Reciprocal relationship, I don't get it...

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February 15, 2022 at 9:25 PM #33915
Shemzone
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Hi
I have created a relationship (projects-services) and ticked Reciprocal relationship checkbox.
I call the relationship between projects and services from my projects page as the following:
```
$services = MB_Relationships_API::get_connected( [
    'id'   => 'projects-services',
    'from' => get_the_ID(),
    'order'=> 'DESC',
    'order_from' => get_the_title(),
] );

foreach ( $services as $service ) {
   echo $service->post_title;
}
```
Until so far, no problem but what I have to do if I want to display all projects related to a service from a service page?
I don't get what the Reciprocal relationship checkbox is for?
Or do I have to create another relationship between Services and projects and associate manually all the projects to a service? Double work then...
Thank you to enlight me.

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February 16, 2022 at 11:08 PM #33944
Long Nguyen
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Hi,

The setting reciprocal helps you to avoid showing two meta boxes (connect to itself) when you set the relation from an object type to itself. Like this
```
add_action( 'mb_relationships_init', 'your_prefix_function_name' );
function your_prefix_function_name() {
    MB_Relationships_API::register( [
        'id'   => 'post-to-post',
        'from' => 'post',
        'to'   => 'post',
    ] );
}
```
Screenshot https://monosnap.com/file/QwbCPB9qCcHF8ToqkNHDqjZbbzUWwU

If you set reciprocal for different object types (CPT) like your case, the connection meta box only shows on the from object type page.

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February 18, 2022 at 9:08 PM #33985

Shemzone
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Hi, thank you for your reply. So, if I understand correctly, reciprocal cannot be used for different custom types, right?
So, in my case, I have a relationship between projects and services. A project can have several services. I can list services related to a project. But if I want to list all projects related to a service (a service can be related to several projetcs), how can I avoid to create an new relationship between services and projects and redo the work of select projects related to a service?
Is it doable?
I hope I am enough understandable.
Thank you

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February 19, 2022 at 9:58 AM #33999

Long Nguyen
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Hi,

Yes, it is possible. You just need to remove the setting reciprocal when registering the relationship. If on a project1 post, you select service1 post related then on the post service1, it will show project1 connected automatically without redoing manually.

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February 19, 2022 at 7:45 PM #34012

Shemzone
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Hi
I got it, it works.
Thank you for your help

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