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Hi everyone,

I’m working on a setup in Dynamicweb 10 PIM where products are connected in a many-to-many relationship — for example, cameras and compatible lenses.

My scenario:

• I have multiple cameras (X100, X200, X300) and multiple lenses (L100, L200, L300).

• Cameras and lenses have a many-to-many relationship:

  • Lens L100 → compatible with Camera X100 + X200

  • Lens L200 → compatible with Camera X200 + X300

My challenge:

• When viewing a lens product page (L100), I want to display all compatible cameras AND their attributes (e.g. sensor size, resolution).

Questions:

1. Data Structure in PIM:

   • Should I store each camera as a standalone product in PIM (with its own attributes like resolution, sensor size, etc.) and then create a bidirectional product relation to lenses?

   • Or is there a better pattern for storing “main product” data that I can later display from a related product page?

2. Frontend Template:

   • Can I access the attributes of related products using the standard Ecom:Product.Relations loop?

   • Any example Razor snippet or best practice to render related product attributes cleanly on the accessory page?

I want to keep the setup scalable because there will be millions of cameras and millions of lenses, with many cross-relations.

Thanks in advance for your advice and examples!