# Can't add new entity in specific view

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-add-new-entity-in-specific-view/9108>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [July 1, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-add-new-entity-in-specific-view/9108 "2025-07-01T00:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![brunlau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@brunlau](https://community.fibery.io/u/brunlau)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-add-new-entity-in-specific-view/9108/1 "2025-07-01T00:48:04Z")

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I have some views that draw from 2 databases. In some of these views I am able to go to the bottom and add a new entity for each database. In other views, I can only add a new entity for one of the databases. As far as I can tell, the only difference is that on the views where I _can’t_ add a new entity, I have a “Group By” field selected under Rows \> Levels. If I remove “Group By” the option appears again to add a new entity to the table. Why would this be?

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-add-new-entity-in-specific-view/9108/2 "2025-07-01T08:02:27Z")

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What type of views are they (table, list, … )?

If you have a view that includes grouping, then you can create a new entity within a given group by right-clicking the group and choosing `New <xyz> inside`

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**Author:** ![brunlau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@brunlau](https://community.fibery.io/u/brunlau)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-add-new-entity-in-specific-view/9108/3 "2025-07-01T16:39:29Z")

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The views are all tables. I did not realize that about the right-click- I can definitely use that as a work-around, though it’s still confusing why this happens. Brand new to Fibery, so still wrapping my head around things.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-add-new-entity-in-specific-view/9108/4 "2025-07-01T17:23:02Z")

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> [@brunlau](#):
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> it’s still confusing why this happens

If you are displaying entities that are grouped by a field which is a required field (e.g. a workflow, or a required select/relation field) then a user needs to make a deliberate choice as to which group to create a new entity in - you can’t just create an entity that doesn’t belong to any group.  
This could be why you aren’t seeing a generic `+ New xyz` at the bottom.  
I suppose we could redesign so that there is a `+ New xyz` option for each group, but this would grow the size of the table a significant amount.