---
title: "Change Type"
description: "Learn how to change a node's type using configuration and scripting in our comprehensive guide. (Gitana 4.0)"
product: "Gitana"
version: "4.0"
url: "/documentation/gitana/4.0/engine/behaviors/actions/change-type"
---

# Change Type

ID: `changeType`

Changes the type of a node.

### Configuration

| Property | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| type | text |  |  | The QName of the type to change the node to (for example, `custom:thing`). |

The configuration for this action is described using JSON Schema like this:

```
{
    "title": "Change Type",
    "properties": {
        "type": {
            "title": "Type QName",
            "type": "string"
        }
    }
}
```

## Example

Here is a configuration that changes the type of a node to `custom:thing`:

```
{
    "type": "custom:thing"
}
```

You can also fire this action from a server-side script using the [actions](/documentation/gitana/4.0/engine/scripting/scripting/actions.md) scripting API:

```
actions.execute("changeType", {
    "node": node,
    "type": "custom:thing"
});
```