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description: Contacts to Multiple Accounts lets you associate a single contact to multiple accounts through the Account Contact Relationship object. Your page layout and field-level security settings determine which fields are visible and editable.
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# Account Contact Relationship Fields

Contacts to Multiple Accounts lets you associate a single contact to multiple accounts through the Account Contact Relationship object. Your page layout and field-level security settings determine which fields are visible and editable.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Contact Manager</strong>, <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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        <colgroup>
          <col style="width:27.173913043478258%">
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        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
          <tr class="">
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8942e82">Field</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8942e85">Description</th>
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            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Account</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e85 ">The name of the company the contact is related to.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Active</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e85 ">Indicates whether the contact is actively involved with the company.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Contact</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e85 ">The name of the person that’s related to the account.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Direct</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e85 ">Indicates whether the account associated with the contact is the contact's primary
              account. This read-only field is based on the <samp class="parmname">Account Name</samp> field on the
              contact record. For example, on the Acme account record, the Related Contacts related list
              automatically includes all contacts that have Acme in the <samp class="parmname">Account Name</samp>
              field and marks them as direct contacts.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">End Date</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e85 ">The date a relationship between a contact and account ended. Use with the
              <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp> field to keep a history of the relationship.
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Roles</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e85 ">
              <p>The contact’s participating role in the account; for example, Buyer, Decision Maker,
                or Evaluator. You can select multiple roles for a contact. Customize the roles in the
                picklist by editing the field.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">This field is separate from the Role field on Account
                Contact Roles.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e82 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Start Date</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8942e85 ">The date a relationship between a contact and account began. Use with the
              <samp class="parmname">End Date</samp> field to keep a history of the relationship.
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

#### See Also

- [Contacts to Multiple Accounts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.shared_contacts_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "People often work with more than one company. A business owner might own more than one company or a consultant might work on behalf of multiple organizations. Relate a single contact to multiple accounts so you can easily track the relationships between people and businesses without creating duplicate records.")