# Introduction
Requiring the spreaded `__universal` record that aggregates all the
universal identifier ( relations fk and aggregators ) of an entity to
its root
It's blockin for https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty/pull/17687 to be
finalized because if we don't we would have to migrated all related
entities at once in order for them to always have the universal
properties
## `resolveEntityRelationUniversalIdentifiers`
Introduced `resolveEntityRelationUniversalIdentifiers` a centralized
utility that resolves foreign key IDs to universal identifiers using
ALL_METADATA_RELATIONS metadata. It provides strict typing for both
input (foreign keys) and output (universal identifiers), with
nullability dynamically inferred from entity relation types.
Strictly and dynamically typed for both output and input
To do so added a new type and const/runtime grain to
ALL_METADATA_RELATIONS `isNullable`to many-to-one entries, derived from
the entity relation property types. And fixed incorrectly typed typeorm
entities
### Usage
```ts
const {
availabilityObjectMetadataUniversalIdentifier,
frontComponentUniversalIdentifier,
} = resolveEntityRelationUniversalIdentifiers({
metadataName: 'commandMenuItem',
foreignKeyValues: {
availabilityObjectMetadataId:
createCommandMenuItemInput.availabilityObjectMetadataId,
frontComponentId: createCommandMenuItemInput.frontComponentId,
},
flatEntityMaps: { flatObjectMetadataMaps, flatFrontComponentMaps },
});
```
# Introduction
In this PR we're refactoring the `FlatEntity` type to become a superset
of the `UniversalFlatEntity`.
Right now we're storing all the extra properties in `__universal`
property, at some point it might just be sibling to other entity and we
might rely on the `propertiesToCompare` constants and TypeScript
allowing passing a superset type into a smaller subset type
## FromTo utils
The entity to flat entity method now computes the universal information,
standardized a typing and pattern to do
## Example
Also strictly type
```ts
"bbb019ea-6205-498c-aea5-67bc53bce8a9": {
"workspaceId": "20202020-1c25-4d02-bf25-6aeccf7ea419",
"universalIdentifier": "20202020-d111-4d11-8d11-da5ab0a11002",
"applicationId": "d01b010d-b984-465b-b40b-370e954e5188",
"id": "bbb019ea-6205-498c-aea5-67bc53bce8a9",
"pageLayoutTabId": "791a512f-169f-4209-b731-aa86716668c6",
"title": "Deals by Company",
"type": "GRAPH",
"objectMetadataId": "9e14efea-df5b-4c0e-aba9-cfe455f32397",
"gridPosition": { "row": 0, "column": 6, "rowSpan": 6, "columnSpan": 6 },
"configuration": {
"color": "orange",
"orderBy": "FIELD_ASC",
"timezone": "UTC",
"displayLegend": true,
"displayDataLabel": false,
"showCenterMetric": true,
"configurationType": "PIE_CHART",
"firstDayOfTheWeek": 0,
"aggregateOperation": "COUNT",
"groupBySubFieldName": "name",
"groupByFieldMetadataId": "6673ff18-63d2-47a1-8f85-2b9b09ca27a5",
"aggregateFieldMetadataId": "8d64ee41-5dd4-4de6-945a-7c0c18399715"
},
"createdAt": "2026-01-28T14:08:52.140Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:08:52.140Z",
"deletedAt": null,
"__universal": {
"universalIdentifier": "20202020-d111-4d11-8d11-da5ab0a11002",
"applicationUniversalIdentifier": "20202020-64aa-4b6f-b003-9c74b97cee20",
"pageLayoutTabUniversalIdentifier": "20202020-d011-4d11-8d11-da5ab0a01001",
"objectMetadataUniversalIdentifier": "20202020-9549-49dd-b2b2-883999db8938",
"gridPosition": {
"row": 0,
"column": 6,
"rowSpan": 6,
"columnSpan": 6
},
"configuration": {
"color": "orange",
"orderBy": "FIELD_ASC",
"timezone": "UTC",
"displayLegend": true,
"displayDataLabel": false,
"showCenterMetric": true,
"configurationType": "PIE_CHART",
"firstDayOfTheWeek": 0,
"aggregateOperation": "COUNT",
"groupBySubFieldName": "name",
"aggregateFieldMetadataUniversalIdentifier": "20202020-d01a-4131-8a31-f123456789ab",
"groupByFieldMetadataUniversalIdentifier": "20202020-cbac-457e-b565-adece5fc815f"
}
}
},
```
Paul Rastoin