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Relationship asset

Relationship assets connect records that belong to the same or different business entities. If you want to relate two records without requiring them to be in a hierarchy, use the relationship asset. You can relate records that belong to the same or different business entities.
The relationship can be unidirectional or bidirectional.
For example, the John Smith record is related to the PX100 Keyboard record through the Person to Object relationship.
You can view these relationships in a relationship graph or related records component.

Examples of relationship assets

The predefined business entities include some predefined relationship assets.
The following table describes some predefined relationships and their related business entities:
Relationship Name
Description
Business Entity 1
Business Entity 2
Direction
Employee
Relates Person and Organization records.
Person
Organization
Person → Organization
Guardian
Relates two Person records.
Person
Person
Person → Person
Sibling
Relates two Person records.
Person
Person
Bi-directional
Competitor products
Relates two Item records.
Item
Item
Bi-directional
Product manufacturer
Relates Item and Organization records.
Item
Organization
Item ← Organization