name : associate-entity-to-thing.rst **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*.