Record Action

The <action-record> can be used to construct an object with some values.

<action-record name="default-order-record" model="com.axelor.sale.db.Order">
  <field name="customer" expr="action:default-customer-record" if="!(__ref__ instanceof Contact)"/>
  <field name="customer" expr="eval: __ref__" if="__ref__ instanceof Contact"/>
  <field name="orderDate" expr="eval: __date__"/>
  <field name="createDate" expr="eval: __date__"/>
  <field name="items" expr="action:default-orderline-record"/>
</action-record>

Table 1. Attributes
Name	Description
name	name of the action
model	the domain model to construct the object of
search	search for existing record before creating new
ref	reference to the existing record from context, gets preference over `search`
copy	if record is found, whether to create a copy of it
saveIf	save if the given expression is true and `id` is `null` or `version` value is provided.

The action required <field> items to set object properties.

<field> - define a field to update
- name - name of the field
- expr - expression to execute to get the value
- if - a groovy boolean expression against the current context
- copy - if the expression return a model object, whether to copy it

The expr has following format:

eval: … - evaluate as groovy expression
call: … - call a given controller method
action: … - call a given action
select: … - execute a select query and return first matched record
select[]: … - execute a select query and return all matched records
… - if none of the above, consider the expression as static value