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title: `Links between Region Module and Other Modules`,
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# {metadata.title}
This document showcases the module links defined between the Region Module and other commerce modules.
## Summary
The Region Module has the following links to other modules:
Read-only links are used to query data across modules, but the relations aren't stored in a pivot table in the database.
- [`Region` data model \<\> `Cart` data model of the Cart Module](#cart-module). (Read-only)
- [`Region` data model \<\> `Order` data model of the Order Module](#order-module). (Read-only)
- [`Region` data model \<\> `PaymentProvider` data model of the Payment Module](#payment-module).
---
## Cart Module
Medusa defines a read-only link between the `Region` data model and the [Cart Module](../../cart/page.mdx)'s `Cart` data model. This means you can retrieve the details of a region's carts, but you don't manage the links in a pivot table in the database. The region of a cart is determined by the `region_id` property of the `Cart` data model.
### Retrieve with Query
To retrieve the carts of a region with [Query](!docs!/learn/fundamentals/module-links/query), pass `carts.*` in `fields`:
```ts
const { data: regions } = await query.graph({
entity: "region",
fields: [
"carts.*",
],
})
// regions.carts
```
```ts
import { useQueryGraphStep } from "@medusajs/medusa/core-flows"
// ...
const { data: regions } = useQueryGraphStep({
entity: "region",
fields: [
"carts.*",
],
})
// regions.carts
```
---
## Order Module
Medusa defines a read-only link between the `Region` data model and the [Cart Module](../../cart/page.mdx)'s `Cart` data model. This means you can retrieve the details of a region's orders, but you don't manage the links in a pivot table in the database. The region of an order is determined by the `region_id` property of the `Order` data model.
### Retrieve with Query
To retrieve the orders of a region with [Query](!docs!/learn/fundamentals/module-links/query), pass `orders.*` in `fields`:
```ts
const { data: regions } = await query.graph({
entity: "region",
fields: [
"orders.*",
],
})
// regions.orders
```
```ts
import { useQueryGraphStep } from "@medusajs/medusa/core-flows"
// ...
const { data: regions } = useQueryGraphStep({
entity: "region",
fields: [
"orders.*",
],
})
// regions.orders
```
---
## Payment Module
You can specify for each region which payment providers are available for use.
Medusa defines a module link between the `PaymentProvider` and the `Region` data models.

### Retrieve with Query
To retrieve the payment providers of a region with [Query](!docs!/learn/fundamentals/module-links/query), pass `payment_providers.*` in `fields`:
```ts
const { data: regions } = await query.graph({
entity: "region",
fields: [
"payment_providers.*",
],
})
// regions.payment_providers
```
```ts
import { useQueryGraphStep } from "@medusajs/medusa/core-flows"
// ...
const { data: regions } = useQueryGraphStep({
entity: "region",
fields: [
"payment_providers.*",
],
})
// regions.payment_providers
```
### Manage with Remote Link
To manage the payment providers in a region, use [Remote Link](!docs!/learn/fundamentals/module-links/remote-link):
```ts
import { Modules } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"
// ...
await remoteLink.create({
[Modules.REGION]: {
region_id: "reg_123",
},
[Modules.PAYMENT]: {
payment_provider_id: "pp_stripe_stripe",
},
})
```
```ts
import { Modules } from "@medusajs/framework/utils"
import { createRemoteLinkStep } from "@medusajs/medusa/core-flows"
// ...
createRemoteLinkStep({
[Modules.REGION]: {
region_id: "reg_123",
},
[Modules.PAYMENT]: {
payment_provider_id: "pp_stripe_stripe",
},
})
```