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# Method name:

data.items.isReferenced(dataCollectionId: string, field: string, referringItem: any, referencedItem: any, options: WixDataReadOptions)

# Method Link:

https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/business-solutions/data/items/is-referenced.md

# Method Description:

Checks if a reference to the referenced item exists in the specified field of the referring item.

The `isReferenced()` method returns a Promise that resolves to true if the referring item contains a reference to the referenced item in the specified field. The Promise is rejected if the current user does not have read permissions for the collection.

> **Note:** The `isReferenced()` method is not supported for [single-item collections](https://support.wix.com/en/article/cms-adding-and-setting-up-a-single-item-collection).

# Method Permissions:

- Read Data Items

# Method Permissions Scopes IDs:

- SCOPE.DC-DATA.READ



# Method Code Examples:

## Get referenced items

```javascript
import { items } from "@wix/data";

async function isReferencedItem() {
  const result = await items.isReferenced("movies", "actors", "00001", "12345");
  const isReferenced = result;  // true
}
```



## default

```javascript
try {
      const result = await items.isReferenced("collection-0.28881812136576857", "refs", { _id: "6892593d-d57f-428d-bc53-3f0870a1beef" }, { _id: "28962158-e9e0-4a9c-8bf0-5f654d78ccb6" }, {});
      return result;
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(error);
      throw error;
   }
```