+ # First, we need to verify if the current vcaStatus is null, because if that is the case,
+ # MongoDB will not be able to create the fields used within the update key in the database
+ nsr = self.db.get_one(table="nsrs", q_filter=filter)
+ if not nsr.get("vcaStatus"):
+ # Write an empty dictionary to the vcaStatus field, it its value is null
+ self.update_db_2("nsrs", nsr_id, {"vcaStatus": dict()})
+
+ # Update the vcaStatus
+ db_key = f"vcaStatus.{nsr_id}.KNF"