# Create collection relationships to all other collections **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [February 2, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/create-collection-relationships-to-all-other-collections/3331 "2026-02-02T16:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/create-collection-relationships-to-all-other-collections/3331/10 "2026-02-05T16:21:38Z")
Hi @Marion, > But how can I see these results in my Historical Context collection? If I can’t modify the custom form, how can I see which entries are attached to my Archive? If you create a relationship (using the `CollectionRelOneToManyPlugin`) to your ‘Historical Context’ collection from another (e.g. ‘DNA & Tissue’), you can see that relationship in the `rightsiderels` subview as a read-only row. So far, as in my example, you created the relationship from the ‘Historical Context’ collection (source) and linked it to the ‘Paleo Collection’ (destination), meaning the `rightsiderels` subview would only show that link in the _Paleo_ collection. If you want to see all the links coming _from_ the current ‘Historical Context’ record, you need to add the `leftsiderels` subview to that form. > Does this mean that I cannot do what I want to do in Specify, i.e. see which entries in the different collections are linked to an Archive? Because it is also and above all in this collection that I want to see the connections appear. Not from the Paleo Collection, but from my Historical Context collection. You can see all records in different collections that are linked to an Archive. It sounds like the direction of the relationships is reversed, causing that subview not to display the expected links. If you want to treat the Archive as a destination, you need to create the relationships from the source collections (‘DNA & Tissue’, ‘Paleo Collection’) rather than creating them from the Archive. You’ll just need to decide whether the ‘Archive’ is the destination (right side), where multiple records in a collection can connect to it, or the source (left side), which connects to multiple records in various collections. Once you do, you need to create the relationships (using the `CollectionRelOneToManyPlugin` system or WorkBench) _from_ the **left side** collection. If you want to create the relationships from the ‘Archive’ (where it is the **left side** ), you will want to show the relationships using the `leftsiderels` subview instead of the `rightsiderels` one. You would still need to make the connections from a separate `CollectionRelOneToManyPlugin` for each relationship on the form, but you could preview all relationships at once using that read-only view. > I want this result but in the Historical Context collection (not in Paleo). So far, I haven’t been able to do it. And I want to see them appear directly on the form, not via Query. > > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/specifysoftware/original/2X/c/c3ffd3f995e6151920bf46264e1c5cce0bc5b8a1.png) That screenshot shows you are moving in the right direction! It seems like you want to see the `leftsiderels` in the `Historical context` collection rather than the `rightsiderels` (since it is the source, not the destination). You can change the form definition `name=""` field for the subview on the Collection Object to demonstrate this! > And one last question. Does that mean I need the form plus the plugin to be able to add and view the data? You need to use the form plugin ([or WorkBench](https://speciforum.org/t/create-collection-relationships-via-the-workbench/2326)) to make the relationship between two objects. It expects that the other record already exists. --- _[View the full topic](https://speciforum.org/t/create-collection-relationships-to-all-other-collections/3331)._