---
title: "Create a table"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/tutorials/zcdrive/create-table/
description: "Build an Android file storage app using Android Studio and the Catalyst Android SDK to store files securely in your Catalyst project's Stratus bucket."
last_updated: 2026-11-04T10:10:44Z
service: All Services
type: tutorial
related_links:
  - name: "Data Store"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/introduction/
---

# Create a Table in the Data Store

Next, let's create a table in the Data Store in the _ZCDrive_ project. This table stores the metadata of the files that are uploaded in the Android app.

To create a table:

1. Navigate to the **Catalyst CloudScale** service in the [Catalyst console](https://console.catalyst.zoho.com/) and click **Start Exploring**.
![cloudscale](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/cloudscale.webp)

2. Click **Data Store** under Storage. Click **Create a New Table**.
![create-table](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/create-table.webp)

3. Enter the table's name as "**Files**" and click **Create**.
 ![table-name](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/table-name.webp)

> **Note:** Ensure that you enter the name exactly as instructed, because the application's code contains the same name.

### Create Columns

We will create **five columns** in this table to store the file ID, name, type, and the uploaded time of the file.

1. Click **+ New Column** in the **Schema View** section for the table.
![](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/new-column.webp)

2. Enter the column's name as "**file\_id**". Select the data type as **Var Char** and enter the max length as **100**. You must enable the **Is Mandatory** toggle.
![fileid](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/fileid.webp)

You can learn about the various data types supported by Catalyst and the other properties of a column from the [Data Store help page](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/data-store/columns).

> **Note:** Ensure that you enter the name exactly as instructed, because the application's code contains the same name.

3. Click **Create**.

Create the other columns in the same way with the values shown in the images:

#### uploaded\_time:

![uploaded-time](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/uploadedtime.webp)

#### file\_type:

![file-type](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/filetype.webp)

#### bucket\_name:

![bucketname-column](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/bucketname-column.webp)

#### version\_id:

![version-id](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/version-id.webp)

All columns will be created and listed in the _Schema View_ section.

![columns-created](https://catalyst-docs-development.zohostratus.in/images/tutorials/zcdrive/columns-created.webp)

The Data Store is now configured for the app.

Each time you upload a file in the app, a row will get created for it in the _Files_ table. When you delete a file, its data row will also be deleted from the table automatically.