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Data Sheets overview

UpdatedJun 20, 2026Reading time2 min read

What Data Sheets is

Data Sheets is FlowFn's built-in tabular data store — spreadsheet-style tables you can read and write from playgrounds, workflows, and agents without standing up an external database. It's a standalone, top-level feature: open Data Sheets from the dashboard sidebar and pick an app to see its databases.

The hierarchy: Database → sheet → column → row

  • A Database is the top-level container — a named, team + app scoped grouping. Every database belongs to exactly one app, just like workflows, forms, and playgrounds, and has a name and a slug (unique within the app).
  • A sheet is one table inside a database. It has a name, a slug (the identifier the SDK and workflows use), typed columns, and rows.
  • A column has a key (the field name your code reads), a display name, and a type (text, number, boolean, date, JSON, select, and more — see Managing sheets, columns, and rows).
  • A row is a record. Every row carries a stable internal _id handle that reads, updates, and deletes use to address it.

How the rest of FlowFn uses it

  • Playgrounds attach a database from the same app on their Data tab (the playground's linked_database_id) and read or write its sheets through flowfn.data.*. The playground no longer stores rows itself. See Using Data Sheets from a Playground.
  • Workflows use the Data Sheet task to read / create / edit / upsert / delete rows. See Data Sheets in workflows.
  • Agents can have a sheet attached as a tool, read-only or read-write. See Data Sheets in agents.

Plan gating

Data Sheets is plan-gated: it's available only when your plan sets allow_data_sheets. Plans also cap databases per app (max_databases_per_app), sheets per database (max_data_sheets_per_database), and rows per sheet (max_data_sheet_rows); a value of -1 means unlimited. See Billing & Plans for your tier's numbers.

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