Creating many-to-many task relations

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title: Creating many-to-many task relations
description: By default, tasks can be related to each other using a parent/child relationship, such as a Problem with a group of child Incidents or a Catalog Request with a group of child Catalog Tasks.
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# Creating many-to-many task relations

By default, tasks can be related to each other using a parent/child relationship, such as a Problem with a group of child Incidents or a Catalog Request with a group of child Catalog Tasks.

However, it may prove useful to record exactly the nature of the relationship between the task records. When activated, the Many-to-Many Task Relations plugin allows administrators to define relationships between different tasks.

-   **[Request many to many task relations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/t_RequestManyToManyTaskRelations.md)**  
The Many to Many Task Relations plugin \(com.snc.task\_relations\) is included with several plugins. You can request activation of the plugin by itself.
-   **[Plugin manifest](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/r_PluginManifest.md)**  
When the plugin is activated, the Task Relationships application is available with certain modules.
-   **[Define a relationship type](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/t_DefineARelationshipType.md)**  
Create type codes that define the relationship between parent and child tasks.
-   **[Define a task relationship allowed from the task relationship type record](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/t_DefineATaskRelationshipAllowed.md)**  
Define the Task Relationships Allowed from the Task Relationship Type record.
-   **[Modify the displayed field](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/t_ModifyTheDisplayedField.md)**  
The list view of the Reference Lookup defines the fields displayed in the Task Relations field and editing interface.
-   **[Mark as Solution button](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/c_MarkAsSolutionButton.md)**  
The **Mark as Solution** button is added to the KB popup view and displayed when you search the knowledge base from a task record.
-   **[Task relationships with UI actions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/r_UIActions.md)**  
After defining task relationships, you can use UI Actions to define the task relationship when a new task is being created from an old task.

**Parent Topic:**[Working with the Task table](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/table-administration-and-data-management/c_TaskTable.md)