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# Manually adding a database

If, for some reason, you cannot see your database when creating a new map, you will need to manually share the database with Notion Maps.

💡 Your account must already have an active connection with Notion in order to share.

To share your data, go to Notion, choose the database you want to see (that does not appear automatically in the interface) and click the "Share" button.

![step1](/files/B7Uls7BKTpSW92OFqhxW)

Clicking the "Share" button will display all integrations and users with access to the database. If "Notion Maps" does not appear, you must search for it in the text box.

![step2](/files/BqJbwd7BIHHBjwrFw8fb)

After clicking on the text box, you'll be able to see all the integrations that can access this database; you need to look for the one that says "Notion Maps".

![step3](/files/nd4fx3EvpCmZ3WqdCLO6)

Once the integration is selected, click "Invite". We will then have access to the database.

![step3](/files/QUCxxlJfyqZrYeFfdeMh)

In a similar way, if you gave us access to a database, and now you no longer want us to be able to access its data, you can remove the "Notion Maps" integration's access to that particular resource.


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