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# Publishing a Data Sheet

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*Check out the given illustration on how to Publish a Data Sheet to the Platform homepage.*
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The user can publish a data sheet by clicking the ***Publish*** icon.

* Navigate to the ***Data Sheets*** list.
* Select a Data Sheet from the Data Sheets list (E.g., Sample Data Sheet in the following image).
* Click the ***Publish*** icon for the selected Data Sheet.    &#x20;

![Accessing the Publish icon for a Data Sheet](https://972575688-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRYq1HgffNfbnIMWPu1D5%2Fuploads%2FdoWZDQzPigvyFOKe38rT%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=7ba9d34a-603c-4214-a946-c83a5c348e88)

* The ***Publish Data Sheet*** window opens.
* Select **USER LIST** or **USER GROUPS** tab to share the published Data Sheet (Use the **EXCLUDE USER** tab if you want to exclude any user from the rights to access a data sheet).
* Click the ***Save*** option.   &#x20;

&#x20;      ![](https://972575688-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRYq1HgffNfbnIMWPu1D5%2Fuploads%2FEeK38eqZje3KZk7fGvRP%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=edbfcf53-35e6-48fb-89ba-3ff89caee0c6)

* A confirmation message appears as shown below.

&#x20;    ![](https://972575688-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRYq1HgffNfbnIMWPu1D5%2Fuploads%2FeEpESB7zLuXEd4lC8ilj%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=669262f1-44db-415d-8bb9-aefa2ef14a3a)

* Another confirmation message appears to inform that the datasheet has been updated successfully.

&#x20;    &#x20;

![](https://972575688-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRYq1HgffNfbnIMWPu1D5%2Fuploads%2FAUWF10zofskuLB4eCffz%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=3fcdb517-c0b3-4f85-b7e9-107a06b4ef59)

* The selected ***Data Sheet*** gets published on the ***My Documents*** space of all the selected user/s.

![A published Data Sheet on the My Documents page.](https://972575688-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FRYq1HgffNfbnIMWPu1D5%2Fuploads%2FukXBPHI5saqZPzy4fEbW%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=2318c7ae-9f75-4faf-8964-b500faaf2cab)