Last updated Oct 12, 2026

External position manages external position

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The ExternalPositionManagesExternalPosition relationship represents the link between a managerial External position and a reporting External position within the Teamwork Graph. It allows you to:

Retrieve positions managed by a specific External position
Find which External position manages a specific position
Traverse and analyze position-management relationships

Relationship type: Canonical

From object types	To object types
External position - `ati:cloud:graph:position`	External position - `ati:cloud:graph:position`

Cypher

We recommend sending parameterized Cypher queries as below instead of embedding the parameters directly in the query string. This approach will help ensure better performance.

Forward query

Inverse query

GraphQL

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query ExternalPositionManagesExternalPosition_CypherQuery($cypherQuery: String!, $params: CypherRequestParams) {
  cypherQuery(query: $cypherQuery, params: $params) {
    edges {
      node {
        columns {
          value {
            ... on CypherQueryResultNode {
              id
              data {
                __typename
                ... on ExternalPosition {
                  id
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Params

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{
  "cypherQuery": "MATCH (position:ExternalPosition {ari: $id})-[:external_position_manages_external_position]->(position_1:ExternalPosition) RETURN position_1",
  "params": {
    "id": "$id"
  }
}