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Introspection

The down side of the DESCRIBE command is that it cannot be used in a query. However, it is possible to query the schema objects directly. Let's query the ObjectType corresponding to the User:

Input

WITH MODULE schema
SELECT ObjectType {
    name,
    properties: {
        name,
        target: {
            name
        }
    },
    links: {
        name,
        target: {
            name
        }
    }
} FILTER .name LIKE '%::User';

WITH MODULE schema
SELECT ObjectType {
    name,
    properties: {
        name,
        target: {
            name
        }
    },
    links: {
        name,
        target: {
            name
        }
    }
} FILTER .name LIKE '%::User';

Run

Output

Press the 'Run' button to evaluate the input

To discover what other schema objects can be queried you can use the DESCRIBE command or consult the documentation:

Input

DESCRIBE MODULE schema AS SDL;

DESCRIBE MODULE schema AS SDL;

Run

Output

Press the 'Run' button to evaluate the input

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