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title: "Create an empty catalog table"
slug: "create-catalog-table"
updated: 2025-10-08T10:06:28Z
published: 2025-10-08T10:06:28Z
canonical: "docs.akridata.ai/create-catalog-table"
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# Create an empty catalog table

The [Quick Import catalog](https://portal.document360.io/data-explorer/docs/quick-import-catalog), which automatically infers column type and creates a table, is recommended for the most common cases. This article describes creating an empty table for specific cases where the column type needs to be set explicitly.

This procedure involves creating a table with schema details that can be followed by importing the catalog in supported formats like CSV, COCO JSON etc. The table creation must be done before the first import.

### **Create table**

1. Navigate to**Data**>**Datasets**.
2. Click the dataset card for which you want to create the table.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/car_damage_dataset.jpg)
3. On the dataset page, click the 3-dots icon adjacent to the **Catalog** button, select **Catalog**> **Create Table**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/create-table(2).jpg)
4. Enter **Table Name** and **Table Description**.
5. Enter the **Column Name**, **Column Type**, and **Column Size**. The Column Name must match the column names in the first (header) line of the CSV file. The Column Type should be a valid SQL type.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/create-table-details(1).jpg)

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**You can add multiple columns by clicking the****+****(plus) icon.**
6. Click **Submit**after filling in all the column details.

You can now import a catalog into this table.