How to update any field before firing the save event in force:recordEdit

Question

I have a usecase where I want to update some field values at the record before firing the component.find("edit").get("e.recordSave").fire() event.

Here is the markup which I am using

<force:recordEdit aura:id="edit" recordId="0069000000PUrus"/>
<lightning:button label="Save &amp; Next" onclick="{!c.doSaveAction}" />

Controller

doSaveAction : function(component, event, helper) {
    // Here, can I update a field value before sending record to save event
    component.find("edit").get("e.recordSave").fire();
}

Please let me know if it is possible.

Answer 1

I haven't done this with force:recordEdit but I have done it with Lightning:recordEdit so if thats an option you could just switch to that and the code below will allow you to update object fields before they are passed to the server. Otherwise you might be able to apply similar logic to force:recordEdit

AURA

<lightning:recordForm aura:id="createCaseForm"
        recordTypeId= "{!v.recordTypeId}" 
        onsubmit="{!c.handleCaseSubmit}"
        objectApiName="Case"
        fields="{!v.caseFields}"
        mode="edit"
        columns="2"
        variant="brand"
        >
    </lightning:recordForm>

JS

doSaveAction : function(cmp, event, helper) {
    event.preventDefault(); // stop form submission
    var eventFields = event.getParam("fields"); // gets all the fields for the object
    eventFields["AccountId"] = cmp.get("v.accountId");
    eventFields["ContactId"] = cmp.get("v.contactId");
    eventFields["Status"] = "In Process";
    cmp.find('createCaseForm').submit(eventFields);
},