---
title: "Pairing"
description: "two kinds the product needs together, the rule that joins them, and the sentence shown when one is missing"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/pairing
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Pairing

two kinds the product needs together, the rule that joins them, and the sentence shown when one is missing

[figure: Pairing is a row at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | row |
| scope | platform |
| key | the two kinds |
| store | postgres |
| family | ops_console |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `first` | [Kind](/concepts/kind) | yes |  |
| `second` | [Kind](/concepts/kind) | yes |  |
| `rule` | `text` | yes |  |
| `sentence` | `text` | yes |  |



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