Edit Relationship Types

You can manage relationship types from the Manage Relationship Types task. You update a relationship type, by adding relationship roles and phrases to the relationship type, or assigning the relationship to a group.

In this example, you will add a role and phrase pair to the relationship type Employment. You will also add the Employment relationship type to the Party Contacts group.

Edit a relationship type

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:

   • Offering: Customer Data Management

   • Functional Area: Trading Community Foundation

   • Task: Manage Relationship Types

2. On the Manage Relationship Types page, in the Search region, enter Employment in the Relationship Type field.

3. Click Search.

4. In the Search Results region, select the Employment relationship type and Edit icon to open the Edit Relationship Type page.

5. On the Edit Relationship Type page, in the Relationship Roles and Phrases region, click the Create icon.

6. In the Create Relationship Role and Phrase Pair, complete the fields, as shown in the following table.

   Field	Value
   Subject Type	Organization
   Subject Phrase	Has contract employees
   Subject Role Singular	Contractor
   Subject Role Plural	Contractors
   Object Type	Person
   Object Phrase	Contract Employee of
   Object Role Singular	Contract Employee
   Object Role Plural	Contract Employees

7. Click OK.

8. In the Relationship Groups region, click the Add Row icon.

9. In the Name list, select Party Contacts.

10. Click Save and Close.