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# SaveAction

Defines how upsert acts on nested objects for create and update methods.

You can apply SaveAction to Subscriber, List, DataExtension, and Send objects.

### Properties

| Name         | Data Type                   | Description                                                             |
| ------------ | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `AddOnly`    | [SaveAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/saveaction.md) | Indicates that data is only added and not updated during a save action. |
| `Default`    | [SaveAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/saveaction.md) | Use the default action when saving an object.                           |
| `Delete`     | [SaveAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/saveaction.md) | Not used.                                                               |
| `Nothing`    | [SaveAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/saveaction.md) | Indicates that nothing is saved.                                        |
| `UpdateAdd`  | [SaveAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/saveaction.md) | Indicates an UpdateAdd type for a save action.                          |
| `UpdateOnly` | [SaveAction](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/saveaction.md) | Indicates an UpdateOnly type for a save action.                         |

## Related Items

- [Create Method](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/create_appex.md)
- [Update Method](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/update_appex.md)
- [Subscriber Object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/subscriber_appex.md)
- [List Object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/list_appex.md)
- [DataExtension Object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/dataextension.md)
- [Send Object](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/send.md)