Learn how to create generic relationships between elements in Dastra.
A generic relationship is a simple, labelled link between two elements in Dastra. It allows you to document connections between objects that are not automatically inferred by the platform — for example, linking an asset to a stakeholder, or a risk to a data breach.
A relationship is characterised by:
a source object and a target object,
a relation label (optional, e.g. "Controller", "Managed by"),
a summary (optional, for additional context),
a direction — which can be inverted if needed.
One element can be linked to multiple other elements of different types.
Generic relationships can be created from the following elements:
Assets
Stakeholders
Security measures
Data breaches
Datasets
Risks
They are primarily used in the Assets module and the referentials (cartography), where the full relationship graph is visualised.
Open an element (e.g. an asset).
Click the "Linked elements" icon in the top toolbar — it shows the current count of linked elements.
Click "Add a relationship" and select the type of object to link to (Stakeholder, Security measure, Data breach, Asset, Dataset or Risk).
In the dialog:
Toggle "Inverse relationship" if the direction should be reversed.
Choose "Existing element" to link to an element already in Dastra, or "Create element" to create a new one on the fly.
Select the target object from the dropdown.
Optionally add a Relation label and a Summary.
Click "Add" to save the relationship.
Once relationships are created, they appear in:
The "Linked elements" panel of each element, showing all direct links.
The node graph in the cartography view, where all relationships are displayed as a connected network.
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