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Is there any way (or will there be in the next release) to have a related list display field values of another object?
EXAMPLE
I have a custom object called "Campaign Component" - it has two fields - one field is a lookup to a Campaign and the other field is a lookup to another custom object called "Marketing Component". So, you can see that my Campaign Component object acts as a many-to-many linkage between Campaigns and Marketing Components. In the Campaigns tab, there is a related list for the Campaign Component object, but all I can display in the list is the Marketing Component name (and other Campaign Component fields if I wish). Since the Campaign Component object is directly linked to a Marketing Component, will it be possible (in some future release) to display Marketing Component field values in the Campaign Component related list?
Thank you,
Scott
I know this sounds a bit ruff but im not very good at explaining things. Theres a link in the help section of salesforce.com that explains the same thing il paste it below. Might be more clear.
It is possible to create many-to-many relationships between any two objects in salesforce.com. To accomplish this you will need to create a connector custom object that has a relationship to your two primary objects. This connector will be used as an intersection table. To do this, follow the steps listed below.
1. Create the connector custom object, changing the Name field to an Auto Number format.
2. Create a relationship from the connector to one of the two primary objects.
3. Create a relationship from the connector to the other primary object.
4. Customize the related list on the first primary object relationship by changing the name of the related list to the name of the second primary object. To do this:
In
Setup | Customforce | Extend
Click on the name of the connector object. Edit both of the related lists and change the related list label to the name of the "other" object. (Step 5)
For example, If creating a many-to-many relationship between "Opportunities" and a custom object called "Production Orders": on the relationship with Opportunities change the related list name to "Production Orders". On the relationship with "Production Orders" change the related list name to "Opportunities"
Remove the auto number field and add the second primary object's name field. This is done from the page layouts:
a. Setup | Customforce | Opportunities | Page Layouts | Edit
b. Scroll down to the related lists section.
c. Highlight the "Production Orders" list.
d. Click "Edit Related List Properties".
e. Remove the autonumber field from the list of selected field.
f. Add the second primary object's name field to the list of selected objects.
g. Click ok and save.
5. Repeat this for the other primary object (e.g. Production Orders).
Note to change the related list on a custom object page layout choose:
a. Setup | Extend | Custom Objects.
b. Click on the object name.
c. Scroll down to the Page Layout list and click "Edit" beside the page layout name.
d. Remove the auto number field as before and add in the name of the other primary object.
e. Click ok and save.