Path Expressions — AQL

Path expressions

Paths starting with . refer to fields on the current type. The compiler resolves them to alias.column.

filter .active = true and .age >= $min_age
order by .created_at desc

Multi-step paths traverse a link — and chain across several — resolving to a correlated subquery per hop:

filter .author.email = $email
filter .installation.installation_id = $iid<int64>

An invalid path (a step that resolves to no property or link) is a compile error. For how a path’s type is resolved, see Casts & types.