Links and relationships in the datamodel

Learn about the links and relationships in a datamodel.

Because a contact must be associated with a company, the Contact info area is a child of the Company and Person info areas. Consequently, the company for which a contact record is added needs to be clear from the current context or specified by the user. For example, when adding a contact from the Company.

+ Person level, the contact is added for the selected company and person. If the contact is added from an info area not linked to the Company and Person info areas, the parent record needs to be specified manually.