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    <p>I am learning CoreData with a sample inventory app. My Data Model has 2 entities, "Possession" and "Asset Type". Possessions have a to-one relationship to Asset Types called "assetType" and Asset Types have a to-many relationship to Possessions named "possessions". Each Possession has only one Asset Type, but Asset Types have many Possessions.</p> <p>I'd like to sort a tableview into sections based on asset types. I need some help populating my data structure for this though.</p> <p>Here is how I'll model my table view controller</p> <p>NSArray for table sections each section object in the array will be an NSDictionary with 2 keys, @"Header" - which will be the Asset Type, and @"Possessions" which is an array of possessions of that asset type.</p> <p>I can handle building my table view from this structure no problem. I can also handle fetching the Asset Types from CoreData into the header key of my dictionary. Where I am stumped is how do I take advantage of the to-many relationship that asset types have to possessions so I can get the possessions into an array for the dictionary. </p> <p>How do I get each Asset Type's possessions into an array? </p> <p>Do I need to make a fetch request with a predicate to fetch possessions that have the matching asset type, or is there a simpler way? - Seems that would be inefficient as it would have to check all possessions for a match!?!?!?!?</p> <p>Is the to-many relationship "possessions" of AssetType entity an accessible property of the AssetType entity? If so how do I access it? What does it return? </p> <p>I am not looking for free code, but I am willing to post mine if needed. What I'd really like is to know the best way to solve this problem and maybe pointed to helpful info online to accomplish this. I am not a complete newb, but I am still having trouble wrapping my head around CoreData and thus far the Apple docs are still pretty confusing to me on this subject. I am appreciative for any help offered.</p>
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Detail views are divided into sections. All the information in the data section comes from columns in the selected row. The other sections display data from other, related rows.

Related data can be related in a to-one or a to-many fashion. Captions of data related in a to-many fashion link to a list view showing a filtered view of the table.

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