# Create, paste and save your first table

Create a typed customer/product table, review the complete paste and save its first version.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/configsheets/guides/configsheets-first-table

Audience: Owner

Use an authorised SmartFACT account and synthetic practice data. This desktop guide follows the complimentary invited pilot. Background connections and Google Sheets synchronisation are outside its scope.

## Create, paste and save your first table

1. **Open reference tables**

   Open reference tables.

   An owner creates tables. Choose the columns and matching keys before creation because their structure is fixed afterwards.

2. **Name the table**

   Name the table.

   Use a clear name. The starting schema separates the kit code from the customer code printed on a label.

3. **Create the empty table**

   Create the empty table.

   The new table has no saved rows yet. Text preserves exact identifiers, including leading zeroes.

4. **Choose spreadsheet paste**

   Choose spreadsheet paste.

   Paste tab-separated spreadsheet cells with the header. Merge keeps other rows; replace removes rows absent from the new data.

5. **Paste the reviewed example**

   Paste the reviewed example.

   These two rows are synthetic. Keep row_id unique, and keep customer_code plus product_code unique together.

6. **Validate and review the paste**

   Validate and review the paste.

   Review checks the entire proposed table. Inspect the added rows before saving. A preview has not saved or activated anything.

7. **Record a useful reason**

   Record a useful reason.

   Record why this version is needed so another maintainer can understand its history.

8. **Confirm the review**

   Confirm the review.

   Only confirm after checking the proposed rows and differences. Removed rows need a separate acknowledgement.

9. **Save version one**

   Save version one.

   Version one is retained. Each receiving product still reviews and accepts the data separately. Saving a table does not create or deliver a feed.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/configsheets/demo?guide=configsheets-first-table&chapter=first-table&audience=office)

Keep receiving-product review and activation separate from saving or exporting reference data.