many to many relationships and repeating field groups

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November 24, 2018 at 1:46 am #1152224

sarahK-2

Songs/albums is a many-to-many relationship. If I have this relationship set up, with a field group assigned to the relationship (song length, track number, song style) is there any way to have the SAME song appear twice (or more) on a single album?

For example, a single song has a radio version and an instrumental version. But, it is still the same song (or at least I would like it to be considered as such). I tried using a repeating field group to contain the fields assigned to the relationship, so that I could refer to each instance. But repeating field groups are not allowed there.

Originally, I had a third post type "appearances" that related to both songs and albums. But this made entering data more complicated, and also writing views more complicated. Is there any way to avoid this?

How would you solve this problem?

Thanks in advance!

November 25, 2018 at 4:12 am #1152603

sarahK-2

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!