How To Add A New Table In Airtable; Importing Data And Duplication

If you are a business owner, then you must have been told to use Airtable for your business. It helps with project management, data management, and other automations. However, to be able to use Airtable to help you yield all its benefits efficiently, you need to know the basics of Airtable. One such thing is Add a table in Airtable base.

Shall we begin will the few easy steps then?

Step To Follow for to Add a Table in Airtable

Step 1- Open Your Airtable Base

If you are completely new, then begin with creating an account on Airtable first. The next step would be making the table. For that, you need to open your Airtable database and click the “plus sign” on the top bar of your database.

Often you might have noticed this table bar option at the bottom in some apps, but Airtable has a convenient option of creating a new table at the top of your screen. 

Step 2- Choose One Of The Three Options

You can add a table in Airtable through several methods, for instance, creating one from scratch, copy-pasting, or uploading a file. 

Once you click the “plus” option, it will show you three options:

1. Create empty table

2. Create synced table

3. Import data

Create Empty Table

This option right here allows you to customize the table with the fields and their content completely. However, you can also add a table in Airtable and then copy-paste from another table’s data into it.

For this, you will have to select the fields row and columns of the previous table and then press “Ctrl+C” and go to your new table and release the data while pressing “Ctrl+V.”

One thing that you need to recheck after copy-pasting in your new table is the title of your fields. This is because they are likely to stay the same standard titles. Therefore, here you have to change them according to the data in every field. This problem wouldn’t have to be an issue if you were duplicating the data.

Import Data

Airtable facilitates the users in every way possible by allowing them to import data outside of the Airtable and directly copy-paste. For instance, in this case, you will get access to different apps you want to outsource the data for your new table in Airtable.

Conclusion of Add a Table in Airtable

Add a table in Airtable is no rocket science. However, if you are a non-tech person, you might have a hard time sorting out how to create one. This blog will come in handy in helping you add a table in Airtable. Moreover, you are now introduced to various ways of creating a table. Not to forget the thing you need to keep in your mind before you finalize the table details. For instance, the little errors that might occur while copy-pasting the data from one table to the other.

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