Actions on base

The base context menu can be accessed in two ways:

From the workspace Bases tab — click the ⋮ icon on a base card.
From within a base — click the base name dropdown in the top-left of the sidebar. This menu includes additional options like MCP Server, Rest APIs (API v2 / API v3), and Import data.

Rename base

Open the base context menu.
Select Rename base.
Edit the name and press Enter to save.

Star base

Open the base context menu.
Select Add to starred.

Starred bases can be filtered using the Starred option in the base filter dropdown on the workspace Bases tab.

Remove a base from starred list

Open the base context menu.
Select Remove from starred.

Duplicate base

Open the base context menu.
Select Duplicate base.
Configure what to include:
- Include records — disable to duplicate schema only, without data.
- Include comments — disable to skip comments.
- Include scripts — disable to skip scripts.
- Include dashboards — disable to skip dashboards.
- Include workflows — disable to skip workflows.
- Include documents — disable to skip NocoDocs documents.
Select a Workspace to duplicate into (defaults to current workspace).
Click Duplicate Base.

Cross-base links, audit logs, and integrations will not be duplicated. You will become the owner of the duplicated base. Existing members are not transferred.

Delete base

Deleting a base permanently removes all its tables, data, and associated content.

Only base owners can delete a base. This action cannot be undone.

Open the base context menu.
Select Delete base.
Click Delete Base to confirm.

base delete

Find base ID

Each base has a unique ID (prefixed with p) visible in the base context menu and in the URL.

Example:

https://app.nocodb.com/wa5dveq3/pptsua3fuosby2j

In this example, the base ID is pptsua3fuosby2j.

Relations

NocoDB provides a visual diagram of relationships between tables within a base.

Open the base context menu.
Select Relations.

base relations

REST APIs

NocoDB provides a Swagger UI for each base to interact with its REST API endpoints. Both API v2 and API v3 are available.

Open the base context menu from within a base.
Hover over Rest APIs and select API v2 or API v3.

See Accessing APIs for more details.

Base settings

Access base settings from the base context menu → Settings, or via Base Settings → General when inside a base.

Available settings:

Show M2M tables — Show or hide many-to-many junction tables in the sidebar.
Show NULL in cells — Display NULL values in cells to differentiate from empty strings.
Show NULL & Empty in Filters — Enable additional filter options to distinguish NULL from empty string values.