Is it possible to have repeatable objects in a object by using many to many relationship

Question

My collections in strapi

• Orders
• Items

My goal

• Collection Items

  • beer
  • water
  • sprite

• example of a order

  • 3 beer
  • 2 water
  • 2 sprite

My situation

My solution was to use many to many relations between collections orders and items. So when i create a order like the example from above, i got the following result:

• order
  • 1 beer
  • 1 water
  • 1 sprite

It seems that strapi can't handle repeatable (same id) items in a collection. Am i doing something wrong or is there just no way to make this kind of relations between collections.

Answer 1

In your case, I suggest you use a component (repeatable) to do that.

In the Content Type Builder create a new component. With a number field and a relation field with your products.

In your Order Content Type you add a component field, select the repeatable option and use the component you just created.

With that, in your Orders, you will be able to add a new item, specify which item and the numbers of items (with the interfere field)