Author Topic: reciprocal relationships (Read 1906 times)

JP · February 04, 2009, 09:03:04 am

This is my first post and I'm still a newbie so maybe I've overlooked something, so correct me if I'm wrong. I'd like to be able to enter a relationship and have it be reciprocal. So if I go into Joe Smith and establish the relationship as "is the child of" Jane Smith, I do not have to open Jane Smith to tell it "is parent of" Joe Smith. It would automatically be there. Seems like double work. I hope this makes sense.

ctarascio · February 04, 2009, 09:14:13 am

JP,
I am not entirely sure what question you are asking but I'll give it my best guess. When you create a relationship for "Child of", you must at the same time, create the "reciprocal relationship" which, in this case, would be "Parent of". When you edit Joe Smith's record and add the relationship for "child of", you will have to pick the individual contact who is his parent: Jane Smith. After you save Joe's record, he will have a relationship for "child of" Jane Smith and she will have a relationship for "parent of" Joe Smith. There is no double-entry involved.

Hope this helps,
Cynthia

JP · February 04, 2009, 09:38:30 am

Thank you for the clarification. In one of the screencasts, it implies otherwise.

xavier · February 09, 2009, 09:24:37 am

Hi,

Could you change the unclear explanation if it's in the wiki so you're the last one being confused ?

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