# Entity Service API: Populating
The Entity Service API does not populate relations, components or dynamic zones by default.
# Basic populating
To populate all the root level relations, use populate: '*'
:
const entries = await strapi.entityService.findMany('api::article.article', {
populate: '*',
});
Populate various component or relation fields by passing an array of attribute names:
const entries = await strapi.entityService.findMany('api::article.article', {
populate: ['componentA', 'relationA'],
});
# Advanced populating
An object can be passed for more advanced populating:
const entries = await strapi.entityService.findMany('api::article.article', {
populate: {
relationA: true,
repeatableComponent: {
fields: ['fieldA'],
filters: {},
sort: 'fieldA:asc',
populate: {
relationB: true,
},
},
},
});
Complex populating can be achieved by using the filters
parameter and select or populate nested relations or components:
const entries = await strapi.entityService.findMany('api::article.article', {
populate: {
relationA: {
filters: {
name: {
$contains: 'Strapi',
},
},
},
repeatableComponent: {
fields: ['someAttributeName'],
sort: ['someAttributeName'],
populate: {
componentRelationA: true,
},
},
},
});