# Stop treating "to-one" relation fields like a red-headed stepchild!

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/stop-treating-to-one-relation-fields-like-a-red-headed-stepchild/8739>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [May 6, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/stop-treating-to-one-relation-fields-like-a-red-headed-stepchild/8739 "2025-05-06T22:32:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/stop-treating-to-one-relation-fields-like-a-red-headed-stepchild/8739/2 "2025-05-07T07:52:00Z")

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> [@interr0bangr](#):
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> The ability to make a relation field required only works on a “to-many” relationship fields

In fact, it is the opposite - any to-one relation field can be made required, but to-many relation fields cannot.

> [@interr0bangr](#):
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> Dynamic values in relation filters only works with “to-many” related entities.

Not sure which side of the relation filter you are referring to, but in general a dynamic relation filter can take either of these forms:

`To-one field ... is ... This entity → Field value`  
or  
`Collection field ... contains ... This entity → Field value`

But the right hand side field value needs to be a single entity (a to-one relation).  
You can vote [here](https://community.fibery.io/t/dynamic-relation-filters-for-to-many-relation/8665) for the option to support

`To-one field ... is any of ... This entity → Collection field`

> [@interr0bangr](#):
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> On whiteboards, only “to-many” relationship lines are displayed

At the risk of being pedantic, there is no such thing as a ‘to-many relationship’. The whiteboard can show relations which are m:m, 1:m or m:1 but it is indeed not currently possible to show 1:1 relations.

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