---
title: "Create Relation (saveRelation)"
method: POST
path: "/api/relation"
tags: ["entity-relation-controller"]
---

# Create Relation (saveRelation)

`POST /api/relation`

Creates or updates a relation between two entities in the platform. Relations unique key is a combination of from/to entity id and relation type group and relation type. 

If the user has the authority of 'System Administrator', the server checks that 'from' and 'to' entities are owned by the sysadmin. If the user has the authority of 'Tenant Administrator', the server checks that 'from' and 'to' entities are owned by the same tenant. If the user has the authority of 'Customer User', the server checks that the 'from' and 'to' entities are assigned to the same customer.

## Request body

- EntityRelation — A JSON value representing the relation.
  - `from` EntityId, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required — ID of the entity, time-based UUID v1
    - `entityType` 'TENANT' | 'CUSTOMER' | 'USER' | 'DASHBOARD' | 'ASSET' | 'DEVICE' | 'ALARM' | 'RULE_CHAIN' | 'RULE_NODE' | 'ENTITY_VIEW' | 'WIDGETS_BUNDLE' | 'WIDGET_TYPE' | 'TENANT_PROFILE' | 'DEVICE_PROFILE' | 'ASSET_PROFILE' | 'API_USAGE_STATE' | 'TB_RESOURCE' | 'OTA_PACKAGE' | 'EDGE' | 'RPC' | 'QUEUE' | 'NOTIFICATION_TARGET' | 'NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE' | 'NOTIFICATION_REQUEST' | 'NOTIFICATION' | 'NOTIFICATION_RULE' | 'QUEUE_STATS' | 'OAUTH2_CLIENT' | 'DOMAIN' | 'MOBILE_APP' | 'MOBILE_APP_BUNDLE' | 'CALCULATED_FIELD' | 'JOB' | 'ADMIN_SETTINGS' | 'AI_MODEL' | 'API_KEY', required
  - `to` EntityId, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required — ID of the entity, time-based UUID v1
    - `entityType` 'TENANT' | 'CUSTOMER' | 'USER' | 'DASHBOARD' | 'ASSET' | 'DEVICE' | 'ALARM' | 'RULE_CHAIN' | 'RULE_NODE' | 'ENTITY_VIEW' | 'WIDGETS_BUNDLE' | 'WIDGET_TYPE' | 'TENANT_PROFILE' | 'DEVICE_PROFILE' | 'ASSET_PROFILE' | 'API_USAGE_STATE' | 'TB_RESOURCE' | 'OTA_PACKAGE' | 'EDGE' | 'RPC' | 'QUEUE' | 'NOTIFICATION_TARGET' | 'NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE' | 'NOTIFICATION_REQUEST' | 'NOTIFICATION' | 'NOTIFICATION_RULE' | 'QUEUE_STATS' | 'OAUTH2_CLIENT' | 'DOMAIN' | 'MOBILE_APP' | 'MOBILE_APP_BUNDLE' | 'CALCULATED_FIELD' | 'JOB' | 'ADMIN_SETTINGS' | 'AI_MODEL' | 'API_KEY', required
  - `type` string, required — String value of relation type.
  - `typeGroup` 'COMMON' | 'DASHBOARD' | 'RULE_CHAIN' | 'RULE_NODE' | 'EDGE' | 'EDGE_AUTO_ASSIGN_RULE_CHAIN', required — Represents the type group of the relation.
  - `version` integer
  - `additionalInfo` unknown

## Response `200`

OK

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