diff --git a/openpype/client/__init__.py b/openpype/client/__init__.py
index 2ef32d6a83..2fa7730839 100644
--- a/openpype/client/__init__.py
+++ b/openpype/client/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from .entities import (
     get_last_version_by_subset_name,
     get_output_link_versions,
 
-    get_representation,
+    get_representation_by_id,
     get_representation_by_name,
     get_representations,
     get_representation_parents,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ __all__ = (
     "get_last_version_by_subset_name",
     "get_output_link_versions",
 
-    "get_representation",
+    "get_representation_by_id",
     "get_representation_by_name",
     "get_representations",
     "get_representation_parents",
diff --git a/openpype/client/entities.py b/openpype/client/entities.py
index 232d9aebcc..7abb25e380 100644
--- a/openpype/client/entities.py
+++ b/openpype/client/entities.py
@@ -716,7 +716,21 @@ def get_last_version_by_subset_name(
     )
 
 
-def get_representation(project_name, representation_id, fields=None):
+def get_representation_by_id(project_name, representation_id, fields=None):
+    """Representation entity data by it's id.
+
+    Args:
+        project_name (str): Name of project where to look for queried entities.
+        representation_id (str|ObjectId): Representation id.
+        fields (list[str]): Fields that should be returned. All fields are
+            returned if 'None' is passed.
+
+    Returns:
+        None: If representation with specified filters was not found.
+        Dict: Representation entity data which can be reduced
+            to specified 'fields'.
+    """
+
     if not representation_id:
         return None
 
@@ -735,17 +749,32 @@ def get_representation(project_name, representation_id, fields=None):
 def get_representation_by_name(
     project_name, representation_name, version_id, fields=None
 ):
+    """Representation entity data by it's name and it's version id.
+
+    Args:
+        project_name (str): Name of project where to look for queried entities.
+        representation_name (str): Representation name.
+        version_id (str|ObjectId): Id of parent version entity.
+        fields (list[str]): Fields that should be returned. All fields are
+            returned if 'None' is passed.
+
+    Returns:
+        None: If representation with specified filters was not found.
+        Dict: Representation entity data which can be reduced
+            to specified 'fields'.
+    """
+
+    version_id = _convert_id(version_id)
     if not version_id or not representation_name:
         return None
     repre_types = ["representation", "archived_representations"]
     query_filter = {
         "type": {"$in": repre_types},
         "name": representation_name,
-        "parent": _convert_id(version_id)
+        "parent": version_id
     }
 
     conn = _get_project_connection(project_name)
-
     return conn.find_one(query_filter, _prepare_fields(fields))
 
 
diff --git a/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/model.py b/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/model.py
index 8c49933e80..117bdfcba1 100644
--- a/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/model.py
+++ b/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/model.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from openpype.client import (
     get_subset_by_id,
     get_version_by_id,
     get_last_version_by_subset_id,
-    get_representation,
+    get_representation_by_id,
 )
 from openpype.pipeline import (
     legacy_io,
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ class InventoryModel(TreeModel):
         for repre_id, group_dict in sorted(grouped.items()):
             group_items = group_dict["items"]
             # Get parenthood per group
-            representation = get_representation(
-                project_name, representation_id=repre_id
+            representation = get_representation_by_id(
+                project_name, repre_id
             )
             if not representation:
                 not_found["representation"].append(group_items)
diff --git a/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/view.py b/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/view.py
index d1ff91535f..8164c48a5d 100644
--- a/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/view.py
+++ b/openpype/tools/sceneinventory/view.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from openpype.client import (
     get_version_by_id,
     get_versions,
     get_hero_versions,
-    get_representation,
+    get_representation_by_id,
     get_representations,
 )
 from openpype import style
@@ -657,9 +657,9 @@ class SceneInventoryView(QtWidgets.QTreeView):
 
         project_name = legacy_io.active_project()
         # Get available versions for active representation
-        repre_doc = get_representation(
+        repre_doc = get_representation_by_id(
             project_name,
-            representation_id=active["representation"],
+            active["representation"],
             fields=["parent"]
         )