Hi,
i want to have accounts, contacts and groups (of contacts).
My wish is, to have a relationship from contact to contact und make a new form "group of contacts" on which i relate to contacts, that are the contacts in this Group.
for your info. I do not prefer to do it in another/new entity "Group", because of the number of lookups that are possible to account, contact, Group.
If i have a custom entity and it must be possible to link to a contact, or an account, or a Group .. i have to create 3 different lookups on the custom entity form.
I tried to do the above, but there are different Problems understanding the self referential 1:n / n:n relationships.
1) If i creat a 1:n relationship from contact to contact, there is a lookup. This is rejected, because
- a contact can be in many Groups of contacts
- a Group of contacts can have many contacts
If i understood right, this means, that a n:n relationship is needed.
2) So i created the n:n from contact to contact an on one side i named it "Group of contacts" (the side which Shows from the contact (f.e. customer) to the Groups, in which this contact is in .. and on the other side i named it "members (contacts) of the Group (of contacts)".
So far so good. I thought .. ok, this sounds good, but...
No matter what i try and do, i can only see one side of the n:n title (Name), f.e. "Group of contacts" ...
but i neeeeeeed to Show on the customer (contact) -Form: the side "alle the Groups of contacts (in which this customer (contact) is a member) ... and on the other side, this is the "Group of contacts"-Form .. i Need to Show the other side of
the n:n, named "members (contacts) of the Group (of contacts)".
But i can only choose from 1 side.
Is this by design, or did i something wrong?
.. or do i have to use Manual n:n? .. but how? I already have difficulties, understanding the Manual n:n's, but doing a Manual n:n in the same entity ... this really sounds weired.
Could anyone understand my Intention .. and can help me find the solution?
many thx, Greets Pit