diff --git a/src/app/models/ui-request.model.ts b/src/app/models/ui-request.model.ts
index 7b022c23..f3c10560 100644
--- a/src/app/models/ui-request.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/models/ui-request.model.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,24 @@ export class EditTableRequest {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Transfer a table from one namespace to another.
+ * Used for request where you want to transfer a table
+ */
+ export class TransferTableRequest {
+  table: string;
+  sourceSchema: string;
+  targetSchema: string;
+  primaryKeyNames: string;
+
+  constructor( table: string, sourceNamespaceName: string, targetNamespaceName: string, primaryKeyNames: string ) {
+    this.table = table;
+    this.sourceSchema = sourceNamespaceName;
+    this.targetSchema = targetNamespaceName;
+    this.primaryKeyNames = primaryKeyNames;
+  }
+}
+
 export class EditCollectionRequest {
   database: string;
   collection: string;
diff --git a/src/app/services/crud.service.ts b/src/app/services/crud.service.ts
index b9933953..f4a12b8c 100644
--- a/src/app/services/crud.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/crud.service.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   GraphRequest,
   MaterializedRequest,
   MonitoringRequest,
+  TransferTableRequest,
   QueryRequest,
   RelAlgRequest,
   Schema,
@@ -225,6 +226,13 @@ export class CrudService {
     return this._http.post(`${this.httpUrl}/createTable`, tableRequest, this.httpOptions);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Transfer a table to another schema
+   */
+   transferTable( tableRequest: TransferTableRequest ) {
+    return this._http.post(`${this.httpUrl}/transferTable`, tableRequest, this.httpOptions);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a new collection
    */
diff --git a/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.html b/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.html
index c2c7c175..903948f3 100644
--- a/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.html
+++ b/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.html
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ <h5>Collections in <i>{{database}}</i> [{{schemaType}}]</h5>
             <th>Collection</th>
             <th>Truncate</th>
             <th>Drop</th>
+            <th *ngIf="getAvailableSchemas().length > 0">Transfer</th>
         </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
@@ -50,6 +51,26 @@ <h5>Collections in <i>{{database}}</i> [{{schemaType}}]</h5>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </td>
+            <td *ngIf="getAvailableSchemas().length > 0">
+              <div class="input-group confirm-group" *ngIf="table.modifiable">
+                <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm" id="transferBtnGroup">
+                  <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm" dropdown placement="top right">
+                    <button dropdownToggle type="button" class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle"  style="min-width:140px">
+                        <span *ngIf="!getSelectedSchemaForTable(table)">Select namespace</span>
+                        <span *ngIf="getSelectedSchemaForTable(table)">{{getSelectedSchemaForTable(table)}}</span>
+                        <span class="canewret"></span>
+                    </button>
+                    <ul *dropdownMenu class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" role="menu">
+                        <ng-container *ngFor="let namespace of getAvailableSchemas()">
+                            <li role="menuitem"><a class="dropdown-item" [routerLink]="[]" (click)="selectSchemaForTable(table, namespace.name)">{{namespace.name}}</a></li>
+                        </ng-container>
+                        <li *ngIf="getAvailableSchemas().length === 0" role="menuitem"><a class="dropdown-item disabled" [routerLink]="[]">no other namespaces available</a></li>
+                    </ul>
+                  </div>
+                  <button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" (click)="initTransferTableModal(table)">transfer</button>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </td>
         </tr>
     </tbody>
 </table>
@@ -189,3 +210,37 @@ <h4 class="modal-title">Export tables</h4>
     </div><!-- /.modal-content -->
   </div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->
 </div>
+
+<div bsModal #transferTableModal="bs-modal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
+  <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+    <div class="modal-content">
+      <form [formGroup]="transferTableForm">
+        <div class="modal-header">
+          <h4 class="modal-title">Transfer collection to relational namespace</h4>
+          <button type="button" class="close" (click)="transferTableModal.hide()" aria-label="Close">
+            <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+          </button>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="modal-body">
+          <p>The transfer of a document-based collection to a relational namespace only works to a limited extent. Please select a field that should become the primary key.
+            Example for the input: ("id1","id2")
+          </p>
+          <div class="form-group">
+            <div class="input-group">
+              <div class="input-group-prepend"><label for="fieldName" class="input-group-text">Field</label></div>
+              <input type="text" placeholder="name" id="fieldName" class="form-control" formControlName="name"
+                     autocomplete="off">
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="modal-footer">
+            <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" (click)="transferTableModal.hide()">Close</button>
+            <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="transferTable()" [disabled]="uploading">
+              Transfer
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    </div><!-- /.modal-content -->
+  </div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.ts b/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.ts
index aa15c042..499f5827 100644
--- a/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/views/schema-editing/document-edit-collections/document-edit-collections.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
 import {CrudService} from '../../../services/crud.service';
-import {EditCollectionRequest, EditTableRequest, SchemaRequest} from '../../../models/ui-request.model';
+import {EditCollectionRequest, EditTableRequest, SchemaRequest, TransferTableRequest} from '../../../models/ui-request.model';
 import {ActivatedRoute, Router} from '@angular/router';
 import {DbColumn, Index, PolyType, ResultSet, Status} from '../../../components/data-view/models/result-set.model';
 import {ToastDuration, ToastService} from '../../../components/toast/toast.service';
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@ import {UtilService} from '../../../services/util.service';
 import * as $ from 'jquery';
 import {DbTable} from '../../uml/uml.model';
 
