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title: "Filtering entities based on attributes of related entities"
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updated: 2024-09-18T11:47:41Z
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# Filtering entities based on attributes of related entities

You can filter entities in LUSID based on attributes of *related* entities.

> **Note**: To get started with filtering, including information on supported APIs and operators, and how to filter entities based on their own attributes, see [this article](/v1/docs/filtering-information-retrieved-from-lusid). For filtering performance, see [this article](/v1/docs/filtering-performance).

You can [create relationships between certain types of entity](/v1/docs/creating-relationships-between-certain-types-of-entity) in LUSID. For example, imagine we have an instrument representing BP shares that has a relationship with a legal entity representing the issuer, and a separate relationship with a custom entity representing a data quality check:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d575ad81-c0ed-4980-bbd1-d59ac5c3de82/Images/Documentation/Filtering-Page-2.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-09T06%3A00%3A28Z&se=2026-11-09T07%3A00%3A28Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=EJqZELfy0pN5F%2BoeS8%2B2RXMFQadMvEI%2FXaL0h5mK%2B0M%3D)

You can filter instruments on *relationship data* and/or on *related entity data* using the syntax `relationships[<type>] <match> (<filter>)`, where:

- `<type>` optionally restricts the relationship to a particular type using the scope and code of the relationship type, for example `relationships[Instruments/IssuerId]`. Note that `relationships[Instruments/IssuerId:out]` can be used to restrict to a type *and* a traversal direction.
- `<match>` is `any` to retrieve entities with partially matching criteria or `all` to retrieve entities with exactly matching criteria.
- `<filter>` is any other filter expression(s) documented in [this article](/v1/docs/filtering-information-retrieved-from-lusid).

Note the following:

- To be clear, you are retrieving not the relationships or related entities themselves but rather (in this example) instruments with matching relationship or related entity criteria.
- Not all entity types currently support relationships.

Relationships are bi-directional and you can filter from either side. So for example you can:

- Retrieve instruments by filtering legal entities. For example, to retrieve all the instruments issued by a particular organisation: `relationships any (LegalEntity.identifiers[LegalEntity/Issuers/LEI] eq '546789VABC')`
- Retrieve legal entities by filtering instruments. For example, to retrieve all the legal entities responsible for issuing a particular ISIN: `relationships any (Instrument.identifiers[Instrument/default/Isin] eq 'GB0007980591')`

See the examples below for more information. Note you must qualify identifiers, fields and properties of related entities with the entity type, so for example in the following filter...

`relationships any (relationshipDefinitionId.scope eq 'InstrumentIssuer' and LegalEntity.Properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEI] gt 40)`

- ...the `relationshipDefinitionId.scope eq 'InstrumentIssuer'` clause filters on relationship data.
- ...the `LegalEntity.Properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEI] gt 40` clause filters on related entity data. Note the `LegalEntity.` prefix distinguishes attributes belonging to related legal entities from attributes belonging to the relationships themselves.

| **To retrieve instruments...** | **Apply the filter...** |
| --- | --- |
| ...where any related legal entity has a similar identifier | `relationships any (LegalEntity.identifiers[LegalEntity/Issuers/LEI] startswith '213')` |
| ...where any related legal entity has a particular display name and description | `relationships any (LegalEntity.fields[displayName] eq 'Issuer' and LegalEntity.fields[description] eq 'Legal responsibility')` |
| ...where any legal entity related by a particular relationship type has a similar identifier | `relationships[InstrumentIssuer/IssuerId] any (LegalEntity.identifiers[LegalEntity/Issuers/LEI] startswith '213')` |
| ...that have relationships with a particular description | `relationships any (traversalDescription eq 'IssuedBy')` |
| ...that have relationships | `relationships any` |
| ...that have no relationships | `relationships none` |

| **To retrieve instruments where any related legal entity has a DEIScore property...** | **Assumes DEIScore is a...** | **Apply the filter...** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ...where the property value is greater than 40 | Single-value perpetual property | `relationships any (LegalEntity.properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEIScore] gt 40)` |
| ...where any property value is greater than 40 | Multi-value perpetual property | `relationships any (LegalEntity.properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEIScore] any (~ gt 40))` |
| ...where all property values are greater than 40 | Multi-value perpetual property | `relationships any (LegalEntity.properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEIScore] all (~ gt 40))` |

| **To retrieve instruments where all related legal entities have a DEIScore property...** | **Assumes DEIScore is a...** | **Apply the filter...** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ...where the property value is greater than 40 | Single-value perpetual property | `relationships all (LegalEntity.properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEIScore] gt 40)` |
| ...where any property value is greater than 40 | Multi-value perpetual property | `relationships all (LegalEntity.properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEIScore] any (~ gt 40))` |
| ...where all property values are greater than 40 | Multi-value perpetual property | `relationships all (LegalEntity.properties[LegalEntity/Scores/DEIScore] all (~ gt 40))` |