# Cloning an app and using a new Airtable base as the source **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [January 27, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170 "2023-01-27T13:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shane90](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shane90/32/64677_2.png) [@shane90](https://community.glideapps.com/u/shane90)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/1 "2023-01-27T13:51:13Z")
I’m at the stage of needing to clone my app for other projects. And I’m struggling to find a process in that I can clone my app, and select a new airtable base as the source for the data. I can’t seem to find any guides online or option to change the airtable base for the data tables. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance, Shane ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/3 "2023-01-28T00:38:13Z")
I’m not too familiar with Airtable, I assume a “base” is like a Google Spreadsheet. What you want to do here is clone your app and connect to a new “base” in the same Airtable account? ---
**Author:** ![shane90](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shane90/32/64677_2.png) [@shane90](https://community.glideapps.com/u/shane90)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/4 "2023-01-28T10:26:51Z")
Yes that’s correct, an Airtable base is a sheet essentially. And each base contains it’s own tables which are used inside my Glide app. So I want to clone the app and then connect it to a new airtable base in the same account. Being able to relink a database table to a new source in airtable would be ideal. I’ve heard it’s possible to change data source easily with Google Sheets, so I’m hoping to do the same with Airtable. Thanks, Shane ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/5 "2023-01-28T14:31:35Z")
@Robert_Petitto @SantiagoPerez can you help Shane with this case about Airtable? Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/6 "2023-01-28T15:01:27Z")
Oof. Not sure if this is possible. I’ll need to do some testing. I imagine cloning the app and selecting “duplicate table” does NOT create a new AT base? ---
**Author:** ![shane90](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shane90/32/64677_2.png) [@shane90](https://community.glideapps.com/u/shane90)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/7 "2023-01-29T08:23:51Z")
Hi @Robert_Petitto No when you select duplicate table it just creates Glide versions of the database tables. Which as a result stops the new app accepting new data, as all the data will be fed into Airtable. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/8 "2023-01-29T14:51:41Z")
> [@shane90](#): > > when you select duplicate table it just creates Glide versions of the database tables. I assume this is by design – the exact same thing happens when using Excel for your tables. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Petitto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/robert_petitto/32/25193_2.png) [@Robert\_Petitto](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Robert_Petitto)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/9 "2023-01-29T16:54:55Z")
Ya…that’s what I assumed would happen. I don’t think there’s a good solution here 😕 ---
**Author:** ![shane90](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shane90/32/64677_2.png) [@shane90](https://community.glideapps.com/u/shane90)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/10 "2023-01-29T16:58:56Z")
I was worried that was the case and it really throws a spanner in the works as I have planned to roll this app out to 50+ clients. 🙈 ---
**Author:** ![ryanaspire](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ryanaspire/32/45144_2.png) [@ryanaspire](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ryanaspire)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/11 "2023-04-05T02:14:28Z")
Did you find a solution to this @shane90? ---
**Author:** ![shane90](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/shane90/32/64677_2.png) [@shane90](https://community.glideapps.com/u/shane90)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloning-an-app-and-using-a-new-airtable-base-as-the-source/57170/12 "2023-04-09T11:29:11Z")
Hi @ryanaspire Afraid it’s not good news, in the end I went with Google Sheets. I couldn’t find a solution myself that worked with cloning and Airtable. However the experience of using Sheets and cloning apps is seamless.