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Your first table in five minutes

After this lesson you can create a folder and a workbook, fill your first table by pasting or importing a CSV with column mapping, and export it.

1:56 video with captions, written steps and transcript. Checked against Duckrow on October 3, 2026.

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Narration: preview voiceAna, a recruiter, pastes a shortlist for a VP Finance search. The people and companies are example data.

The short answer

In Duckrow, lists live in tables, inside workbooks, inside folders. Create a folder from Workbooks with + New, then a workbook inside it; each new workbook starts with Table 1. Paste rows from a spreadsheet into the empty table, or import a CSV, then map each column in Map CSV Columns. Export any table to CSV for free.

Step by step

  1. 1Create a folderOpen Workbooks in the rail, click + New, name the folder (one per client or project) and click Create.
  2. 2Create a workbookOpen the folder, click + New, name the workbook and click Create. It starts with Table 1: one Name column, no rows.
  3. 3Paste or import your listPaste rows copied from Excel or Google Sheets into the empty table, drop a CSV on it, or use Import CSV (also under Actions, Sources).
  4. 4Map the columnsIn Map CSV Columns, matching names map to existing columns; the rest become new columns. Pick a type for each: Text, Number, Date, Email, URL, Checkbox or Currency. Click Import Data.
  5. 5Export when you need toExport in the toolbar downloads a CSV of up to 50,000 rows. It's free.
  6. 6Add more tables+ Add in the bar under the table makes an Untitled Table; double-click a tab to rename it.

Try it in Duckrow

About five minutes, in your own workspace.

  1. Create a folder for one client and a workbook inside it.
  2. Copy five rows with a header from any spreadsheet and paste them into Table 1.
  3. In Map CSV Columns, give one column the URL or Email type, then click Import Data.
  4. Click Export and open the CSV it downloads.

You're done when you have a table with your own rows and a CSV copy of it.

Check what stuck

Three quick questions. Nothing is saved.

  1. 1. You paste rows into an empty table. What happens next?

  2. 2. Your CSV has a LinkedIn column. Which type fits it best?

  3. 3. What does exporting a table cost?

Transcript

0:00From a spreadsheet to a table

Ana has a shortlist of six candidates in a spreadsheet. In a few minutes, it will be a Duckrow table she can enrich and push into a campaign. Here is your first table.

0:13A folder for the client

Lists live in tables, inside workbooks, inside folders. Open Workbooks and click New. A folder holds the work for one client or project. Name it Northwind search, and create it.

0:28A workbook, and Table 1

Open the folder and click New again, this time for a workbook. Call it VP Finance, and create. Every new workbook starts with a table called Table 1, with one Name column and no rows.

0:43Paste from a spreadsheet

The empty table offers import CSV, or a blank start. You can also paste. Copy the rows in your spreadsheet, then paste into the empty table. Duckrow opens Map CSV Columns. Name matches the column you have. Title, company and LinkedIn become new columns, and you pick each type, like URL for LinkedIn. Click Import Data.

1:09Your rows are in

Six rows, three new columns. A bigger file works the same way: import CSV from the actions panel, or drop the file on the table. Large files go in, five hundred rows at a time.

1:25Export and more tables

Export downloads the table as a CSV, up to fifty thousand rows, and it is free. And add, at the bottom, makes another table in the same workbook.

1:37Recap

To recap. A folder per client, a workbook per project, and tables inside. Paste or import a CSV, then map each column. Export to CSV any time, for free. Next, the lead tables track.