# Data Fabric entity nodes

> The Data Fabric node for each record operation, with a link to the page of each of the four nodes.

Four native nodes, grouped under **Data Fabric** in the node picker, read, create, update, and delete records in a Data Fabric entity. They don't need a connection. Their output is a live-reference variable to the affected record, except **Delete entity record**, which doesn't produce one because the record no longer exists after the node runs.

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These nodes work with existing entities from the Data Fabric platform, wherever they are stored, and with entities defined in a VS Code solution. [Entities in VS Code](/data-service/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/entities-in-vs-code): how to define one in a VS Code solution.
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The Data Fabric nodes are available in Studio Web and VS Code. Studio Desktop doesn't show them in the **Data** category.

![The Data category: Batch transform, Filter, Group by, Map, and Transform, then, under Data Fabric, Query entity records, Update entity record, Create entity record, and Delete entity record.](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/maestro-automate/add-node-data-automate-b2eac54c.webp)

* [Query entity records](./node-query-entity-records.md)
* [Create entity record](./node-create-entity-record.md)
* [Update entity record](./node-update-entity-record.md)
* [Delete entity record](./node-delete-entity-record.md)

## Next steps
- [Entities in VS Code](/data-service/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/entities-in-vs-code)
- [Node reference](node-reference.md): the nodes grouped by category.
- [Connector](integration-nodes.md)
- [Community](community.md): ask questions and share workflows with other builders on the UiPath Forum.