How do I show a label on a many to many relationship in Directus?

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I have added working, many-to-many relationships to a directus api through the directus admin app, but in the directus app when going to add an item to a collection, the label for the select options are not being propagated. I am able to select items and save everything correctly, so I know the many to many relationship is set up correctly, but I cannot propagate the label correctly. I have tried several different methods, including using the . notation to access fields in the relating collection, but to no avail.

When using dot notation, the relationship never loads and only shows a loading sign, while when putting nothing in label works, but no label.

Below are a couple screenshots:

This is where i put in the label

This is one of the many to many relationships

This is the loading sign that never changes when using dot notation or anything in label.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '20 at 11:42

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I don't believe you need to include the junction table (dot notation), just the field name in the related table, like this: name... and for the template, you need to use a template string, like this: {{name}}

Hope this helps! We're cleaning up the field creation process now to make this more intuitive.

answered Mar 19 '20 at 11:42

RANGER

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That works! Wow, how simple. Thanks for your quick help! – Chris Wray Mar 19 '20 at 15:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '20 at 12:09

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This worked for me. Please dont confuse it with DropDown Template

answered Dec 31 '20 at 12:09

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '21 at 02:28

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If you want to see the name in directus 9. It's possible in the option Display Template.

answered Feb 05 '21 at 02:28

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How do I show a label on a many to many relationship in Directus?

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