Procedure
To edit an existing record, follow these steps:
- Acquire the Entity object you want to edit
by using the methods of the Session object.
Note: To use the methods of the Session object,
you must already know the definition of the record. You can use methods
of the
Session object to have a query find records that match
criteria you define, and then work with the records in the query's
result set. To learn how to use the API for queries, see
Working with queries.
- Call the
EditEntity method
of the Session object. Only one user
at a time can edit a record and commit their changes. If one user
starts to edit a record while another user is already editing the
same record, HCL Compass allows
only one of them to commit their changes. The first user who validates
and commits their changes is successful. When the other user tries
to commit changes, this user receives an error stating that the record
was updated while they were editing, and their changes cannot be committed.
Results
Using the methods of the Entity Object, you can perform
these tasks:
- View or modify the values in the record's fields.
- Get additional information about the type of data
in the fields or about the record as a whole.
- Change the behavior of a field for the duration
of the current action.