IQL examples with inbound and outbound reference relatable data

[Sandra Lawrence]

I am trying to learn about IQL, specifically inbound and outbound references.  All the Atlassian documentation references are confusing as I do not have a schema to cross-reference.

Is there anyone that can simply share an inbound or outbound reference example showing the schema or objects it is referring?

[Mikael Sandberg · Accepted solution]

A reference is a connection between objects. If the current object has an attribute that reference another object, that reference becomes an outbound reference. If another object is pointing toward the current object then the reference is an incoming reference.

Example: You gave to objects, Person and Asset. The asset has an attribute that points to Person, in this example owner. So if I go to a person object and look at the object graph I can see an incoming reference from assets, and the opposite would happen if I go to the asset object.

This KB has a bit more information about references.