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## TransactionalRepository.beginTransaction() method

Begin a new Transaction

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
beginTransaction(options?: IsolationLevel | Options): Promise<Transaction>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  options | [IsolationLevel](./repository.isolationlevel.md) \| [Options](./repository.options.md) | Options for the operations |

<b>Returns:</b>

Promise&lt;[Transaction](./repository.transaction.md)<!-- -->&gt;

Promise<Transaction> Promise that resolves to a new Transaction object