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Batch Editing#

Batch Editing lets you apply the same change to many Business Objects at once — for example, moving fifty records to a new status or reassigning an owner — without opening each one individually.

How to start a batch edit#

  1. Open a List View of the model you want to edit.
  2. Select the records using the row checkboxes (or select all).
  3. Choose Batch edit from the actions bar.
  4. Pick the properties to change and set their new values.
  5. Confirm to start the job.

Background processing with live progress#

Batch edits run as a background job. The selection is processed record by record on the server, so a large batch no longer blocks the interface or times out. A progress indicator shows how far the job has advanced and how many records remain.

Batch edit progress and issue reporting

This is the behavior you can rely on for large selections — earlier, editing a high number of records at once could fail. The job now scales to large batches and reports its status as it goes.

Per-record issue reporting#

Not every record can always be updated — a property may be read-only, a value may fail validation, or your role may lack permission for a specific object. Instead of failing the whole batch, the job continues and collects these problems into an issues list, so you can see exactly which records were skipped and why.

Outcome Meaning
Updated The change was applied successfully.
Skipped The record was left unchanged (e.g. insufficient permission).
Rejected The new value was not accepted (e.g. read-only or invalid).