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Asked: 2026-05-24T06:32:37+00:00

my application uses CQRS, I have a case where I have a command AddApplicationToGroupCommand

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my application uses CQRS, I have a case where I have a command “AddApplicationToGroupCommand” with following parameters:

class AddApplicationToGroupCommand
+ Guid GroupId; // AggregateRootId
+ string ApplicationName;

This command pass through my aggregate, then an event is published; handled in my EventHandler and finally persisted in my database.

My question is about best practices. What I want in the end is that my EventHandler insert in the table application with the following parameters

Table Applications
int ApplicationId
varchar(255) ApplicationName
varcher(255) GroupName

As you see, I need the GroupName when I’m gonna insert in the table. So in order to do this, I’m in front of two ways of doing this.

Either I pass my groupId as I’ve done above, then in my EventHandler, I’ll have to query my Group table in order to retrieve the name of groupId.
Either I pass GroupName in my command’s parameters above, then in my eventHandler I can directly do 

myContext.Applications.Insert(applicationName, groupName)

What says CQRS ?

Thanks guys.

[Edited for more clarification about my goal]

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’d suggest it’s more about your domain rather than CQRS.

    If you’re following DDD, then it would depend on aggregates – is the Group a seperate Aggregate ? If so then yes you’ll be dealing with Ids (generally) and would look up the releveant data in your command using a Reporting query to find the name.

    If it’s not a different aggregate then having the group name available doesn’t violate such issues.

    I would also argue whether an aggregate or not the above are best-practice guidelines, there’s no silver hammer. Or, slightly more clearly, if you really need the group name, pass it in.

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