# RelationPattern
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The pattern describing the query's relational traversal.

## Contents
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 ** relationDirection **   <a name="datazone-Type-RelationPattern-relationDirection"></a>
The direction to query.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `IN | OUT`   
Required: Yes

 ** relationType **   <a name="datazone-Type-RelationPattern-relationType"></a>
The type of relation to query.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `LINEAGE`   
Required: Yes

 ** maxPathLength **   <a name="datazone-Type-RelationPattern-maxPathLength"></a>
The number of hops to query.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1. Maximum value of 5.  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/datazone-2018-05-10/RelationPattern) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/datazone-2018-05-10/RelationPattern) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/datazone-2018-05-10/RelationPattern)