# Allow app users to create their own columns in a data source

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/allow-app-users-to-create-their-own-columns-in-a-data-source/1535224>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** database, beginner, help\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/allow-app-users-to-create-their-own-columns-in-a-data-source/1535224 "2021-09-30T08:23:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaelh1300ofqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/michaelh1300ofqe/32/117430_2.png) [@michaelh1300ofqe](https://community.thunkable.com/u/michaelh1300ofqe)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/allow-app-users-to-create-their-own-columns-in-a-data-source/1535224/1 "2021-09-30T08:23:56Z")

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Hello,

I am quite new at using Thunkable, but have a question I hope someone can answer. Is it possible to allow my users to create **columns and tables** in a data source (google sheet, thunkable table, or airtable - doesn’t matter)???

I can see how easy it is for users to add _rows_ to a database, but I don’t see any blocks for adding columns or tables. I want my users to be able to create a table that is only seen by them, and then populate that table with columns and rows. Then they would sort/filter/find data in that table.

Thank you in advanced!  
Michael

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**Author:** ![namitnagar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@namitnagar](https://community.thunkable.com/u/namitnagar)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/allow-app-users-to-create-their-own-columns-in-a-data-source/1535224/2 "2021-09-30T09:14:06Z")

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You can search for airtable component connect airtable and Thunkable and you can only add row.

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/allow-app-users-to-create-their-own-columns-in-a-data-source/1535224/3 "2021-09-30T12:35:42Z")

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This is not currently possible in all `Data Sources` (Google sheet, Airtable and Local Table).

You can of course add rows to the table with a column having the userID and then in your app show only rows with the logged in userID.

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**Author:** ![michaelh1300ofqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/michaelh1300ofqe/32/117430_2.png) [@michaelh1300ofqe](https://community.thunkable.com/u/michaelh1300ofqe)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/allow-app-users-to-create-their-own-columns-in-a-data-source/1535224/4 "2021-09-30T14:55:15Z")

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Ok, thank you for confirming.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/allow-app-users-to-create-their-own-columns-in-a-data-source/1535224/5 "2024-11-08T13:15:01Z")

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