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## SequelizeCrudRepository.includeReferencesIfRequested() method

Include related entities of `@referencesMany` relation

referencesMany relation is NOT handled by `sequelizeModel.findAll` as it doesn't have any direct alternative to it, so to include relation data of referencesMany, we're manually fetching related data requested

**Signature:**

```typescript
protected includeReferencesIfRequested(parentEntities: Model<T, T>[], parentEntityClass: typeof Entity, inclusionFilters?: InclusionFilter[]): Promise<(T & Relations)[]>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  parentEntities | Model&lt;T, T&gt;\[\] | source table data |
|  parentEntityClass | typeof [Entity](./repository.entity.md) | loopback entity class for the parent entity |
|  inclusionFilters | [InclusionFilter](./filter.inclusionfilter.md)<!-- -->\[\] | _(Optional)_ |

**Returns:**

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

entities with related models in them