Some ORM (like js-data) have two keys in object for defining a relation : - a key with id or ids (unpopulated relation) - a key with a populated relation example for an article with a relation with a user : ``` javascript { "id": "1", "title": "Nice article", "user_id": "2", // unpopulated user "user": { // populated user "id": "2", "name": "John Doe" } } ``` If we not explicitly populate relation in the ORM, we only have the `user_id` key in object. So, relationships configuration could have an alternative key to watch for unpopulated relationships if the populate relationship key does not exist.