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title: 'API docs: repository.buildlookupmap'
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## buildLookupMap() function

Returns a map which maps key values(ids) to instances. The instances can be grouped by different strategies.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare function buildLookupMap<Key, InType, OutType = InType>(list: InType[], keyName: StringKeyOf<InType>, reducer: (accumulator: OutType | undefined, current: InType) => OutType): Map<Key, OutType>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  list | InType\[\] | an array of instances |
|  keyName | [StringKeyOf](./repository.stringkeyof.md)<!-- -->&lt;InType&gt; | key name of the source |
|  reducer | (accumulator: OutType \| undefined, current: InType) =&gt; OutType | a strategy to reduce inputs to single item or array |

<b>Returns:</b>

Map&lt;Key, OutType&gt;


