# Reference Field - Am I missing something or is this a Feature Request?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/reference-field-am-i-missing-something-or-is-this-a-feature-request/17758>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** discussion, development\
**Created:** [January 12, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/reference-field-am-i-missing-something-or-is-this-a-feature-request/17758 "2021-01-12T22:57:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/msmith01/32/600_2.png) [@msmith01](https://forum.mautic.org/u/msmith01)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/reference-field-am-i-missing-something-or-is-this-a-feature-request/17758/1 "2021-01-12T22:57:38Z")

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This may be a discussion or feature request, but I’m starting here.

I’m looking for a entity reference field. My use case is that I want to create relationships between contacts beyond companies. Ideally, these would be semantic.

So, for example, I might want a “Referred by” field that references another contact. Or, perhaps a “Family with” field that references another contact.

I’m wondering if this is something a third party has done? Something I’m missing in core? Is this on a roadmap somewhere? Should I look at writing a plugin for this, perhaps?

Any advice would be great. This is something we’re in need of so I think we may be able to write a plugin, especially if anyone else is interested in this?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![mikew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mikew/32/5156_2.png) [@mikew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mikew)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/reference-field-am-i-missing-something-or-is-this-a-feature-request/17758/2 "2021-01-13T06:40:48Z")

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Hi @msmith01 - welcome to the Mautic Forum! You may want to check out this post: [Referral Plugin](https://forum.mautic.org/t/referral-plugin/16396). It is a great plugin and might be able to assist with your request.

Regards,

Mike

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**Author:** ![msmith01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/msmith01/32/600_2.png) [@msmith01](https://forum.mautic.org/u/msmith01)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/reference-field-am-i-missing-something-or-is-this-a-feature-request/17758/3 "2021-01-13T20:44:46Z")

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This looks like it’s more targeted than we’re looking for, but maybe a good starting place. We’ll check it out and report back. Thank you for the recommendation @mikew !