# Linked objects representation :\[Sep 30\]

**URL:** <https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114>\
**Category:** Discord-Discussions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114 "2022-11-03T07:31:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/21 "2022-11-03T07:31:42Z")

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> 🙋‍♂️ **elephantum** _replied_

#### hm, so it’s “legal” to: 1) create tables filled in with data, 2) sync schema to make tables visible in UI ?

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### ya totally. However, if you do changes within our GUI - we keep record of the schema changes (schema migrations) and these help when you migrate from env to another. This part will be sacrificed

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/23 "2022-11-03T07:31:45Z")

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> 🙋‍♂️ **elephantum** _replied_

#### gotcha

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### I see the project was on RootDb - may be you want to connect to external database

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/25 "2022-11-03T07:31:47Z")

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### cause if its on rootDb it has its own nuance when it comes to tableNames as you might have noticed

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/26 "2022-11-03T07:31:48Z")

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> 🙋‍♂️ **hell\_io** _replied_

#### so it seems like links were not displayed because of a graphql api parsing error. I switched to rest api and it’s fine now.

 ![image0](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/nocodb/original/1X/13904b36378cdae6266ce68989309d5b28a8b63a.png)

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/27 "2022-11-03T07:31:49Z")

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> 🙋‍♂️ **hell\_io** _replied_

#### this is the traceback

 ![image0](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/nocodb/original/1X/c2ea853ba8306bf9f9dc57ce579895e1e916425e.png)

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/28 "2022-11-03T07:31:50Z")

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### ahok

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/29 "2022-11-03T07:31:52Z")

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### multiple limit

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/30 "2022-11-03T07:31:53Z")

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### seems to be the issue

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#### Does it work if the project was an external database ?

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> 🙋‍♂️ **hell\_io** _replied_

#### idk, we only tried with rootDb

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/linked-objects-representation-sep-30/114/32 "2022-11-03T07:31:56Z")

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