# Best practices on updating record in Airtable

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practices-on-updating-record-in-airtable/2814847
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [February 1, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practices-on-updating-record-in-airtable/2814847 "2024-02-01T15:29:58Z")
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### Author: ![gm.cellinig8f](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/gm.cellinig8f/32/163435_2.png) [@gm.cellinig8f](https://community.thunkable.com/u/gm.cellinig8f)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practices-on-updating-record-in-airtable/2814847/1 "2024-02-01T15:29:58Z")

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Ciao a tutti.

I started working with Airtable instead of Google drive tables, and I’m very happy! I find workarounds to feed my needs but I’m wondering I’m using the best way to resolve my problems.

The one I want to talk about with you is how to easily and fastly update a record chosen from a simple list.

By now, I create a simple list with the “Get” function, then on click on an item, I retrive the unique record ID and I use it to update it with a “Patch” command. The thing I can’t able to do, is to hide the Unique record ID in the list. Now is:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/9/4/94dc85f0a296bf76861f7a74b1c1852d084ea869.png)  
As you can see, the ID is shown, to be able to retrive it with a workaround:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/8/e8b622ff443b622a868d09dcb1a848c1b3db182a.png)  
So with “txtIDrecord” I set the API/URL for the update.

I ask you if there are best practices to reach shortly and elegantly the same result.

Grazie

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practices-on-updating-record-in-airtable/2814847/2 "2024-04-08T12:21:22Z")

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Hello @gm.cellinig8f 👋  
I am sorry for the late reply.  
The workaround sounds fine to me. Is there any specific reason you need to find a better way?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/best-practices-on-updating-record-in-airtable/2814847/3 "2024-07-07T12:21:51Z")

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