# Join Manual Relationships
See [Defining Manual Relationships](https://hexdocs.pm/ash/defining-manual-relationships.html) for an idea of manual relationships in general.
Manual relationships allow for expressing complex/non-typical relationships between resources in a standard way.
Individual data layers may interact with manual relationships in their own way, so see their corresponding guides.
## Example
```elixir
# in the resource
relationships do
has_many :tickets_above_threshold, Helpdesk.Support.Ticket do
manual Helpdesk.Support.Ticket.Relationships.TicketsAboveThreshold
end
end
# implementation
defmodule Helpdesk.Support.Ticket.Relationships.TicketsAboveThreshold do
use Ash.Resource.ManualRelationship
use AshSqlite.ManualRelationship
require Ash.Query
require Ecto.Query
def load(records, _opts, %{query: query, actor: actor, authorize?: authorize?}) do
# Use existing records to limit resultds
rep_ids = Enum.map(records, & &1.id)
# Using Ash to get the destination records is ideal, so you can authorize access like normal
# but if you need to use a raw ecto query here, you can. As long as you return the right structure.
{:ok,
query
|> Ash.Query.filter(representative_id in ^rep_ids)
|> Ash.Query.filter(priority > representative.priority_threshold)
|> Helpdesk.Support.read!(actor: actor, authorize?: authorize?)
# Return the items grouped by the primary key of the source, i.e representative.id => [...tickets above threshold]
|> Enum.group_by(& &1.representative_id)}
end
# query is the "source" query that is being built.
# _opts are options provided to the manual relationship, i.e `{Manual, opt: :val}`
# current_binding is what the source of the relationship is bound to. Access fields with `as(^current_binding).field`
# as_binding is the binding that your join should create. When you join, make sure you say `as: ^as_binding` on the
# part of the query that represents the destination of the relationship
# type is `:inner` or `:left`.
# destination_query is what you should join to to add the destination to the query, i.e `join: dest in ^destination-query`
def ash_sqlite_join(query, _opts, current_binding, as_binding, :inner, destination_query) do
{:ok,
Ecto.Query.from(_ in query,
join: dest in ^destination_query,
as: ^as_binding,
on: dest.representative_id == as(^current_binding).id,
on: dest.priority > as(^current_binding).priority_threshold
)}
end
def ash_sqlite_join(query, _opts, current_binding, as_binding, :left, destination_query) do
{:ok,
Ecto.Query.from(_ in query,
left_join: dest in ^destination_query,
as: ^as_binding,
on: dest.representative_id == as(^current_binding).id,
on: dest.priority > as(^current_binding).priority_threshold
)}
end
# _opts are options provided to the manual relationship, i.e `{Manual, opt: :val}`
# current_binding is what the source of the relationship is bound to. Access fields with `parent_as(^current_binding).field`
# as_binding is the binding that has already been created for your join. Access fields on it via `as(^as_binding)`
# destination_query is what you should use as the basis of your query
def ash_sqlite_subquery(_opts, current_binding, as_binding, destination_query) do
{:ok,
Ecto.Query.from(_ in destination_query,
where: parent_as(^current_binding).id == as(^as_binding).representative_id,
where: as(^as_binding).priority > parent_as(^current_binding).priority_threshold
)}
end
end
```