[[Introduction to Bases|Bases]] let you turn any set of notes into a powerful database. Here's how you can create a base and embed it in a note. Every base can have one or more [[Views|views]] to display information in different ways.
## Create a new base
**Command palette:**
1. Open the **Command palette**.
2. Select
- **Bases: Create new base** to create a base in the same folder as the active file.
- **Bases: Insert new base** to create a base and embed it in the current file.
**File explorer:**
1. In the File explorer, right-click the folder you want to create the base in.
2. Select **New base**.
## Embed a base
### Embed a base file
You can embed base files in [[Embed files|any other file]] using the `![[File.base]]` syntax. To specify the default view use `![[File.base#View]]`.
### Embed a base as a code block
Bases can also embedded directly into a note using a `base` code block and the [[Bases syntax|bases syntax]].
~~~yaml
```base
filters:
and:
- taggedWith(file.file, "example")
views:
- type: table
name: Table
```
~~~