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**To associate a thing with a device**
The following ``associate-entity-to-thing`` example associates a thing with a device. The example uses a motion sensor device that is in the public namespace. ::
aws iotthingsgraph associate-entity-to-thing \
--thing-name "MotionSensorName" \
--entity-id "urn:tdm:aws/examples:Device:HCSR501MotionSensor"
This command produces no output.
For more information, see `Creating and Uploading Models <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/thingsgraph/latest/ug/iot-tg-models-gs.html>`__ in the *AWS IoT Things Graph User Guide*.