How to update a recordType records with updateDictionary/update functions?

Question

Hi, I've already used the updatedictionary and update functions with CDT, but how it works with RecordType? Could you show me the correct syntax please ? /* works fine with CDT */
 local!dataVehicles: a!queryEntity(...),

local!vehicles: a!forEach(
 items: local!dataVehicles,
 expression: a!update(
 data: fv!item, 
 index: {
 "id",
 "model"
 }, 
 value: {
 1,
 fv!item.model
 }
 )
 )
 
/* does not work */
 local!dataVeh: a!queryRecordType(
 recordType: 'recordType!Vehicles',
 fields: {
 'Vehicles.fields.id',
 'Vehicles.fields.model'
 },
 pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(startIndex: 1, batchSize: 500)
 ).data,

local!vehicles: a!forEach(
 items: local!dataVeh,
 expression: a!update(
 data: fv!item['recordType!Vehicle'], 
 index: {
 'recordType!Vehicle.fields.id',
 'recordType!Vehicle.fields.model'
 }, 
 value: { 
 1,
 fv!item.model
 }
 )
 )
 
/* Does not work */
 local!vehicles: a!forEach(
 items: local!dataVeh,
 expression: updatedictionary(
 dictionary: fv!item['recordType!Vehicle'], 
 fieldsAndValues: {
 fv!item['recordType!Vehicle.fields.id']: 1,
 fv!item['recordType!Vehicle.fields.model']: "my model"
 }
 )
 ) Best regards

Kiran · Accepted Answer

local!vehicles: a!forEach(
 items: local!dataVeh,
 expression: a!update(
 data: fv!item, 
 index: {
 'recordType!Vehicle.fields.id',
 'recordType!Vehicle.fields.model'
 }, 
 value: { 
 1,
 fv!item.model
 }
 )
 ) 
 
 Hi cedric01 , 
 for the second case, you can directly use fv!item instead of indexing record type in data parameter of index function to update the value. 
 For third case, updateDictionary function will only work for dictionary/cdt types.

Diana Pérez · Answer

Hi! 
 The syntax is fine but calling the record directly doesn't return the data of that record. You need to query the record type to return the data of the record type. This could be a possible solution: in items, you can put the function queryRecordType() instead of the record type itself. local!vehicles: a!forEach(
 items: a!queryRecordType(
 recordType: 'recordType!Vehicle',
 pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(startIndex: 1, batchSize: 500)
 ).data,
 expression: a!update(
 data: fv!item['recordType!Vehicle'], 
 index: {
 'recordType!Vehicle.fields.id',
 'recordType!Vehicle.fields.model'
 }, 
 value: { 
 1,
 fv!item.model
 }
 )
)

Mathieu Drouin · Answer

Should look something like this

Konduru Chaitanya · Answer

Hello cedric01 When you are using a CDT its okay to have strings as a reference. But in case of Records you need to use Record Type references. Below is an Example from Documentation Please read this for better understanding. 
 Update for Records

How to update a recordType records with updateDictionary/update functions?

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