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Organization database

What it is

The organization database is a private PostgreSQL database that Honeybase provisions for your organization. It is the place to put data that belongs to your workflows themselves — lookup tables, accumulated results, state that outlives a single run — when you do not have an external database to point at.

It behaves like a PostgreSQL integration everywhere it matters: SQL nodes select it the same way, and queries run against it the same way. The difference is entirely in its lifecycle.

Not set up through a connection form

There are no connection fields to fill in. Honeybase provisions the database, holds the credentials, and connects to it for you — which is why it appears on the Integrations page but cannot be added from Add integration.

Enabling it

Settings → Database. Enabling provisions the database and makes it available to SQL nodes; there is nothing to configure and no credential for you to hold.

Barry can also offer to enable it in chat, as a one-click card rather than a connection form.

When to use it instead of a PostgreSQL connection

Use the organization database when the data is about your automation and has no home elsewhere. Use a PostgreSQL connection when the data belongs to a system you already run — reporting off your production replica, writing back to an application's schema — because that keeps ownership and backups where they already are.