https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/self-referencing-relationship-class/m-p/1693312#M102581 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>I want to create a relationship class for a table in an ArcSDE in ArcGIS Pro 3.3. This class should reference itself. The class contains pipes, and any number of other pipes can be contained within a single pipe, hence the self-referencing. The table contains a GlobalID and a ParentGlobalID.</P><P>However, ArcGIS Pro always gives me an error message, regardless of the configuration I use.</P><P>The screenshot shows my configuration and also a screenshot of the error message.</P><P>How can I correctly create a self-referencing relationship?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 481px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/150415i1999D33FC10BDB19/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 445px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/150416i1B2A2863CE9F1CE5/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span></P> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:13:51 GMT JoeGerner 2026-03-30T07:13:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/self-referencing-relationship-class/m-p/1693312#M102581 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>I want to create a relationship class for a table in an ArcSDE in ArcGIS Pro 3.3. This class should reference itself. The class contains pipes, and any number of other pipes can be contained within a single pipe, hence the self-referencing. The table contains a GlobalID and a ParentGlobalID.</P><P>However, ArcGIS Pro always gives me an error message, regardless of the configuration I use.</P><P>The screenshot shows my configuration and also a screenshot of the error message.</P><P>How can I correctly create a self-referencing relationship?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 481px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/150415i1999D33FC10BDB19/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="image.png" style="width: 445px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/150416i1B2A2863CE9F1CE5/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="image.png" alt="image.png" /></span></P> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:13:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/self-referencing-relationship-class/m-p/1693312#M102581 JoeGerner 2026-03-30T07:13:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/self-referencing-relationship-class/m-p/1693441#M102583 <P><a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/978310">@JoeGerner</a>&nbsp;Looks like you want to setup 'Recursive Relationships' which is not supported. Suggest&nbsp; exploring workarounds to avoid self-referencing loops, intersection/cross-reference tables for many-to-many relationships, or flattening hierarchies.</P><P>REF:&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/relationships/geodatabase-relationship-class-fundamentals.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_53889544A71849FAAA32FCFDB381418C" target="_blank">Limitations of relationship classes</A></P> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:11:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/self-referencing-relationship-class/m-p/1693441#M102583 AyanPalit 2026-03-30T16:11:45Z