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title: Using Direct Relationships in a List
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/using-direct-relationships-in-a-list
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:37.858Z
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You can use direct relationships when designing a list. See [Working with Lists](docId:5sKNnbWACOg7KX6hEE5ts). However, indirect or distant relationships do not work.

For example, when you add a list control to a form (see [Using Forms](docId:5dD6Rlsb123v5tlqc9Wfn)), you can configure it to show data related to the business object.

| Field         | Description                                                                                           |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| List Relation | The actual name of the relationship to the related business objects, such as **ProblemContainsTask**. |
| List Name     | The name of the related business object.                                                              |

*List Control*

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This results in a list of related tasks for the current problem (the same data in the **Task** child panel).

- For one-to-many relationships, this means identical field configuration and relationship conditions.
- The data appears correctly for one-to-many and one-to-one relationships, because they use direct database join.
- For many-to-many relationships (link table relationships), the relationship is used for both linking and display. This relationship does not work.
- Intermediate relationships do not work. These use RecIDs for both objects and the relationship name to link two objects. It is not possible to create a copy of the link table relationship and retrieve the same records as the relationship names are different and there are no records found.

*Example of the Link Table; Note the Relationship Name Column*

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