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description: Let's add a column!
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# Step 2: Add and link a second adaptor.

This is a follow-on from [Configuring a Solo Adaptor](step-1-configure-a-solo-adapter-to-view-data.).

Click anywhere on the canvas to clear the pane.\
Then click <mark style="color:purple;">ADD NEW STEP</mark>.

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Select <mark style="color:purple;">add-column</mark> adaptor.

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The <mark style="color:purple;">add-column</mark> adaptor will appear on the canvas. Move it to a preferred location.

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Connect the <mark style="color:purple;">data</mark> **output of adaptor #1** to the <mark style="color:purple;">data</mark> **input of adaptor #2.** \
**This can be done in either of two ways:**

* Left clicking and holding with your mouse while dragging from one connection point to the next.
* Clicking on the word '<mark style="color:purple;">data</mark>' on either adaptor, and then clicking on the plus symbol that appears on the other adaptor(<img src="https://1969044508-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FVJMuSDp56RPG6HerD2nz%2Fuploads%2FXTT5ywRAkoL6hvfmmB4e%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=56b23d55-364c-4588-9c78-9a955c152aa8" alt="" data-size="line">). This will automatically create a connection.

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Select `column name`, select `Define value` , then provide the column with a name.

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Select <mark style="color:purple;">data</mark> from the **#2 adaptor** then <mark style="color:purple;">RUN STEP</mark> from the side panel. (Or <img src="https://1969044508-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FVJMuSDp56RPG6HerD2nz%2Fuploads%2FxkW0sfbXZIQ4ArWKAayB%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=2e6f0418-a119-479a-b800-57787368dd8b" alt="" data-size="line"> button).

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The `new column` will be created.\


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