# PropertyReference

- [JSON representation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/data/rest/v1/PropertyReference#SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)

A reference to a property relative to the kind expressions.

| JSON representation |
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| ``` { "name": string } ``` |

| Fields ||
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| `name` | `string` A reference to a property. Requires: - MUST be a dot-delimited (`.`) string of segments, where each segment conforms to `https://docs.cloud.google.com/static/datastore/docs/reference/data/rest/Shared.Types/Value#Entity.FIELDS.properties` limitations. |