# sm.container.beginTransaction

Starts a new <em>transaction</em> shared across all containers. A transaction is a collection of all changes of container items will be collected and processed

**Kind:** Function

**Environments:** Game

## Game

``` { .lua .api-signature }
sm.container.beginTransaction(  )
```

[Open the full Game reference](../Game-Script-Environment/Static-Functions/sm.container.md#begintransaction)

**Availability:** Server only

A transaction must be ended with [sm.container.endTransaction](../Game-Script-Environment/Static-Functions/sm.container.md#endtransaction).

**Returns:**

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| boolean | Whether starting a transaction was successful. |