Update Record

The Update Record action changes one Airtable record. Choose Merge to touch only supplied fields or Replace to replace the record’s field set.

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
Third-party account	Airtable account	Yes	Account with record-write access.
Base ID	String	Yes	Airtable base ID.
Table Name or ID	String	Yes	Table name or ID.
Record ID	String	Yes	Record to update.
Fields	Object	Yes	Field-name/value pairs to write.
Update Method	`merge` or `replace`	No	Update strategy. Defaults to `merge`.
Type Cast?	Boolean	No	Let Airtable convert values to field types. Defaults to on.

Merge
Replace

Updates only the supplied regular fields. Existing omitted fields remain.

File or File-list values are uploaded to their attachment fields after the regular-field update.

Replace is destructive to omitted fields. Use Merge unless clearing the rest of the record is intentional.

This action changes the record and returns no output.

Update RecordsMerge into or replace multiple Airtable records.

Overview

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