---
title: 'Sync with Data source'
description: 'Learn how to sync changes done in external data source with NocoDB.'
tags: ['Data Sources', 'Sync', 'External', 'PG', 'MySQL']
keywords: ['NocoDB data source', 'connect data source', 'external data source', 'PG data source', 'MySQL data source']
---


1. Access Base context menu by clicking on the `Base` name in the left sidebar
2. Select `Data Sources` tab
3. Click on `Sync Metadata` button listed under `Actions` column for the data source that you wish to sync metadata for
4. Click on `Reload` button to refresh Sync state (Optional)
5. Any changes to the metadata identified will be listed in the `Sync State` column
6. Click on `Sync Now` button to sync the metadata changes
  
![sync metadata](/img/v2/data-source/data-source-2.png)

![sync metadata](/img/v2/data-source/data-source-meta-sync.png)

After the sync is complete, you can see the updated state in the `Sync State` column.  
Sync modal also marks `Tables metadata is in Sync` in the header.

![post sync](/img/v2/data-source/data-source-post-sync.png)