The database: entities, records, and your data

Your app data lives in the database as entities and records. This guide explains how to view and manage it.

Every app keeps data. In Fine Structure that data lives in the database. An entity is a type of thing your app stores, such as Customer, Order, or Task. A record is one item of that type, like a single customer.

Term | What it means

Entity | A kind of data, for example Customer. It has fields like name and email.

Field | One piece of information on an entity, for example the email field.

Record | One saved item, for example the customer named Dana.

What you can do in the Database tab

• See every entity in your app and the fields on each one.
• Browse, add, edit, and remove records.
• Add a new field to an entity when you need to store more.
• Import data you already have so you do not start empty.

Ask the Studio to change your data shape: You do not have to edit fields by hand. You can ask the Studio to add a field or a new entity in plain words, and it will update the app for you.