# Realtime Presence

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URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/realtime-presence
Last updated: 2026-10-03

See live in NocoDB who else works in a table, with a color marker for each collaborator in the grid.

Realtime Presence shows who else works in a table while you are in it. Each person who views the table shows as an avatar in the toolbar. Each collaborator gets a color, and this color marks all their actions in the grid.

<img alt="Collaborators working live in a grid, each with their own coloured cell marker" src={__img0} placeholder="blur" />

## What you see

* **Focused cell** - The cell that a collaborator selects has an outline in their color, with their name on the marker. When several collaborators are on the same cell, the marker stacks their names (for example, "Alice +1"). Cell markers are scoped to the view: you see only the cursors of collaborators in the same view as you.

  <img alt="Multiple collaborators on the same cell shown as a stacked marker" src={__img1} placeholder="blur" />

* **Open records** - A record that a collaborator opens shows a presence badge in the expanded record and in the side panel. The row of the record in the grid has an accent bar in their color. The row marker shows even if they opened the record from a different view of the table.

  <img alt="Rows with records open by collaborators marked with accent bars in their colours" src={__img2} placeholder="blur" />

  <img alt="Collaborators viewing a record shown in the expanded record header" src={__img3} placeholder="blur" />

* **Field editing** - When a collaborator has the settings of a field open for editing, the field header is underlined in their color.

  <img alt="A field header underlined in a collaborator's colour while they edit its settings" src={__img4} placeholder="blur" />

* **Sidebar** - Tables with active collaborators show their avatars next to the table name in the sidebar.

## Jump to a collaborator

1. In the toolbar, click the avatar of a collaborator. Their name and their current table show.
2. Click **Go there**. NocoDB opens the cell that they work on, also if it is in a different table.

This is useful when you go through data together on a call.

<img alt="The Go there action on a collaborator's avatar" src={__img5} placeholder="blur" />

## Notes

* Presence does not lock anything. Collaborators can still edit the same data. NocoDB warns you when another person already edits the record that you are in.
* Presence shows only to members of the base who have the table open. Viewers of a publicly shared view do not show.

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## Related pages

- [Hide & Reorder Fields](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/field-operations.md): Hide, show and reorder fields in a NocoDB view from the Fields menu in the toolbar.
- [Filtering Records](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/filter.md): Filter records in a NocoDB view with conditions, filter groups, toggle filters and pinned filters.
- [Sorting Records](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/sort.md): Sort records in a NocoDB view by one or more fields, in ascending or descending order.
- [Grouping Records](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/group-by.md): Group records in a NocoDB view by up to three levels of fields, with group aggregations.
- [Colouring Records](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/record-colouring.md): Color records and individual fields in NocoDB views, based on a single select field or on conditions.
- [Record Height](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/row-height.md): Set the record height in a NocoDB grid to Short, Medium, Tall or Extra.
- [Freeze Fields](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/freeze-fields.md): Freeze up to three fields in a NocoDB Grid view so they stay in place when you scroll horizontally.
- [Search](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/tables/table-operations/search.md): Search for records in a NocoDB table, in one field or in all fields, from the toolbar.