Hi there,

I am wondering how this type of field works. What's its idea? It works, when I open and edit a record, I can bind it to a record from an other database. Howerver, how does this show afterwards?

And what does this mean?

May I show in the "parent" database record, a list of the items linked to a record?

I tried to find info about this type of field and haven't found any guidelines.

Cheers,

Ibai

It shows as comma-separated links.

Imagine a book database with three databases: books, authors, publishers. You can then create a database relationship field from the book database to the authors and publishers database. Every time you add a book, you can link the existing publisher and the authors in the external databases, so people can click those links and see the author’s biography for example. If you activate the cross-links, the record for the author will show all the books the author has been linked to.

1 hour ago, opentype said:

It shows as comma-separated links.

Imagine a book database with three databases: books, authors, publishers. You can then create a database relationship field from the book database to the authors and publishers database. Every time you add a book, you can link the existing publisher and the authors in the external databases, so people can click those links and see the author’s biography for example. If you activate the cross-links, the record for the author will show all the books the author has been linked to.

I like that! Thanks opentype!

So when cross-link is enabled, do I have to enable anything in Author View template bit to show all the Books linked to the Author?

No, it’s automatic. Cross-links show as comma-separated list below the main content of the record (body field).