diff --git a/app/models/automate_workspace.rb b/app/models/automate_workspace.rb
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+++ b/app/models/automate_workspace.rb
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+class AutomateWorkspace < ApplicationRecord
+  include UuidMixin
+  belongs_to :user
+  belongs_to :tenant
+  validates :tenant, :presence => true
+  validates :user, :presence => true
+
+  def merge_output!(hash)
+    if hash['workspace'].nil? || hash['state_vars'].nil?
+      raise ArgumentError, "No workspace or state_vars specified for edit"
+    end
+
+    self[:output] = (output || {}).deep_merge(hash)
+    save!
+    self
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/factories/automate_workspace.rb b/spec/factories/automate_workspace.rb
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+++ b/spec/factories/automate_workspace.rb
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+FactoryGirl.define do
+  factory :automate_workspace do
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/automate_workspace_spec.rb b/spec/models/automate_workspace_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85f072c82ec
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+++ b/spec/models/automate_workspace_spec.rb
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+describe AutomateWorkspace do
+  describe "#merge_output!" do
+    let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_group, :userid => "admin") }
+    let(:aw) { FactoryGirl.create(:automate_workspace, :user => user, :tenant => user.current_tenant) }
+    it "raises error on invalid hash" do
+      expect { aw.merge_output!({}) }.to raise_exception(ArgumentError)
+    end
+
+    it "properly merges the hash with the new output" do
+      hash = {'workspace' => {'a' => 1}, 'state_vars' => {'b' => 2}}
+      partial_hash = {'workspace' => {'c' => 1}, 'state_vars' => {} }
+      merged_hash = {'workspace' => {'a' => 1, 'c' => 1}, 'state_vars' => {'b' => 2}}
+
+      aw.merge_output!(hash)
+      aw.reload
+      aw.merge_output!(partial_hash)
+      aw.reload
+
+      expect(aw.output).to eq(merged_hash)
+    end
+  end
+end