Things I have tried
I’ve tried messing around with relations and rollups but both don’t seem to be able to do exactly what I’m looking for
What I’m trying to do
I would like to create backlinks between two database DB folder tables.
So for example, databaseA and databaseB
Database A has column 1, which is a relation to databaseB.
- In entry 1 (say A1) of this column, there are some entries in database B selected (say B1, B2, B3)
- In entry 2 (say A2) of this column, there are some other entries in database B selected (say B1, B3)
I would like to have column 1 in databaseB, which automatically shows all linked entries in database A
- So in this column, B1 would automatically be populated with (A1, A2), because both A1 and A2 have B1 selected in their column
- In this column, B2 would automatically be populated with (A1), because only A1 has B2 selected in its column
Sorry if this is a bit confusing. For more clarity, my specific use case with screenshots is below:
This is a students database, each student is enrolled in one or more classes:
This is a class database, each class contains at least 1 student:
I would like to go to the student database, and select multiple classes for a student in a relation column. I would then like to have the classes database automatically populated, adding the student to the “students” column of the classes I just selected.
So for example, if I go to the student “Matthew Chua” and select the classes “12CHEM_Mon_1, 12METH_Mon_2”, I would then click on the classes database and both the the “12CHEM_Mon_1” and “12METH_Mon_2” classes will have a field which says “Matthew Chua”. Removing a student from a class or a class from a student in either database should also automatically update the other.
Is there any way to do this?
Mine is a specific use case, but I feel this could be applied to many scenarios, and any help would be greatly appreciated 