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# Create New Record

This node is used to create a new record of a given class. You specify the class of record to be created in the Property Panel. Sending a <span className="ndl-signal">signal</span> to <span className="ndl-signal">Do</span> will perform the action.

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You can also provide values for the properties of the record either via connections or by typing the values in the property panel.

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## Inputs

| Data                                              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <span className="ndl-data">Class</span>           | Choose a class for the record that you want to create.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| <span className="ndl-data">Source Object Id</span>           | {/*##input:source object id##*/}This input can be used to provide an object whose properties will be used as the initial values of the newly created record.     {/*##input##*/}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| <span className="ndl-data">Property Inputs</span> | When the class of the record to be created is choosen, all properties of that class will be available as inputs. When the **Do** signal is received a new record will be created with the values of the properties either specified in the property panel or via connections. {/*##input:prop-\*##*/}The value of these inputs will become the properties of the newly created record.{/*##input##*/} |

| Signal                                 | Description                                                                  |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Do</span> | {/*##input:do##*/}Send a signal on this input to create a new record.{/*##input##*/} |

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## Outputs

| Data                                    | Description                                                                                                     |
| --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <span className="ndl-data">Id</span>    | {/*##output:id##*/}The **Id** of the new record that was created if the action was successful.{/*##output##*/}          |
| <span className="ndl-data">Error</span> | {/*##output:error##*/}The specific error message in case something went wrong when creating the record.{/*##output##*/} |

| Signal                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Success</span> | {/*##output:success##*/}A signal is sent here when the new record have been created successfully.{/*##output##*/}                                                                  |
| <span className="ndl-signal">Failure</span> | {/*##output:failure##*/}A signal is sent on this output if something went wrong when creating the record.{/*##output##*/} You can find the specific error in the **Error** output. |