Association Limits

Modified on: Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 1:38 AM

What Are Association Limits?

Association limits let you control how many records can be linked together between objects. These rules ensure data remains organized, prevent over-association, and are now visually enforced in the UI.

What Are Association Limits?

• Avoids over-linking between records.
• Helps keep data structures clean.
• Reduces user confusion when the limits are reached with clear UI feedback.

Supported Relationship Types

For multi-label associations:

• One-to-One (1:1)
• One-to-N (where N ≤ 1000)
• One-to-Many
• Many-to-Many

For single-label contact-to-contact associations:

• One-to-One (1:1)
• Many-to-Many
• Custom N-to-N

Note: Limits are enforced per label and reflected in the user interface.

How to Set Up Association Limits

1. Go to your sub-account, Navigate to Settings > Objects
2. Select any Custom Object or Contacts
3. Go to the Associations tab, Click Create Association or edit an existing one
4. Choose either a single label or a pair of labels.
5. Under Configure Relationship, select the type (e.g. 1:1, 1:N) and define limits if applicable
6. Use the Preview section to confirm constraints before saving.
7. The configured associations are also shown in the associations tab.

Example: Real Estate Management

A real estate agency wants to ensure that each Agent manages no more than 50 Properties:

• Create a one-to-N relationship from Agent to Property
• Set the limit as N = 50
• When an agent hits this cap, users will see a UI warning and can no longer assign more properties, ensuring balanced workloads.

Association Limits:

• If you try to associate beyond the allowed count, an error message will be shown instantly, this helps in clear and efficient management of the data-structures