Search in DEPENDENCY

Searching the elements which have a dependency to a specific element :

Nb: a dependency is not symetric (unless configured) : it's directed from the parent to the child. Thus this query will give you the parents of the Media with ID = 25.

If you want the children of the Media with ID=25, you will write it this way :

Searching the elements which have a dependency mediaContent or mediaNavigation to a Media which Mediatype is "Menu" :

You can also write it :

Searching the elements which have a dependency of a specific type

we don't want to express any criterions on the element linked, we simply want to know the contacts that do have a dependency of type contactWork.

If you want the elements that do not have such a dependency, you will use the operator "none" in the same manner.

Searching for imbricated dependencies

We want the grandfather of an element :

Searching for elements with a specific number of dependencies

We want a menu with exactly 3 submenus

We want a menu with at least 3 submenus

Searching for dependency with additional information

Additional informations can be saved on a dependency to characterize it (Rate, Status, etc). See the NQL UPDATE command.

<SEARCH>
  <MEDIA mediatype="Menu">
    <DEPENDENCY type="mediaContent">
      <MEDIA>
        <DEPINFO operator="=">3</DEPINFO>
        <COMMENT operator="=">pending</COMMENT>
      </MEDIA>
    </DEPENDENCY>
  </MEDIA>
</SEARCH>

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