# Dataset commands: update, delete

URL: /code/cli/dataset/records-update · Id: `page:code/cli/dataset/records-update`

> The Dataset Verbs update, delete as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Dataset](/business/nouns/dataset), one group of [Dataset commands](/code/cli/dataset).

### Dataset.update
Changes the given properties of a Dataset. [Verb page](/business/nouns/dataset/update?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Dataset.update --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `Dataset.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Dataset. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The name of the Product. |
| `promise` | `text` | No | What the Customer can rely on. |
| `records` | `integer` | No | How many Things it holds. |
| `refreshedAt` | `datetime` | No | When its Sources were last read. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `dataset` | [Dataset](/business/nouns/dataset) | Yes | The Dataset. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Dataset.update --json '{"id":"dataset_UDQXk0KsJB","records":1}'
```

### Dataset.delete
Deletes a Dataset: a soft delete that keeps its history, undone by `Thing.restore`. [Verb page](/business/nouns/dataset/delete?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Dataset.delete --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `Dataset.deleted`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Dataset. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `dataset` | [Dataset](/business/nouns/dataset) | Yes | The Dataset. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Dataset.delete --json '{"id":"dataset_UDQXk0KsJB"}'
```