (
+        tb.tolist(
+            tb.where(
+                tb.astensor([1, 0, 1], dtype="bool"),
+                tb.astensor([1, 1, 1]),
+                tb.astensor([2, 2, 2]),
+            )
+        )
+        == [1, 2, 1]
+    )
+
+
+def test_tensor_ravel(backend):
+    tb = pyhf.tensorlib
+    assert (
+        tb.tolist(
+            tb.ravel(
+                tb.astensor(
+                    [
+                        [1, 2, 3],
+                        [4, 5, 6],
+                    ]
+                )
+            )
+        )
+    ) == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+
+
 def test_complex_tensor_ops(backend):
     tb = pyhf.tensorlib
     assert tb.tolist(tb.outer(tb.astensor([1, 2, 3]), tb.astensor([4, 5, 6]))) == [
@@ -90,16 +125,6 @@ def test_complex_tensor_ops(backend):
         1,
         1,
     ]
-    assert (
-        tb.tolist(
-            tb.where(
-                tb.astensor([1, 0, 1], dtype="bool"),
-                tb.astensor([1, 1, 1]),
-                tb.astensor([2, 2, 2]),
-            )
-        )
-        == [1, 2, 1]
-    )
 
 
 def test_ones(backend):