# Cannot create new item in empty database

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/cannot-create-new-item-in-empty-database/92542>\
**Category:** Database\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/cannot-create-new-item-in-empty-database/92542 "2020-05-19T08:44:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![anon5989131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@anon5989131](https://forum.bubble.io/u/anon5989131)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/cannot-create-new-item-in-empty-database/92542/1 "2020-05-19T08:44:54Z")

</div>

I cannot create new item in empty database.  
The flow is  
click button → Schedule API workflow on a list → End point Create a new thing → input 1 in empty database

In case database is empty, it does not work, but if I put something in database first then it can work.  
How can I create new item in empty database ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/6/0/6000419b18303806a730ca60299619a28d603529.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SerPounce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/serpounce/32/62068_2.png) [@SerPounce](https://forum.bubble.io/u/SerPounce)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/cannot-create-new-item-in-empty-database/92542/2 "2020-05-19T08:54:32Z")

</div>

Can you show screenshot of the step “schedule API workflow on a list”. This may be the problem, especially if that list is empty as well.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![anon5989131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@anon5989131](https://forum.bubble.io/u/anon5989131)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/cannot-create-new-item-in-empty-database/92542/3 "2020-05-19T10:00:27Z")

</div>

Please refer to a picture below

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/f/0/f02cd06b4cca8a75a06251b62bfee88293567347.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SerPounce](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/serpounce/32/62068_2.png) [@SerPounce](https://forum.bubble.io/u/SerPounce)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/cannot-create-new-item-in-empty-database/92542/4 "2020-05-19T10:30:59Z")

</div>

For starters, fill in the interval.

The problem is that your list to run on is empty. Since the item you are trying to create is within the instrument\_tables and that is also the list to run on, when this is empty there is nothing in the list.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![anon5989131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@anon5989131](https://forum.bubble.io/u/anon5989131)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/cannot-create-new-item-in-empty-database/92542/5 "2020-05-19T11:54:57Z")

</div>

Actually I don’t understand “Type of things” and “List to run on”.  
But the workflow will create new row and put “1” on “number” column. Therefore, I think empty is no problem because the action is “create new thing” from now on.