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# Add Row

The Add Row action creates a new row in an existing spreadsheet. To get started, [Authenticate](/connect/google-sheets.md) and select an existing Spreadsheet and Sheet. Then click the Retrieve Fields button to retrieve the columns from your spreadsheet.

<figure><img src="/files/yW44dyzHV6kTWyeFZZzj" alt="Screenshot of the MESA Google Sheets Add Row action with an existing Spreadsheet and Sheet selected. Spotlight the Retrieve Fields button."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Updating columns from spreadsheet

Once you click the Retrieve Fields button, MESA will automatically add a field for each column in your spreadsheet. We use the first row of your spreadsheet as the name for each field.

<figure><img src="/files/5I68fyVLpdJyLJd45o9a" alt="Screenshot of the MESA Google Sheets Add Row action after clicking Retrieve Fields, showing a field automatically added for each spreadsheet column named from the first row. Spotlight the retrieved column fields."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Be sure to click the Retrieve Fields button in MESA after you add, rename, or move columns in your Google Sheet.

## Configuring the columns added to Google Sheets

Once your columns appear in MESA, you can use [Variables](/workflow-builder/fields/variables.md) or text as the values for each column in the row that will be added. Variables let you pass data like Order, Product, or Customer information to the Google Sheet.

<figure><img src="/files/PxgzsWbM60ggV6dB3MDp" alt="Screenshot of the MESA Google Sheets Add Row action with Variables or text entered as the values for each column of the new row. Spotlight the column value fields."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>