Relationships types are used to define the way assets and other entities are linked to each other in your organization. For example, a relationship type called “Runs on” can help you understand that a service or an application is running on a specific server. Similarly the relationship “Contains” can be used to describe the different components that are contained in a technical or business service. 


You can use the default relationships types in Freshservice or create a relationship type that best describes the kind of relationship you wish to maintain in Freshservice. Relationships can be created between Assets, Requesters/Agents, Departments and Locations.


Upstream Relations

Downstream Relations

Used By

Depends On

Used By

Uses

Received Data From

Send Data To

Runs

Runs on

Connected to

Connected to

Subscribed by

Subscribes to

Impacts

Impacted by

Submits

Submitted by

Supports

Supported by

Written By

Author of

Hosts

Hosted On

Enables

Is enabled by

Includes

Member of

Contains

In Rack

Houses

Located In

Exchanges data with

Exchanges data with

Managed by

Manages

Owned By

Uses

Virtualizes

Virtualized by

Is Edited by

Editor

Backed Up by

Backed Up by

Are part of

Consists of

Attached toContains
Sends data toReceives data from


You can also choose to add a custom relationship type to Freshservice by giving it a name and an equivalent inverse relationship.

  • Login to Freshservice as an administrator.
  • Go to Admin > Asset Management > Relationship Types. If your account has more than one workspace, navigate to Admin > Global Settings > Asset Management > Relationship Types.
  • You will be able to see the list of default relationships.
  • Click New Relationship Type.
  • Enter downstream and upstream relationship type names.
  • Add a meaningful description to it if necessary.
  • Click on Save to finish adding your new relationship.