Can someone explain why this data store doesn't save data?

[placid shale]

Before you ask, I have access to data stores allowed in my game

local dataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local clicksDataStore = dataStoreService:GetChildren("Clicks")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder",player)
    leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
    
    local clicks = Instance.new("IntValue",leaderstats)
    clicks.Name = "Clicks"
    clicks.Value = 0
    
    local playerUserId = "player_"..player.UserId
    
    local clicksData
    local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
        clicksData = clicksDataStore:GetAsync(playerUserId)
    end)
    
    if success then
        clicks.Value = clicksData
    end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
    local playerUserId = "player_"..player.UserId
    
    local clicksValue = player.leaderstats.Clicks.Value
    
    local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
        clicksDataStore:SetAsync(playerUserId, clicksValue)
    end)
end)

game:BindToClose(function(player)
    for _, Player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
        
        local playerUserId = "player_"..Player.UserId

        local clicksValue = player.leaderstats.Clicks.Value

        local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
            clicksDataStore:SetAsync(playerUserId, clicksValue)
        end)
    end
end)

[normal flower]

I believe it has to do with your clicksDataStore variable, the way you saved it is wrong.

local clicksDataStore = dataStoreService:GetDataStore("Clicks")

You didn't GetDataStore, that's a fixed version of the variable

When a player leaves you still need to assign that new data to clicksData, for example:

local success, errormessage = pcall(function()     clicksDataStore:SetAsync(playerUserId,clickValue)
end)
-- This is missing clicksData

so it would be

local success, errormessage = pcall(function() 
  clicksData = clicksDataStore:SetAsync(playerUserId,clickValue)
end)

@placid shale I'm off to sleep so if you still need help don't expect an answer till 12:00 PM EST

But yeah I think that's it. Fix your variable, and SetAsync properly and you should be good. If your "Clicks" GetDataStore has been tampered with already you may need to assign a new GetDataStore unless you know how to remove such data. But I doubt any of that needs to happen.

[placid shale]

TYSM BRO ILL TEST IT WHEN I GET HOME :))

[placid shale]

Now i get these little lines

NEVER MIND

I appear to have fixed this issue, tysm for ur help!