Creating Many-to-Many Relationships Between Records (Network Recursive Objects)
A network recursive structure is a structural entity that comprises related tables where records in one table are related to one or more records in another table or tables. This allows you to create many-to-many relationships between records. A network recursive data object looks and functions like a regular data object, but the hierarchical relationships are more easily viewed using a conceptual object. Network recursive conceptual objects include the Add Relationship function.
To add an existing relationship between existing records
1. On the Menu toolbar, click Manage > Manage Data.
2. Navigate to the object that you want to edit and select it.
3. Click the Values tab to display records and command options.
4. In network recursive objects in tree view, navigate to the parent record in the navigation panel. (The details for the selected record display in the right panel.)
Tip: Click the Open Next Level icon or Open All Levels to display the tree hierarchy of self recursive objects.
5. Establish a new relationship for an existing record by doing either of the following:
a. Click Insert > Add Relationship.�
b. Choose the Primary Axis from the object selection and click Add Entry in the right� panel.�
c. Select the new relationship from the lookup table and define the remaining data� fields, including the new child relationship and click Save.
Tip: To establish a new relationship, you can also drag the record you want to copy to the parent record. The previous relationship is also retained because this is a many- to-many relationship.