# Create a table and its fields

> Name a new table, then add its fields from the field type gallery: pick each field's type, unit and who sees it.

Source: https://www.speclatch.com/guide/tables/create-a-table
Who: Admin or Engineering. Plan: Every plan.
Last verified: 2026-11-11

## Before you start

- You need the Admin role, or Engineering with Confidential visibility. Other members don't see **New table**.
- List the specs you track for one kind of product, with the unit of each.
- Decide which specs customers may see. Each field gets its tier when you create it.

The example builds a Pressure Gauges table.

## Steps

1. Open **Tables** and click **New table**. The **Fields** page opens with the cursor in the **New table name** box.
2. Type the name, such as Pressure Gauges, and press Enter. The table joins the **Tables** list on the left.
3. Click the new table in that list, then click **Add field**.
4. Pick a tile in the gallery. **Number** holds a value with or without a unit; **Choice** holds options from a list you define.
5. Type the field's **Name**, such as "Range, high end". For a Number, pick its **Unit**, such as psi, or **None — a plain number**.
6. Under **Who sees it**, pick the field's tier. New fields start as Internal.
7. Tick **Required before a record can be submitted for review** if every record needs a value. Click **Create field**.
8. Click **Add field** again for each spec. Use **Move up** and **Move down** on a row to set the order.

![The New field dialog with nine field type tiles: Text, Number, Yes / no, Date, Choice, Files, Link to records, From linked records and Calculated](https://www.speclatch.com/guide/tables/create-a-table-1.png)

*Step 4: the gallery asks what kind of value the field holds.*

![The field form for a Number field named Weight, dry, with the lb unit chosen and a tier picked under Who sees it](https://www.speclatch.com/guide/tables/create-a-table-2.png)

*Steps 5 to 7: name, unit, tier and the Required box on one form.*

> **Tip:** Open **Details** on the form and fill in **Group**. Fields that share a group form one section on the record page, spec sheets and the portal.

> **The key is permanent.** **More options** shows the field's **Key**, filled in from the name. Formulas, imports and the API use it, so it can't change after you create the field. You can still rename the field.

## What happens after

The table shows on **Tables** with its field count, and every record you add gets these fields. Once a record holds a value in a field, that field's type is locked. Next, fill the table from the spreadsheet you use today: [import a spreadsheet](/guide/import-export/import-a-spreadsheet).