---
title: "Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent"
slug: "lusidportfolioconstituent"
updated: 2024-08-21T12:43:05Z
published: 2024-08-21T12:43:05Z
canonical: "support.lusid.com/lusidportfolioconstituent"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lusid.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent

| **Type** | **Read/write** | **Author** | **Availability** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Data provider](/v1/docs/what-are-a-data-provider-and-a-direct-provider) | Read | Finbourne | Provided with LUSID |

Providing you have sufficient [access control permissions](/v1/docs/creating-policies-to-control-access-to-providers-for-different-luminesce-end-users), the `Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent` provider enables you to write a [Luminesce SQL query](/v1/docs/understanding-the-luminesce-sql-query-syntax) that retrieves [constituents](/v1/docs/loading-constituents-and-rebalancing-a-reference-portfolio) from one or more LUSID [reference portfolios](/v1/docs/how-do-i-create-a-reference-portfolio).

> **Note:** By default, `Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent` cannot retrieve reference holding properties. To do this, you must first configure `Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent` to 'inline' properties. [See how to do this](/v1/docs/how-do-i-configure-luminesce-entity-providers-to-readwrite-properties).

**See also:** [Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent.Writer](/v1/docs/lusidportfolioconstituentwriter)

## Basic usage

```sql
select * from Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent where <filter-expression>;
```

## Query parameters

`Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent` has parameters that enable you to filter or refine a query.

To list available parameters, their data types, default values, and an explanation for each, run the following query using a [suitable tool](/v1/docs/what-tools-are-available-to-write-luminesce-queries):

```sql
select FieldName, DataType, ParamDefaultValue, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent' and FieldType = 'Parameter';
```

## Data fields

By default, `Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent` returns a table of data populated with particular fields (columns). You can return a subset of these fields.

To list fields available to return, their data types, whether fields are considered 'main', and an explanation for each, run the following query using a [suitable tool](/v1/docs/what-tools-are-available-to-write-luminesce-queries):

```sql
select FieldName, DataType, IsMain, IsPrimaryKey, SampleValues, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent' and FieldType = 'Column';
```

> **Note:** Fields marked 'main' are returned by queries that start `select ^ from Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent...`

## Examples

> **Note:** For more example Luminesce SQL queries, visit our [Github repo](https://github.com/finbourne/luminesce-examples/tree/master/examples).

### Example 1: Retrieve constituents in every portfolio

```sql
select * from Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent;
```

### Example 2: Retrieve constituents in a particular portfolio

```sql
select * from Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent where PortfolioScope = 'Finbourne-Examples' and PortfolioCode = 'FTSE100';
```

### Example 3: Retrieve constituents whose floating weight is greater than initial weight on a particular day

```sql
select * from Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent where EffectiveAt = #2022-03-02# and FloatingWeight > Weight;
```

### Example 4: Show the friendly name of underlying instruments for constituents

It's typically useful to join to the `Lusid.Instrument` provider in order to retrieve the friendly name of underlying instruments. Note that since both providers have a `DisplayName` field, only that of `Lusid.Instrument` is returned in order to avoid a duplicate column clash:

```sql
select 
    c.^, 
    i.DisplayName 
from Lusid.Portfolio.Constituent c
    left outer join Lusid.Instrument i
    on c.LusidInstrumentId = i.LusidInstrumentId;
```