I'm looking to setup a data type that allows bidirectional node linking through a property. I feel like something like this might/should exist but don't know what it might be called in Umbraco. In database terms this is known as a "many to many" relationship if that helps the ideas brewing.
Below is a simplified and ideal tree structure. Under the document type "Product", the property "Collections" would be a multinode treepicker containing all the collections for that product. Under the document type "Collection" the property "Products" would also be a multinode treepicker containing all the products assigned to that collection.
Collections
Collection ABC
Property Products: 1001,1002,1005
Collection DEF
Property Products: 1002,1003
Collection HIJ
Property Products: 1001,1005
Products
Product 1001
Property Collections: ABC,HIJ
Product 1002
Property Collections: ABC,DEF
Product 1003
Property Collections: DEF
Product 1004
Property Collections: (none)
Product 1005
Property Collections: ABC,HIJ
Any help, ideas, guidance, documentation, examples would be very much appreciated.
Thanks for the replies, ultimately we chose the faster route and just chose to associate products to many collections. Then, on a collection page we query the products for those associated with a collection.
Both Logan and I have moved on from the agency so I'm not in the loop if a version of this package is in the works for v8. I don't suspect there are (yet) but they'd probably welcome a contribution to get it working.
Bidirectional Multinode Picker (many-to-many relationships)
I'm looking to setup a data type that allows bidirectional node linking through a property. I feel like something like this might/should exist but don't know what it might be called in Umbraco. In database terms this is known as a "many to many" relationship if that helps the ideas brewing.
Below is a simplified and ideal tree structure. Under the document type "Product", the property "Collections" would be a multinode treepicker containing all the collections for that product. Under the document type "Collection" the property "Products" would also be a multinode treepicker containing all the products assigned to that collection.
Collections
Products
Any help, ideas, guidance, documentation, examples would be very much appreciated.
Sounds a bit like an Umbraco feature called "Umbraco Relations": https://umbraco.com/follow-us/blog-archive/2012/12/7/getting-to-know-umbraco-relations/
Disclaimer: I've never used it myself, and I'm not sure the support for it is that great.
Perhaps this would also be of use (though the compatibility report doesn't look that great): https://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/umbraco-relation-editor/
I think you could also use nupickers property editor to create your bi-directional relations
Thanks for the replies, ultimately we chose the faster route and just chose to associate products to many collections. Then, on a collection page we query the products for those associated with a collection.
Is there any better way to this in Umbraco 8?
Hey Josip,
Did you find any solution for umbraco 8? Happy to know !
Thnx !
Hi Sven, sorry for late response, but I didnt and now I need it again but cant find anything.
This is something we used for Umbraco v7.
It's called Two Way Picker. You can find the source code on GitHub.
Both Logan and I have moved on from the agency so I'm not in the loop if a version of this package is in the works for v8. I don't suspect there are (yet) but they'd probably welcome a contribution to get it working.
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