# Bases

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URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases
Last updated: 2026-10-03

A NocoDB base holds your tables, views, forms and dashboards, and has its own members and permissions.

In NocoDB, a base is the main structure that holds your data. It contains tables, views, forms, dashboards and more. A base is a complete environment to organize data and work on it with other people. Each base belongs to one workspace.

The person who creates a base becomes its **owner**. A base must always have one or more owners. A base can have more than one owner, and each owner has full control of the base settings and permissions.

## Base-level Permissions

Each base has its own members and permissions, separate from workspace access. This lets you control who can see or edit the content of a base. To manage members, refer to [Base Collaboration](/docs/product/bases/base-collaboration). For more detailed access control, refer to [Table Permissions](/docs/product/collaboration/table-permissions) and [Field Permissions](/docs/product/collaboration/field-permissions).

## Base Dashboard

The base dashboard is the first page that opens when you open a base. It gives quick access to common data actions.

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### Data Actions

| Action                              | What it does                                                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Create New Table**                | Starts a new empty table.                                                                                                                                              |
| **Import Data**                     | Uploads data from files and external sources.                                                                                                                          |
| **Create Dashboard**                | Builds a dashboard with charts and widgets to show your data.                                                                                                          |
| **[Sync Data](/docs/product/sync)** | Mirrors a Grid view from another base ([NocoDB Sync](/docs/product/sync/nocodb-sync)), or gets data from an external system ([App Sync](/docs/product/sync/app-sync)). |
| **Connect External Data**           | Connects in realtime to external databases, for example MySQL or PostgreSQL.                                                                                           |

## Availability

* To create a base, you need the **Creator** or **Owner** role in the workspace.

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## Related pages

- [Create Base](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/create-base.md): Create a NocoDB base from scratch, from a template or with AI.
- [Folders](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/folders.md): Organize tables, documents, and dashboards into collapsible folders in the NocoDB base sidebar.
- [Import Airtable to NocoDB](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/import-base-from-airtable.md): Import a complete Airtable base into NocoDB in a few minutes.
- [Base Collaboration](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/base-collaboration.md): Invite members and teams to a NocoDB base, manage their base roles, and remove their access.
- [Share Base](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/share-base.md): Share a NocoDB base with a public read-only link, set a custom URL, and embed the base in an iframe.
- [Base Snapshots](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/snapshots.md): Create, restore and delete point-in-time snapshots of a NocoDB base.
- [Base Trash ☁](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/base-trash.md): Use NocoDB Base Trash to view, restore, and permanently delete deleted records, tables, views, fields, dashboards, widgets, workflows, scripts, and extensions.
- [Trash Settings ☁](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/trash-settings.md): Set the trash retention period for each table in a NocoDB base, or turn off trash for a table.