diff --git a/packages/sdk-codegen/src/analyzer.spec.ts b/packages/sdk-codegen/src/analyzer.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5770cf02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sdk-codegen/src/analyzer.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+
+ MIT License
+
+ Copyright (c) 2021 Looker Data Sciences, Inc.
+
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ SOFTWARE.
+
+ */
+
+import { TestConfig } from './testUtils'
+import { relatedIds, typeFromId, relatedTypes, relations } from './analyzer'
+
+const config = TestConfig()
+const apiTestModel = config.apiTestModel
+
+describe('analyzer', () => {
+  describe('relatedIds', () => {
+    it('finds related ids', () => {
+      const dashboard = apiTestModel.types.Dashboard
+      const actual = relatedIds(dashboard)
+      expect(actual).toHaveLength(6)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('typeFromId', () => {
+    it('finds valid types', () => {
+      let actual = typeFromId(apiTestModel, 'content_favorite_id')
+      expect(actual?.name).toEqual('ContentFavorite')
+      actual = typeFromId(apiTestModel, 'dashboard_element_id')
+      expect(actual?.name).toEqual('DashboardElement')
+    })
+    it('returns undefined for invalid types', () => {
+      let actual = typeFromId(apiTestModel, 'deleter_id')
+      expect(actual).toBeUndefined()
+      // Sadly, the corresponding type is `ContentMeta`, breaking the convention
+      actual = typeFromId(apiTestModel, 'content_metadata_id')
+      expect(actual?.name).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('relatedTypes', () => {
+    it('finds related types', () => {
+      const dashboard = apiTestModel.types.Dashboard
+      const actual = relatedTypes(apiTestModel, dashboard)
+      // only 9 because `deleter_id` can't be resolved to a type
+      // and one type is writeable, which shouldn't be included
+      expect(actual).toHaveLength(9)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('relations', () => {
+    it('relations handles recursion', () => {
+      const dashboard = apiTestModel.types.Dashboard
+      const actual = relations(apiTestModel, dashboard)
+      expect(actual).toHaveLength(9)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/sdk-codegen/src/analyzer.ts b/packages/sdk-codegen/src/analyzer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce6c2244b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sdk-codegen/src/analyzer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+
+ MIT License
+
+ Copyright (c) 2022 Looker Data Sciences, Inc.
+
+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ SOFTWARE.
+
+ */
+
+import type { IApiModel, IType } from './sdkModels'
+import { titleCase, WriteType } from './sdkModels'
+
+/** Foreign key naming convention. Could be modified for other naming conventions */
+const FKPattern = /^(\w*)_id$/i
+
+/**
+ * find all related id properties from a type based on FKPattern
+ *
+ * @param type to analyze
+ */
+export const relatedIds = (type: IType) => {
+  const result = []
+  for (const key in type.properties) {
+    if (FKPattern.test(key)) {
+      result.push(key)
+    }
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return the type only if it is a custom type from the API spec
+ *
+ * Types that are simple (intrinsic) or WriteType are not returned
+ *
+ * @param api containing type definitions
+ * @param name type name to find
+ */
+const typeDef = (api: IApiModel, name: string): IType | undefined => {
+  if (name in api.types) {
+    const type = api.types[name]
+    if (!(type.intrinsic || type instanceof WriteType)) {
+      return type
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find a type definition from the name of a property based on FKPattern
+ * @param api containing types
+ * @param id name to find
+ */
+export const typeFromId = (api: IApiModel, id: string) => {
+  const group = id.match(FKPattern)
+  if (group) {
+    return typeDef(api, titleCase(group[1]))
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * find all types related to the specified type
+ *
+ * Returns the union of complex types referenced in the object and types referenced by FK convention
+ *
+ * @param api containing types
+ * @param type to relate to other types
+ */
+export const relatedTypes = (api: IApiModel, type: IType) => {
+  const result: IType[] = []
+  const ids = relatedIds(type)
+  ids.forEach((id) => {
+    const entity = typeFromId(api, id)
+    if (entity) {
+      result.push(entity)
+    }
+  })
+  Object(Array.from(type.customTypes)).forEach((t: string) => {
+    const entity = typeDef(api, t)
+    if (entity) {
+      result.push(entity)
+    }
+  })
+  return result
+}
+
+export interface ITypeMap {
+  /** Name of type */
+  [key: string]: ITypeMap
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get all relations for a type, avoiding recursion
+ *
+ * TODO get bread-first population working rather than the depth first with a duplication
+ * bug for the first key in each collection
+ *
+ * @param api containing types
+ * @param type to relate
+ * @param seen set of type names already encountered to avoid infinit recursion
+ */
+export const relations = (
+  api: IApiModel,
+  type: IType,
+  seen: Set<string> = new Set<string>()
+) => {
+  const parent = type.jsonName
+  if (!seen) {
+    seen = new Set<string>()
+  }
+  if (seen.has(parent)) {
+    return {} // avoid infinite recursion
+  }
+  seen.add(parent)
+  const kin = relatedTypes(api, type)
+  const family = {}
+  kin.forEach((k) => {
+    family[k.jsonName] = {}
+  })
+  kin.forEach((k) => {
+    const name = k.jsonName
+    if (!seen.has(name)) {
+      family[name] = relations(api, k, seen)
+    }
+  })
+  const result: ITypeMap = {}
+  result[parent] = family
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/packages/sdk-codegen/src/sdkModels.ts b/packages/sdk-codegen/src/sdkModels.ts
index 85f2d009e..d8be2acf2 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-codegen/src/sdkModels.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-codegen/src/sdkModels.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export const methodRefs = (api: IApiModel, refs: KeyList): IMethod[] => {
 }
 
 /**
- * Resolve a list of method keys into an IType[] in alphabetical order by name
+ * Resolve a list of type keys into an IType[] in alphabetical order by name
  * @param api model to use
  * @param refs references to models
  * @returns Populated method list. Anything not matched is skipped