+class Namespace {
+  name: string;
+  id: string;
+}
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-document-edit-collections',
   templateUrl: './document-edit-collections.component.html',
   styleUrls: ['./document-edit-collections.component.scss']
 })
 export class DocumentEditCollectionsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
-
+  
   types: PolyType[] = [];
   database: string;
   schemaType: string;
@@ -34,6 +39,11 @@ export class DocumentEditCollectionsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   selectedStore;
   creatingTable = false;
 
+  activeNamespace: string;
+  namespaces: Namespace[];
+  selectedSchemas = new Map<string, string>(); // name of the collection, name of the selected namespace
+  tableToTransfer : TableModel;
+
   //export table
   showExportButton = false;
   exportProgress = 0.0;
@@ -47,6 +57,11 @@ export class DocumentEditCollectionsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     addDefaultValue: new FormControl(true, Validators.required)
   });
   @ViewChild('exportTableModal', {static: false}) public exportTableModal: ModalDirective;
+  transferTableForm = new FormGroup({
+    name: new FormControl('', Validators.required),
+  });
+  @ViewChild('transferTableModal', {static: false}) public transferTableModal: ModalDirective;
+
 
   constructor(
     public _crud: CrudService,
@@ -78,6 +93,7 @@ export class DocumentEditCollectionsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     });
     this.subscriptions.add(sub2);
     this.documentListener();
+    this.updateExistingSchemas();
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
@@ -380,6 +396,72 @@ export class DocumentEditCollectionsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Transfer table (a collection) from one namepsace to another
+   */
+  transferTable() {
+    let primaryKeyNames = this.transferTableForm.controls['name'].value;
+    const req = new TransferTableRequest( this.tableToTransfer.name, this.database, this.getSelectedSchemaForTable(this.tableToTransfer), primaryKeyNames);
+    this._crud.transferTable( req ).subscribe(
+      res => {
+        const result = <ResultSet>res;
+        if (result.error) {
+          this._toast.exception(result, 'Could not transfer collection:');
+        } else {
+          this._toast.success('Transfered collection ' + this.tableToTransfer.name, result.generatedQuery);
+          this.updateExistingSchemas();
+          this.selectedSchemas.delete(this.tableToTransfer.name);
+          this._leftSidebar.setSchema(new SchemaRequest('/views/schema-editing/', true, 2, false), this._router);
+        }
+        this.getTables();
+      }, err => {
+        this._toast.error('Could not transfer collection');
+        console.log(err);
+      }
+    ).add(() => {
+      this.transferTableModal.hide();
+    });
+  }
+
+  selectSchemaForTable(table : TableModel, selectedSchema : string) {
+    this.selectedSchemas.set(table.name, selectedSchema);
+  }
+
+  getSelectedSchemaForTable(table : TableModel) {
+    return this.selectedSchemas.get(table.name);
+  }
+
+  getAvailableSchemas (): Namespace[] {
+    if(!this.namespaces) { return []; }
+    return this.namespaces.filter( (n: Namespace) => {
+      return n.name != this.database;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private updateExistingSchemas() {
+    this._crud.getSchema(new SchemaRequest('views/querying/console/', false, 1, false)).subscribe(
+        res => {
+          this.namespaces = [];
+          for (const namespace of <Namespace[]>res) {
+              this.namespaces.push(namespace);
+          }
+        }
+    );
+  }
+
+  initTransferTableModal(table : TableModel ){
+    let selectedSchema = this.getSelectedSchemaForTable(table)
+    if (selectedSchema == undefined) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.tableToTransfer = table;
+    this.transferTableModal.show();
+  }
+
+  clearTransferTableModal(){
+    this.selectedStore = null;
+  }
+
 }
 
