Set a value in the configuration

        Parameters
        ----------
        items: dict
            A dictionary whose keys correspond to the item in the configuration
            and whose values are what shall be inserted. %(get_value_note)s
        %(ModelOrganizer.info.common_params)s
        base: str
            A base string that shall be put in front of each key in `values` to
            avoid typing it all the time
        dtype: str
            The name of the data type or a data type to cast the value to

def set_value(self, items, complete=False, on_projects=False,
                  on_globals=False, projectname=None, base='', dtype=None,
                  **kwargs):
        """
        Set a value in the configuration

        Parameters
        ----------
        items: dict
            A dictionary whose keys correspond to the item in the configuration
            and whose values are what shall be inserted. %(get_value_note)s
        %(ModelOrganizer.info.common_params)s
        base: str
            A base string that shall be put in front of each key in `values` to
            avoid typing it all the time
        dtype: str
            The name of the data type or a data type to cast the value to
        """
        def identity(val):
            return val
        config = self.info(complete=complete, on_projects=on_projects,
                           on_globals=on_globals, projectname=projectname,
                           return_dict=True, insert_id=False, **kwargs)
        if isinstance(dtype, six.string_types):
            dtype = getattr(builtins, dtype)
        elif dtype is None:
            dtype = identity
        for key, value in six.iteritems(dict(items)):
            if base:
                key = base + key
            key, sub_config = utils.go_through_dict(key, config,
                                                    setdefault=OrderedDict)
            if key in self.paths:
                if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
                    value = osp.abspath(value)
                else:
                    value = list(map(osp.abspath, value))
            sub_config[key] = dtype(value)