[Vtigercrm-developers] Linking Contact to multiple organisations?

[Garry Brighton]

There are other underlying issues like access to a portal for instance.
Multiple contact only solution
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 6:13 PM Martin Allen <martin.allen at exe-squared.co.uk>
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> Our advice in this scenario has always been to add 2x Contacts. As their
> contact details will be (or typically are) different depending upon which
> organisation you are contacting them about, then it makes its simpler to
> store them that way!
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> organisations?
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> Hi there,
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> I have a "classic" question I feel ;)
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> How do you handle a contact being involved in multiple companies? Perhaps
> working part time 2 places, or working in Company A and being on the board
> of Company B?
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> I know I can of course just add a field more to a contact relating the
> contact to an organisation, but just curious about what solutions the rest
> of you clever people use?
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> The options I can come up with are:
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> 1) Ignore it, say its never possible (and if client insist, tell them to
> make multiple contacts)
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> 2) Add 1:1 field more like "Second organisation" to the contact, allowing
> for a second? (And what then if there are 3-4-5 other organisations)
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> 3) Add a more "messy" M:M relation to contacts?
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> Other ideas? Which do you prefer?
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> Thanks!!
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> Best,
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> Chris
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