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title: 'Import Airtable to NocoDB'
description: 'A complete import of your Airtable to any MySQL, Postgres, SQLite and SQL server databases within minutes'
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NocoDB allows a complete import of your Airtable to any MySQL, Postgres, SQLite and SQL server databases within minutes.
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Import from Airtable is in beta version. See [Importing Airtable To NocoDB](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/discussions/2122) for the migration notes.
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## Get Airtable Credentials
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You need to retrieve API key and Shared Base ID / URL from Airtable.
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### Retrieve API Key
- Copy your Airtable API Key from [Airtable Accounts](https://airtable.com/account) page
![Screenshot 2022-05-16 at 1 50 07 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/168569905-48c16d6d-c44a-4337-be49-0ac3dc1f7b75.png)
### Retrieve Share Base ID / URL
See [here](https://support.airtable.com/hc/en-us/articles/205752117-Creating-a-base-share-link-or-a-view-share-link#basesharelink) for detailed procedures.
1. Open `Share` menu in your Project / Base
![Screenshot 2022-05-16 at 3 47 27 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/168572054-533b8c19-d76e-4add-b876-f1e0570ac33c.png)
2. Open tab `Share Publicly`
3. Enable `Turn on full base access`
4. Copy generated shared base URL
![Screenshot 2022-05-16 at 3 41 54 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/168572062-5dee065d-2394-426d-8f43-77ecc0c9b73f.png)
## Import Airtable to NocoDB
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Prerequisites:
- A NocoDB Project
- Airtable Credentials
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Below are 3 simple steps
1. Go to your Project dashboard, click on `Import Data`
![import data](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/assets/86527202/e5ca7748-5918-4fec-a2f5-6ffa7ab753f8)
2. Select `Airtable`
![import data airtable](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/assets/86527202/c9f4aab6-4de3-4e24-808a-27d4f10104ce)
3. Input API key & Shared Base ID / URL (retrieved from `Get Airtable Credentials` above).
- <1> API Key
- <2> Share Base ID
- <3> Configuration option
- Import Data: disable this option to import only table & view schema's
- Import Secondary Views: disable this option to import only primary grid view per table
- Import Rollup Columns: disable this option to skip Rollup column import
- Import Lookup Columns: disable this option to skip Lookup column import
- Import Attachments Columns: disable this option to skip Attachment column import
- \ Import Formula Columns: disable this option to skip Formula (computation) column import
![Screenshot 2022-09-14 at 9 30 14 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/190057133-92807b16-4f2b-4c58-8bae-a2cfe677ee62.png)
3. Click `Import` and you will see the status
4. Wait until `Go To Dashboard` button is activated on the modal. Import details are captured in log window.
![Screenshot 2022-09-14 at 9 33 42 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/86527202/190057152-be9ec6cb-e414-465c-8967-d1ad40478ce1.png)