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# Updating Records in the Database
## What you will learn in this guide
In this guide you will learn how to use the [Set Record Properties](/nodes/data/cloud-data/set-record-properties) node to update data in the Database.
## Overview
We will go through the following steps in this guide
- Update previously queried **Records**
To get most out of this guide, it's best that you are already familiar with how to set up a cloud backend, create **Classes** and **Records** and query them. You can quickly learn that by going through the following guides:
- [Creating a Backend](/docs/guides/cloud-data/creating-a-backend)
- [Creating a Class](/docs/guides/cloud-data/creating-a-class)
- [Creating Records](/docs/guides/cloud-data/creating-new-database-records)
- [Query Records](/docs/guides/cloud-data/quering-records-from-database)
## Updating Records in the database
It's simple to update **Records** in the database using the [Set Record Properties](/nodes/data/cloud-data/set-record-properties) node. You basically make sure the **Id** is set to the right **Record**, set the properties to what you want them to be and signal the **Do** input.
To try it out, make sure you have a cloud service active for your project. Set up a **Class** in the Database with some **Records** in. Finally Query some items from the **Database**. If you follow the previous "Working With Cloud Data" guides you can use the simple Task list created there. It looks something like this:
The app has two components, the main component called "App" and a List Item called "Task Item".
The main component that looks like this:
And the list item like this
A clear shortcoming of this small app is that when you complete a task and check its checkbox the database wont actually update. The `isDone` property will not change.
You can double check that by clicking a few items and reload the app. The changes are only visual, the underlying data is not changed.
### The Set Record Properties node
To update a **Record** you use the [Set Record Properties](/nodes/data/cloud-data/set-record-properties) node.
Add the node to your List Item. Click it, to edit its properties, and make sure the correct **Class** is selected.
Also note the option `Store to`. You can chose to store changes either locally and in the cloud, or only locally. Let it be set to `Cloud and locally` as we our changes to be stored directly in the database.
Sometimes it makes sense to only store the changes locally at first. For example, if you have a form with multiple fields and a "Save" button, it might make sense to first store only locally and when the user presses "Save" to store all changes at once.
Now we need to make sure the **Id** of the **Set Record Properties** are set correctly to the **Id** that the **Repeater** provides.
Now the only two things left to do is to connect the **Checkbox** to the `isDone` property and trigger the **Do** signal of the **Set Record Properties**. We want to save whenever the state of the **Checkbox** is updated, so lets connect the **Changed** signal coming out of the **Checkbox** to **Do**.
We're done! Click on your different tasks and double check that they are correctly saved by bringing up your **Dashboard** inspect the `isDone` properties. Don't forget to press `Refresh` in the **Dashboard** to update the view.