applyPatches method

applyPatches(qPatches, qSoftPatch)

Method used to update properties for this object.

This method was introduced in Qlik Sense version 1.0.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
qPatches	Array	Array of patches. Each path contains: qOp: Add/Remove/Replace qPath: Path to property qValue: The new value in string format. Strings need to be surrounded by \".
qSoftPatch	Boolean	Set to True if properties should be soft, that is not persisted.

Name

Type

Description

qPatches

Array

Array of patches. Each path contains:

qOp: Add/Remove/Replace
qPath: Path to property
qValue: The new value in string format. Strings need to be surrounded by \".

qSoftPatch

Boolean

Set to True if properties should be soft, that is not persisted.

Returns

Returns a promise of the RPC call response.

For more information regarding a promise, see http://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng.$q.

Example

this.backendApi.applyPatches([
{
	"qPath": "/qListObjectDef/qDef/qSortCriterias/0/qSortByLoadOrder",
	"qOp": "replace",
	"qValue": "-1"
},
{
	"qPath": "/meta",
	"qOp": "add",
	"qValue": "{ \"data\": \"this is the data\"}"
}
], true);

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