 class TableModel {
diff --git a/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.html b/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.html
index 2b23b471..fc24e8b6 100644
--- a/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.html
+++ b/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.html
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ <h5>Tables in <i>{{schema}}</i> [{{schemaType}}]</h5>
             <th>Table</th>
             <th>Truncate</th>
             <th>Drop</th>
+            <th *ngIf="getAvailableSchemas().length > 0">Transfer</th>
         </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
@@ -50,6 +51,26 @@ <h5>Tables in <i>{{schema}}</i> [{{schemaType}}]</h5>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </td>
+            <td *ngIf="getAvailableSchemas().length > 0">
+              <div class="input-group confirm-group" *ngIf="table.modifiable">
+                <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm" id="moveBtnGroup">
+                  <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm" dropdown placement="top right">
+                    <button dropdownToggle type="button" class="btn btn-primary dropdown-toggle"  style="min-width:140px">
+                        <span *ngIf="!getSelectedSchemaForTable(table)">Select namespace</span>
+                        <span *ngIf="getSelectedSchemaForTable(table)">{{getSelectedSchemaForTable(table)}}</span>
+                        <span class="canewret"></span>
+                    </button>
+                    <ul *dropdownMenu class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" role="menu">
+                        <ng-container *ngFor="let namespace of getAvailableSchemas()">
+                            <li role="menuitem"><a class="dropdown-item" [routerLink]="[]" (click)="selectSchemaForTable(table, namespace.name)">{{namespace.name}}</a></li>
+                        </ng-container>
+                        <li *ngIf="getAvailableSchemas().length === 0" role="menuitem"><a class="dropdown-item disabled" [routerLink]="[]">no other namespaces available</a></li>
+                    </ul>
+                  </div>
+                  <button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" (click)="transferTable(table)">transfer</button>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </td>
         </tr>
     </tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.ts b/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.ts
index 39cc57c4..ecfc43db 100644
--- a/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/views/schema-editing/edit-tables/edit-tables.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
 import {CrudService} from '../../../services/crud.service';
-import {EditTableRequest, SchemaRequest} from '../../../models/ui-request.model';
+import {EditTableRequest, SchemaRequest, TransferTableRequest} from '../../../models/ui-request.model';
 import {ActivatedRoute, Router} from '@angular/router';
 import {DbColumn, Index, PolyType, ResultSet, Status} from '../../../components/data-view/models/result-set.model';
 import {ToastDuration, ToastService} from '../../../components/toast/toast.service';
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import {UtilService} from '../../../services/util.service';
 import * as $ from 'jquery';
 import {DbTable} from '../../uml/uml.model';
 
+class Namespace {
+  name: string;
+  id: string;
+}
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-edit-tables',
   templateUrl: './edit-tables.component.html',
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@ import {DbTable} from '../../uml/uml.model';
 })
 export class EditTablesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
+  private readonly LOCAL_STORAGE_NAMESPACE_KEY = 'polypheny-namespace';
+
   types: PolyType[] = [];
   schema: string;
   schemaType: string;
@@ -34,6 +41,10 @@ export class EditTablesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   selectedStore;
   creatingTable = false;
 
+  activeNamespace: string;
+  namespaces: Namespace[];
+  selectedSchemas = new Map<string, string>(); // name of the table, name of the selected namespace
+
   //export table
   showExportButton = false;
   exportProgress = 0.0;
@@ -79,6 +90,7 @@ export class EditTablesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     });
     this.subscriptions.add(sub2);
     this.documentListener();
+    this.updateExistingSchemas();
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
@@ -105,6 +117,25 @@ export class EditTablesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     });
   }
 
+  getAvailableSchemas (): Namespace[] {
+    if(!this.namespaces) { return []; }
+    return this.namespaces.filter( (n: Namespace) => {
+      return n.name != this.schema;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private updateExistingSchemas() {
+    this._crud.getSchema(new SchemaRequest('views/querying/console/', false, 1, false)).subscribe(
+        res => {
+          this.namespaces = [];
+          for (const namespace of <Namespace[]>res) {
+              this.namespaces.push(namespace);
+          }
+        }
+    );
+  }
+
+
   getTables() {
     this._crud.getTables(new EditTableRequest(this.schema)).subscribe(
       res => {
@@ -368,6 +399,35 @@ export class EditTablesComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
   }
 
+  transferTable(table : TableModel) {
+    const req = new TransferTableRequest( table.name, this.schema, this.getSelectedSchemaForTable(table), null)
+    this._crud.transferTable( req ).subscribe(
+      res => {
+        const result = <ResultSet>res;
+        if (result.error) {
+          this._toast.exception(result, 'Could not transfer table:');
+        } else {
+          this._toast.success('Transfered table ' + table.name, result.generatedQuery);
+          this.updateExistingSchemas();
+          this.selectedSchemas.delete(table.name);
+          this._leftSidebar.setSchema(new SchemaRequest('/views/schema-editing/', true, 2, false), this._router);
+        }
+        this.getTables();
+      }, err => {
+        this._toast.error('Could not transfer table');
+        console.log(err);
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  selectSchemaForTable(table : TableModel, selectedSchema : string) {
+    this.selectedSchemas.set(table.name, selectedSchema);
+  }
+
+  getSelectedSchemaForTable(table : TableModel) {
+    return this.selectedSchemas.get(table.name);
+  }
+
   initSocket() {
     const sub = this._crud.onSocketEvent().subscribe(
       msg => {