Using Data Mesh and Virtual Foreign Keys

Tutorial··7 min 24 sec

How to impose relationships between tables that have none — whether they sit in the same database or entirely different ones — and then retrieve the related records in a single API call. The conceptual foundation for DreamFactory's data mesh capability.

Recorded in 2016. The concepts still apply, but the interface shown predates the current DreamFactory release. Some steps may differ in the current release.

What you’ll learn

  • Relating unrelated tables within or across databases
  • Retrieving related records in one API call
  • The foundation of the data mesh approach