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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-task-update-entity-properties
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description: "Applies metadata-validated scalar property mappings to one entity, with an explicit choice to persist them."
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# Update Entity Properties

Applies metadata-validated scalar property mappings to one entity, with an explicit choice to persist them.

![Screenshot of a Business Workflow updating the Description property of a Site.](images/business-workflow-task-update-entity-properties.png)

## Inputs

Set `Entity`, `Persist` in the task details. Use the value editor to select compatible results from earlier tasks.

### Named Input Rows

Use the **+** button in **Inputs** to add one row per property. Enter its exact name, select its type, and enter a value or select an earlier result. Keep the fixed inputs. Additional names must be unique and different from the fixed input names.

See [Named Input Rows](../../../business_workflow_task.md#named-input-rows) for a worked example.

## Outputs

Use `Result`, `Changed` in subsequent tasks.

??? example "Update Entity Properties"

    Connect one loaded **Site**, add a String row named `Description` with value `Inspection complete`, and enable `Persist`. Use `Result` and `Changed` afterward.

## Behavior

Enable `Persist` to save changes. Inside **Before Material Creation**, leave `Persist` false so the creation operation saves the pending values.