New user: Cannot choose dataprovider (drop down is empty)

[einarpersson]

Hi!

I am just trying out Budibase but I cannot figure out how to populate a simple Table.

I have added a datasource from a Google sheet, but it does not show up in the Design view.

Do I have to do something else?

As a new user, I am lost.

[einarpersson]

Ah nevermind, I figured it out.

My confusion was that I thought that Data Source and Data Provider was the same thing.

1. Add a Data Source (eg. Google Sheet) under the Data tab
2. In the Design tab, create a Data Provider (and connect it to the Data Source in the previous step)
3. In the Design tab, create a Table (and connect it to the Data Provider)

[melohagan]

To be fair it's not super intuitive the difference between them!

I'll leave the docs page here too for reference: https://docs.budibase.com/docs/data-provider