From c1823ca7ad8bac605f1976ea9927971ec3ba47c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Ermolaev <v@anytype.io>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:26:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] GitBook: [#117] Relations

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 ## FAQ's
 
+* [Relation in practice. Can they act like properties or fields in databases?](faqs/relation-in-practice.-can-they-act-like-properties-or-fields-in-databases.md)
 * [We are using IPFS. What is that?](faqs/we-are-using-ipfs.-what-is-that.md)
 * [Can pages be nested one to another?](faqs/can-pages-be-nested-one-to-another.md)
 * [How to add relation to multiple objects](faqs/how-to-add-relation-to-multiple-objects.md)
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+# Relation in practice. Can they act like properties or fields in databases?
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+[relation.md](../fundamentals/relation.md "mention") is the foundation of our graph structure. They connect your objects into the knowledge graph. But, you can use them for broad purposes. For example:
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+* You can also use relation to set some «primitive» value like: a date, a tag, a status, an email, or a phone number. Later we will update the system where even such values might be presented as Objects.
+* Relations can be shown as columns in a “database” / “table” view by using [set.md](../fundamentals/set.md "mention"). So you can use them as properties in Notion for such case.
+* Relations are global. You can change the name and you will update it everywhere.
+* You can add any relation to any object using Blocks, Set or Object’s relation view. Take a look on [#adding-relations](../fundamentals/relation.md#adding-relations "mention")
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