Linking Contacts to Many Accounts

[David Smith]

By default, all Contacts linked to a Parent Account can be viewed by
selecting "Contacts" on the "Details" navigation menu. I need to be able to
link individual Contacts to more than one Account. When I create ten
additional N:1 Relationships to Accounts, I either end up with ten more
options in the "Details" menu, or none.

I need to be able to see a list of all Contacts who are linked to an
Account, regardless of whether they are linked via "Parent Account" or "Other
Account 1" through "Other Account 10". Can I "overload" the "Contacts" entry
in "Details," or to be more generic, is there a mechanism whereby I can
display links to all Contacts which are linked to this Account through this
list of attributes/relationships, where the list has two or more members?

Thanks for any help you can offer!

[Patrick]

Depending on your exact purpose you may want to look at the relationship
roles. This is basically a many to many relation between contact and account
but this does allow you to type the relation ship (i.e. contact A "is owner
of" account B)

Showing the related entities of multiple relations in a single view. Can
only be done using a custom web page. There are probably some addons
available which provide this sort of behaviour.
--
Patrick Verbeeten (MCPD)
CRM/.NET Consultant

Tools for CRM Developers and Administrators
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Post by David Smith
By default, all Contacts linked to a Parent Account can be viewed by
selecting "Contacts" on the "Details" navigation menu. I need to be able to
link individual Contacts to more than one Account. When I create ten
additional N:1 Relationships to Accounts, I either end up with ten more
options in the "Details" menu, or none.
I need to be able to see a list of all Contacts who are linked to an
Account, regardless of whether they are linked via "Parent Account" or "Other
Account 1" through "Other Account 10". Can I "overload" the "Contacts" entry
in "Details," or to be more generic, is there a mechanism whereby I can
display links to all Contacts which are linked to this Account through this
list of attributes/relationships, where the list has two or more members?
Thanks for any help you can offer!