---
title: "ConnectionRole"
description: "a role a member may play"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/connectionrole
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ConnectionRole

a role a member may play

[figure: ConnectionRole is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | record |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `allowed_kinds` | [KindOfEntity](/concepts/kindofentity) | yes |  |
| `allowed_definitions` | `[one of a buyer profile \| a segment \| a play \| a proxy \| a ladder \| a document]` | no | the kinds of definition a member may be, such as a buyer profile for the connection written for |
| `optional` | `bool` | no | true when a connection of the kind may omit the role: a rivalry a source states without its segment or place is still a rivalry |
| `cardinality` | `one of one \| many` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns ConnectionRole directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.