Should I use repeating fields or relations

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Tagged: Setting up custom fields, Setting up custom types, Setting up post relationship, Types plugin

This topic contains 3 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by katjaL 6 years, 5 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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May 30, 2018 at 6:45 pm #906386

katjaL

Now that this amazing new version came up, I'm re-thinking the database from scratch.

I need custom fields or relations to WooCommerce products. The goal is to offer the easiest way for the client to edit products and still maintain flexibility.

An example: there's a product feature "installation manner". The product can have one installation manner, but there are many to choose from and client should easily be able to add these installation manners (without having to edit fields in Toolset).

Do I understand right that this would require relations? I understand the repeatable fields (or field groups) are individual, not sharable with other products/posts.

If this is the case and I will use the relations, the only problem is the not-so-nice visuality as the custom field groups have. They are nicely and user friendly visually groupable, but these relations are as one big list in the end of the other fields. Or have I missed something here? Is there a way to group also relations?

May 31, 2018 at 7:30 am #906649

Luo Yang

Hello,

I assume we are talking about this case:
1) Two custom post types: "WooCommerce products" + "installation manner"
2) One "WooCommerce products" post can connect with one ore more "installation manner" posts,
3) One "installation manner" post can can connect with one ore more "WooCommerce products" posts

If it is, I suggest you try to setup many-to-many relationship between post types "WooCommerce products" and "installation manner".

See our document:
https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/

June 8, 2018 at 7:44 am #911000

katjaL

Hello,

If the only way to make it easy for client to add those "installation manners", and I would end up using relations, the point 1 would be:
1) About 80 custom post types.

And this is excactly the core of the problem. If I have about 80 relations at the end of the product in one long list, it's very unfriendly for the user. So I will probably end up using the custom fields (select) anyway because it is clearer and client will not add the fields/related records so oftens as he chooses one of the existing ones.

June 8, 2018 at 7:45 am #911001

katjaL

Thanks, I will mark this now as resoveld.