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title: 'API docs: repository.includerelatedmodels'
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## includeRelatedModels() function

Returns model instances that include related models that have a registered resolver.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare function includeRelatedModels<T extends Entity, Relations extends object = {}>(targetRepository: EntityCrudRepository<T, unknown, Relations>, entities: T[], include?: Inclusion[], options?: Options): Promise<(T & Relations)[]>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  targetRepository | [EntityCrudRepository](./repository.entitycrudrepository.md)<!-- -->&lt;T, unknown, Relations&gt; | The target repository where the model instances are found |
|  entities | T\[\] | An array of entity instances or data |
|  include | [Inclusion](./repository.inclusion.md)<!-- -->\[\] | Inclusion filter |
|  options | [Options](./repository.options.md) | Options for the operations |

<b>Returns:</b>

Promise&lt;(T &amp; Relations)\[\]&gt;