select automatically in related table from standalone table

Question

Hi,

I have a many-to-many relationship between a standalone table and a feature class.

I enabled the "Automatically select related data" option in the Properties of both layers, following this procedure.

Unfortunately, when I select a record in the standalone table, the related features in the layer are not selected. Am I missing something, or is this a bug?

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RPGIS · Answer

Actually if you pull up the attributes rather than the tables themselves then you will see the related records, both forward and backward.

AlfredBaldenweck · Answer

I'm not positive that it works backwards. I asked about this a few years ago.

There's also this Idea Relate in both directions - Esri Community

Super annoying, unfortunately

D_Hornby_ddh_uni · Answer

For the record showing an image to help explain a problem is a very good idea (and to be encouraged) but showing a redacted image is utterly pointless as the problem may very well be in the redacted part. If you are going to approach the user community for their help and not prepared to share a screen shot/sample of the data then you need to be providing a minimum reproducible example, otherwise its not going to get the attention you wish for.